Chicago/Chatham-South Shore

{{Pagebanner|Chatham-South Shore-banner2.jpg|1280px|Halal Explorer to Chatham-South Shore|caption=The New Regal Theater in South Chicago|star=yes]] Chatham-South Shore is a neighborhood at the heart of Chicago's South Side, home to the real Chicago blues, some mind-blowing BBQ, and the best soul food in town.

Chicago/Chatham-South Shore Halal Travel Guide

Lee's Unleaded Blues - Lee's and the reigning king of the Blues

This side of Chicago does not feature in many travel plans. If you ask a hotel concierge in the Chicago/Near North|Near North to make arrangements for a trip here and the reaction — whether incredulous or simply bewildered — should be a sight to behold. Don't be fooled, though; Chatham and Greater Grand could be the highlight of your trip to Chicago. The best blues clubs the last true juke joints, are way down here.

Greater Chatham (Chatham, Avalon Park, Calumet Heights, Burnside) is a residential stronghold of middle and upper class African-American Chicagoans. No sightseeing to be done, but Chatham boasts some of the best food on the South Side (including the ultimate Harold's), as well as one of the city's best blues clubs.

Greater Grand rivals Chatham for soul food, BBQ, and blues club supremacy. It also has the Oak Woods Cemetery, which is beautifully laid out, and a resting place to some of the most famous residents of the South Side's past.

South Shore is home to a lively arts scene, largely thanks to the ETA Creative Arts Foundation and the magnificent South Shore Cultural Center. It is also home to one of the city's best and least known beaches, Rainbow Beach. Incidentally, many of Chicago's most prominent black politicians call this community home. Its main commercial strip runs alongside Metra's Electric Line on 71st Street and is literally lined with kids hanging out when school's not in session.

How to travel to Chicago/Chatham-South Shore

By car

If you are traveling by car, it is extremely simple to get into the neighborhood — the two major highways on the South Side cut right through it. From the Chicago Skyway (I-90), heading northbound and there are exits at 73rd, Stony Island Ave, 87th, and 95th (there are no exits heading southbound from the Dan Ryan junction to 92nd St, past the tollbooth). Off the Dan Ryan (I-94) and the principal exits are at 67th, 71st, 76th, 79th, and 87th. The major relevant east-west routes within the area occur every mile, at 71st, 79th, and 87th. For north-south travel within the neighborhood the most useful routes are Cottage Grove Ave, Stony Island Ave (by far the widest route), and to a lesser extent South Chicago Ave.

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Parking is widely available in each neighborhood. It is a relatively poor section of the city, and is far enough away from the downtown that on-street parking should be easy to find. The only main streets lacking on street parking are in South Shore, along 71st and Exchange.

By rail

Rail is not the best way to visit this section of the city, as you will need to take bus transfers wherever you want to go.

The one relevant CTA line and the Red Line, passes through the western side of Greater Grand and Chatham, right in the center of the Dan Ryan.

The Metra Electric Main Line runs straight from Millenium Station Chicago/Loop|downtown through the heart of the neighborhood and, while the trains run less regularly, can be more convenient than the CTA.

For visiting South Shore, on the other hand, Metra is the best way to go, as the Electric South Chicago Branch runs right on top of the main strip the entire way through the neighborhood, with a very convenient stop right by the South Shore Cultural Center.

