art museum downtown....food?

Question

anyone know of any restaurants around the art museum in downtown chicago? NO chains please! (mcdonalds, burger king, etc!)

Answer 1

Just walk south from the museum on Michigan Ave. There are several coffee, soup, bakery type places, several outdoor restaurants/pubs and several specialty shops. In fact, unless you are walking directly into the lake, every place you go around the Art Institute has great restaurants. I don't think there are any chains until you get several blocks into the city.