Travel on a Bus in Chicago/Chatham-South Shore

Bus, while certainly less convenient than driving, is the most widely used mode of transport throughout most of the neighborhood. Route #4 runs the length of Cottage Grove Ave from Chicago State University up King Drive all the way to Michigan Ave in the Chicago/Loop|Loop. Route #4 runs the length of Cottage Grove Ave from Chicago State University through Chicago/Hyde Park|Hyde Park, and all the way to Michigan Ave in the Chicago/Loop|Loop. #6 runs express from downtown to 47th Street running through Kenwood/Hyde Park south to Jackson Park South Shore ending at 79th Street and South Shore Drive. This route provides front door access to the South Shore Cultural Center. #28 runs along Stony Island Ave from eastern Hyde Park all the way to 103rd Street on the Chicago/Far Southeast Side|Far Southeast Side. #14 runs from express Downtown to 67th Street and then South along Jeffery Boulevard to all the way to 103rd Street on the Chicago/Far Southeast Side|Far Southeast Side. #15 runs just like #14 except it is a local route running from the CTA Red Line at 47th Street then east along 51st Street/Hyde Park Boulevard and then down Lake Park Avenue/Stony Island Avenue through the Hyde Park neighborhood to Jeffrey Boulevard all the way to 103rd Street as well. For traveling east-west and the routes are simple, following the primary streets: #67 along 67th St, #71 along 71st St, #75 along 75th, #79 along 79th Street and #87 along 87th St.

What to see in Chicago/Chatham-South Shore

Oak Woods Cemetery - Confederate POW memorial at Oak Woods Cemetery

• Bronzeville Childrens Museum 9301 South Stony Island Ave 41.7254, -87.5849 ☎ +1-773-721-9301 Opening Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10AM Monday - 2PM $5 Bronzeville Children's Museum =20100409 Bronzeville Childrens Museum The only African American children's museum in the nation is named after the Bronzeville neighborhood even though it is much further south.

• New Regal Theater - Old Avalon Theater | 1641 E 79th Street 41.7514, -87.5835 New Regal Theater -QQQ7957 Built in 1927 as one of the South Side's most impressive movie palaces, done up in ornate Moorish Revival style, this theater was in operation well past the riots and up into the late 1970s. Since then and the theater has served as a church, and then a performance venue, before finally shuttering its doors in 2003. In 2008, however and the building caught a glimmer of new hope with a purchase by new owners hoping to turn the building into a new cultural venue. The idea hasn't quite taken hold yet, but there is reason to feel optimistic about this Chicago Landmark's long-term future. If you are not getting in for an event in the meantime (and believe it and the interior is in fabulous shape and incredibly beautiful), check out the cool mural on the side and ponder the building's incredible musical history; the venue's performers truly include every single world class blues, jazz, rhythm & blues, funk, and soul musician you can think of: John Coltrane, Count Basie, Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis Jr, Earth Wind & Fire, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and the Supremes, Gladys Knight and the Isley Brothers, Billie Holiday, Isaac Hayes, B.B. King, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Marvin e, and so on.

• Oak Woods Cemetery 1035 E 67th Street 41.7694, -87.5992 ☎ +1-773-288-3800 Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30AM Monday - 4:15PM, Saturday Sunday 8:30AM Monday - sundown Oak Woods Cemetery 73757 Were it not for the somber atmosphere, Oak Woods would probably be one of Chicago's favorite parks as it is beautifully laid out and has four attractive elongated ponds. The cemetery is the final resting place of many of the South Side's most famous residents, including Olympian runner Jesse Owens, nuclear physicist Enrico Fermi, civil rights leader Ida B. Wells, Mayor William Hale Thompson (perhaps Chicago's most eccentric leader), and the first black mayor of Chicago, Harold Washington Jr. One of the more striking monuments is the memorial to the overwhelming 6,000 Confederate prisoners of war who died at Camp Douglas (on the site of the present day Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago/Bronzeville|Bronzeville). The mayors' graves are located along the northwest shore of the largest lake (Symphony Lake). If Illinois' ugly political world interests you, you can find "Senator" Roland Burris' ostentatious monument/grave prepared in advance, with a list of his "achievements."

• South Shore Cultural Center - SSCC | 7059 South Shore Dr 41.769722, -87.562778 ☎ +1-773-256-0149 Opening Hours: Sunday - Friday 9AM Monday - 6PM, Saturday 9AM Monday - 5PM South Shore Cultural Center South Shore Cultural Center Gate 68440 An enormous South Side landmark, which once served as the private golf clubhouse — closed to African-Americans. Times have changed. The country club went bankrupt, and the golf course and tremendous building were bought by the Chicago Park District, and then converted into a beautiful and extravagant community center with large chandeliers and floor to ceiling windows. The SSCC hosts plays, live music, and dance performances. It's no stranger to fame, having hosted the wedding receptions of countless South Side notables, including the Obamas; the exterior also served as the "Palace Hotel Ballroom" for the Blues Brothers' big gig.

• Street Michael the Archangel Church 8231 South Shore Dr 41.745, -87.5475 ☎ +1-773-221-0212 - Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic Church (Chicago) St. michael 1 Perhaps the grandest example of the Polish Gothic Church style on the South Side is this towering neogothic church, built in 1909. Of course, economic-driven neighborhood change has meant the end of the Polish steelworker demographic in this parish, which is now heavily Latino. The interior is very impressive — look especially for the hand-sculpted statue of Street Michael defeating Lucifer and the oak and marble communion rail, and the enormous, beautiful German-made stained glass windows.

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Rainbow Beach - Rainbow Beach has lovely South Side views of the Chicago skyline guide|Chicago Skyline

• Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago - 1809 E 71st Street #203 41.765883, -87.581000 ☎ +1-773-241-6080 Opening Hours: Check website for performance times Muntu is an innovative and highly acclaimed Chicago dance company, which performs energetic interpretations of African and African-American dances and music. This location and their headquarters, is comprised of offices and a stage, although they regularly travel around Chicago's performance venues.

• Avalon Park Ice Skating | 1215 E 83rd Street ☎ +1-312-747-6015 Opening Hours: Outdoors 7AM Monday - 11PM daily, Indoor rink Monday to Friday 9AM Monday - 10PM, Saturday Sunday 9AM Monday - 5PM Free skating, $3 skate rentals

• ETA Creative Arts Foundation 7558 South South Chicago Ave 41.75706, -87.59395 ☎ +1-773-752-3955 Opening Hours: Box office Monday - West 10AM Monday - 6PM, Thursday - Sunday 10AM Monday - 10PM, ETA Gallery Monday - West 11AM Monday - 6PM, Thursday Friday 11AM Monday - 10PM, Saturday 7AM Monday - 10PM, Sunday 2PM Monday - 10PM Main stage $25 A community center housing one top-notch African-American theater company, which puts on an extraordinary number of plays, nearly all of them world premieres. The theater is very nice and the community center includes two art galleries featuring mostly local African-American artists. Live music on Music Mondays (second Monday of the month).

• Rainbow Beach 7600 South Shore Dr 41.75915, -87.5505 ☎ +1-312-747-0832 Opening Hours: Summers (Memorial Day-Labor Day): 9AM Monday - 9:30PM Free One of the best and biggest beaches in Chicago, boasting a magnificent South Side view of the Chicago skyline, and it has a free parking lot! Free outdoor movies are often held in the adjacent Rainbow Park.

• The Rink - 1122 E 87th Street 41.73718, -87.59656 ☎ +1-773-221-3290 Opening Hours: Tuesday 10AM Monday - 2PM (30+) 8PM Monday - midnight (21+), West 5:30PM Monday - 8:30PM (families), Thursday 8PM Monday - midnight (30+), Friday 7PM Monday - 11PM, Saturday noon-3PM (pre-teen) 7PM Monday - 11PM (teen) midnight-4AM (18+), Sunday 5PM Monday - 9PM (30+) 9:30PM Monday - 1:30AM (18+) $7, but varies Ok, this place is cool. A roller rink oozing with South Side character and home to not a few serious skaters who flaunt their moves to smooth R&B and old school. It has shown up a bit in pop culture, from the movies "Soul Food" and "Roll Bounce" to several nationally-aired music videos. If you are intimidated by the pros on the rink but want to check the place out and there are also arcade games and pool/ping-pong tables. It is open to different age groups at different times, so make sure to double-check the hours before coming here.

• South Shore Country Club 7059 South Shore Dr 41.768289, -87.563920 ☎ +1-312-747-6250 Opening Hours: Sunrise-sunset Weekdays $11, Weekends $12.50 Nine holes of golf maintained (somewhat) by the Chicago Park Administration. Great skyline views over Lake Michigan from the course.

Shopping in Chicago/Chatham-South Shore

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• Angborki Doe Designs 2650 E 83rd Street 41.744705, -87.559221 ☎ +1-773-731-2650 Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 8AM Monday - 6PM, Saturday 9AM Monday - 5PM African imports, aimed at home decor from jewelry and artwork to sofas.

• Moo & Oink | 7158 South Stony Island Ave ☎ +1-773-493-7100 Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 8AM Monday - 8PM, Saturday 8AM Monday - 7PM, Sunday 8AM Monday - 6PM The legendary Grocery Store/Butcher Shop made famous for its catchy jingle and dancing cow and pig duo seen in local commercials.

• The Underground Afrocentric Book Store | 1727 E 87th Street ☎ +1-773-768-8869 Opening from Monday to Saturday 11AM Monday - 7PM Books by and about African-Americans. Prides itself on distributing new and controversial publications. Also sells recordings of speeches by African-American leaders, African clothing, and other odds and ends.

• The Woodshop Art Gallery | 441 E 75th Street ☎ +1-773-994-6666 Opening Hours: Monday W-Sa 9AM Monday - 6PM Offers paintings and contemporary furniture by African-American artists as well as Haitian art, all at quite reasonable prices.

Halal Restaurants

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This section of the city is spoiled for neighborhood restaurants. The city's most renowned soul food is served up here at famous locations, long serving just about every prominent African-American figure who has set foot in Chicago. The city's best Memphis-style BBQ is here, too. Greater Grand is home to the city's best donuts; Chatham to the city's best fried Chicken.

Now, if you are looking for something that resembles healthy food, your options are limited. Soul Vegetarian is a very good option, and the various ethnic restaurants are not quite so heart attack-inducing (mostly Jamaican, but with the odd Trinidadian and Senegalese restaurant tossed in for good measure).

South Side BBQ|Follow these rules, and you'll get some great cue:

• Get your Sauce on the side! There's no reason not to, and it allows you to control just how drenched the Meat gets.
• Follow the guide. You can easily go astray in these parts with sub-par BBQ — you cannot with the ones listed below.
• Order sparingly. One combo can easily feed two, so if you're solo, plan to either make it two meals or get one of the small dishes.
• Make sure they've got your order right, as communication through bulletproof glass is difficult.
• Take your cue somewhere else. Good options include the Midway in Chicago/Hyde Park|Hyde Park, or better still the 63rd Street Pier east of Chicago/Hyde Park|Jackson Park.
• Thit is the real deal, dig in with those fingers and make a mess!
• Dat Donuts 8249 South Cottage Grove Ave 41.744328, -87.604704 ☎ +1-773-723-1002 Opening Hours: 24 hours daily, except Sunday 10PM Monday - 4AM $0.25-2.50 A must for serious donut eaters as it is home to the legendary "Big Dat" — the mother of all donuts. In addition to quantity (i.e., size) and the quality attracts devoted foodies from all over the Chicagoland area.

• Harold's Chicken Shack #55 100 West 87th Street 41.736520, -87.626907 ☎ +1-773-224-3314 Opening Hours: Sunday - Thursday 11AM Monday - midnight, Friday Saturday 11AM Monday - 2AM $2-5 A restaurant reviewer for the Chicago Reader took on the immense and grave task of finding which Harold's is the best, visiting each and every one of the 50 or so odd locations, and reviewing them on a 10-point scale across 12 categories. And he found this location to be the best of them all! While the Chicken should be fabulous and there are more fights going on in that parking lot than is normal — between people who know each other, though.

• Give Me Some Sugah 2234 E 71st Street 41.766400, -87.570131 ☎ +1-773-363-9330 Opening Hours: Monday 3:30PM Monday - 7:30PM, Tuesday - Saturday 10AM Monday - 7:30PM $1.50-6 A wonderful South Shore bakery, where everything is made from scratch (the high prices reflect this).

• Maya's Pizzas 8550 South Commercial Ave 41.739518, -87.551847 ☎ +1-773-221-9313 Opening Hours: Monday - Thursday 11AM Monday - 10:30PM, Friday Saturday 11AM Monday - 11:30PM, Sunday 2PM Monday - 10PM $2.50-14 Serving a pretty delicious, thickish pan Pizzas pie or by the slice at nice South Chicago prices. The menu is, unsurprisingly, stuffed with random generic South Side fare, but the Chicken broaster is also pretty great.

• That's a Burgers 2134 E 71st Street 41.744060, -87.584853 ☎ +1-773-493-2080 Opening Hours: Monday - Thursday 11AM Monday - 7PM, Friday Saturday 11AM Monday - 9PM $4-6 Big to-order Burgers at a local favorite. Take-out only, and call ahead well in advance to avoid a long wait. The house specials are the Whammy Burger, which comes with a split Polish on top, and the T.a.B Special, topped with chili, Cheese, bacon and egg. Beef or turkey.

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• Barbara Ann's Barbecue | 7617 South Cottage Grove Ave ☎ +1-773-651-5300 Opening Hours: Tuesday - Thursday noon-midnight, Friday Saturday noon-3AM $8-16 All Barbara Ann's offerings are great, but the links stand out — coarse, fatty, spicy — incredible. She also offers beef tips, which you would have trouble finding elsewhere in the city. Order the Sauce on the side if you don't want your links to drown.

• BJ's Market & Bakery | 8734 South Stony Island Ave ☎ +1-773-374-4700 Opening Hours: Monday - Thursday 11AM Monday - 9PM, Friday Saturday 11AM Monday - 10PM, Sunday 11AM Monday - 8PM $8-15 This dining-hall like eatery offers some of the best soul food in a city full of great southern cooking. Moreover and the chef prides himself on cooking soul food for the heart, meaning that the food is actually healthy and won't sit so heavy in your stomach.

• Captain's Hard Time Dining | 436 E 79th Street ☎ +1-773-487-2900 Opening Hours: Sunday Tuesday - Thursday 8AM Monday - 11PM, Friday Saturday 8AM Monday - midnight $9-14 Fine dining on the cheap, soul food, Steaks, and seafood. Offers a $15 Sunday "Gospel buffet" from 11AM Monday - 6PM with Gospel singers performing after 2:30PM.

• Lem's Bar-B-Que House - 311 E 75th Street ☎ +1-773-994-2428 Opening Hours: Monday W-ThursdaySunday 1PM Monday - 1AM, Friday Saturday 1PM Monday - 3AM $5-13 Lem's sets the standard against which all Chicago cue must be judged. That's not to say it is the best — Uncle John's could certainly give Lem's a run for its money on any day. But it serves the most reliably excellent tips and (charred) links you'll find in the city. Open late, and with a crowded parking lot.

• Maxine's Caribbean Spice | 1232 E 87th Street ☎ +1-773-933-0540 Opening Hours: Monday - Thursday noon-10PM, Friday Saturday noon-midnight, Sunday noon-9PM $7-15 One of the best Jamaican restaurants in town. Features a weekend Caribbean breakfast which comes with sides of fried dumplings and boiled bananas. Note though, like all South Side Jamaican places, service is s l o w.

• Soul Vegetarian East Restaurant | 205 E 75th Street ☎ +1-773-224-0104 Opening Hours: Monday - Thursday 7AM Monday - 10PM, Friday 7AM Monday - 11PM, Saturday 8AM Monday - 11PM, Sunday 8AM Monday - 9PM $8-14 Thit is at once one of the best Vegetarian and the best soul food restaurants in town. Occasional events range from spoken word to hip hop DJs.

• Three J's Restaurant | 1713 E 75th Street ☎ +1-773-667-1360 Opening Hours: Monday - Thursday 8AM Monday - 11PM, Friday Saturday 8AM Monday - 11:45PM, Sunday 8AM Monday - 10PM $6-12 South Side is the place for Jamaican, and this local South Shore establishment gets five stars for the jerk Chicken alone. Inside it's a nice, clean, diner-like eatery, with friendly service. Even if you never set foot in the neighborhood, you can indulge in this fine food by delivery as far as the Chicago/Loop|Loop! Just know that it's cash-only, order minimum $15, you will have to step outside your hotel to get it, and call Joseph at +1-773-746-9615 for the delivery (tip him well for that drive!).

• Uncle Joe's | 8211 South Cottage Grove Ave ☎ +1-773-962-9935 Opening Hours: Saturday - Thursday 11AM Monday - 10PM, Friday 11AM Monday - 11PM $7-13 The South Side's legendary Jamaican restaurant serving great jerk meats. It has developed into a local chain, but thit is the original, and widely considered the best.

• Uncle John's BBQ | 339 E 69th Street ☎ +1-773-892-1233 Opening Hours: Monday - Thursday 1PM Monday - 10PM, Friday Saturday 1PM Monday - midnight $3.50-14 Uncle John's BBQ is simply the best. The tips and links are perfect, and the spare-ribs (unlike most Chicago ribs) are wonderful. This place will dispel any notions you previously carried about BBQ north of the Mason-Dixon.

• Yassa African Restaurant | 716 E 79th Street ☎ +1-773-488-9630 Opening Hours: Sunday - Thursday 11AM Monday - 10PM, Friday Saturday 11AM Monday - 11PM $9-12 An authentic Senegalese Restaurant, which has made quite a name for itself (having been featured on the popular foodie TV show "Check Please"). But it remains a low-key, friendly hub for Chicago's Senegalese community. Don't miss the W,F dinner special: cow foot?!

• The Parrot Cage | 7059 South Shore Dr ☎ +1-773-602-5333 Opening Hours: W-Sa reservations accepted 5:30PM Monday - 8:30PM, brunch Sunday 11AM Monday - 3PM $16-25 An upscale restaurant at the South Shore Cultural Center that offers fine seasonal American cuisine at impressively fair prices, nice views of Lake Michigan, and is a great excuse to come admire the SSCC.

Red Peppers Masquerade - Jazz and Blues on 87th

Don't be fooled. There are plenty of blues clubs throughout the city, but none hold a candle to the following. Blues clubs are undoubtedly a matter of taste — you could have a great or a bad experience at any one of these, but the risk is worth it. Jazz lovers spending much time in the city should not miss a Tuesday night Von Freeman gig at the New Apartment Lounge.

South Side blues clubs, though, constitute a fragile ecosystem. Try not to descend en masse. The music and atmosphere will adapt to you; you won't get the real experience. Come in couples or trios instead, and immerse yourself in the culture of the real Chicago blues.

• 50 Yard Line Grille | 69 E 75th Street ☎ +1-773-846-0005 Opening Hours: Sunday - Friday 11AM Monday - 2AM, Saturday 11AM Monday - 3AM A cool and a South Side steppers' lounge, where people dance like adults. Despite the name, thit is about as far from being a sports bar as feasible.

• Club Escape 1530 E 75th Street 41.7589, -87.5871 ☎ +1-773-667-6454 Opening Hours: Sunday - Friday 5PM Monday - 2AM, Saturday 5PM Monday - 3AM South Side bars are rare creatures. Thit is a very laid back and exceptionally welcoming bar/lounge frequented mostly by men and women in their 30s and 40s, dancing mostly to soul, house, and smooth jazz.

• Chef Sara's Cafe | 7201 South Exchange Ave ☎ +1-773-359-4637 Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 6AM Monday - 8PM, Saturday 8AM Monday - 8PM, Sunday 8AM Monday - 5PM This airy, attractive, comfortable, stay-as-long-as-you-want cafe is imfeasible to miss, and you wouldn't want to. The fresh sandwiches, salads, and panini are all worth stopping in for. The free WiFi should keep you occupied while you sip.

• New Apartment Lounge | 504 E 75th Street ☎ +1-773-483-7728 Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 3PM Monday - 4AM, Saturday 3PM Monday - 5AM, Sunday 3PM Monday - 4AM No cover, two-drink minimum This jazz club is simply extraordinary. It is small, has no cover, and hosts perhaps the best regular jazz show in Chicago. Not all nights see performances, but every Tuesday night Chicago jazz legend Von Freeman shows up with his quartet and enchants those who make it out to this small club from 10:30PM until a few hours before the sun comes up. His show attracts people from all walks of life from all over the city. If you want to sit at the bar, expect to pay for a few drinks. This club has been "closed for renovations" since January 2011.

• Red Pepper Lounge 428 E 87th Street ☎ +1-773-873-5700 Opening Hours: Monday 3PM Monday - 2AM, T-F 10AM Monday - 2AM, Saturday 10AM Monday - 3AM, Sunday noon-2AM Dinners $5-8 A Mardi Gras styled bar/restaurant serving Cajun cuisine. There's blues on Wednesdays and stand-up comedy Tuesdays and Thursdays. F-Sa see live DJs and lots of dancing. The entertainment is in the back room past the front café.

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Know what you're getting into if you are thinking of staying here. The options are pay-by-the-hour flop houses and run-down motels, with all the shady characters, dubious mattresses, and loose security that entails. And, well, cabs might be reluctant to pick you up if you give them one of these addresses. If staying here, though, know that the motels on Stony Island are the most secure.

• Barbara Ann's Motel Two | 7621 South Cottage Grove Ave ☎ +1-773-487-5800 Rooms from $40 for 4 hr, $45 10 hr, $60 all night - Offers a bed, dresser, TV, and private bathroom. Attached to Barbara Ann's BBQ, which serves excellent beef tips.

• Camelot Motel | 9118 South Cottage Grove Ave ☎ +1-773-488-3100 $40 for 10 hr, $55 overnight - Rooms have a dresser, table, and television.

• Lake Motel | 9101 South Stony Island Ave ☎ +1-773-731-6600 $40 for 8 hr, $60 overnight, plus $2 key deposit - Not far from Chicago State University and the Chicago Skyway/I-90 to Indiana.

• Stony Island Motel | 9201 South Stony Island Ave ☎ +1-773-731-8817 $55 for 8 hr, $70 overnight - The friendliest looking option in the area, with standard rooms, also close to the Skyway.

• Zanzibar Motel | 8101 South Stony Island Ave ☎ +1-773-768-1430 $40 for 10 hr, $55 overnight - Offers cable television and air conditioning.

Telecommunications in Chicago/Chatham-South Shore

South Shore Cultural Center 2 - The South Shore Cultural Center

There are four public libraries offering free wifi and public terminals. The Exchange Cafe #Drink|above is another good option.

• Avalon Branch Library | 8148 South Stony Island Ave ☎ +1-312-747-5234 Opening Hours: Monday West noon-8PM, Tuesday Thursday 10AM Monday - 6PM, F-Sa 9AM Monday - 5PM
• Greater Grand Crossing Branch Library | 1000 E 73rd Street ☎ +1-312-745-1608 Opening Hours: Monday West 10AM Monday - 6PM, Tuesday Thursday Noon-8PM, F-Sa 9AM Monday - 5PM
• South Shore Branch Library | 2505 E 73rd Street ☎ +1-312-747-5281 Opening Hours: Monday West 10AM Monday - 6PM, Tuesday Thursday noon-8PM, F-Sa 9AM Monday - 5PM
• Whitney Young Branch Library | 7901 South Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr ☎ +1-312-747-0039 Opening Hours: Monday West 10AM Monday - 6PM, Tuesday Thursday noon-8PM, F-Sa 9AM Monday - 5PM

Stay Safe

The South Side experiences here can potentially outshine those you could have anywhere else in Chicago. There's one hitch though, and that'sviolent crime. Alas and the levels of violent crime in this area, especially in the northwest neighborhood of Greater Grand Crossing, are higher than you'd find traveling in much of the world; travel here is not for everyone, and many travelers will find visiting this area of the city to be beyond their comfort level.

Nonetheless, a casual visitor is very unlikely to be the target of crime; you just are not spending enough time here, so the odds are you'll be fine. Avoid side streets, where you can run into unabashed drug trade. On main streets, you might get mildly harassed if you look lost, insecure, or unfamiliar with your surroundings — if it happens, avoid eye contact, and keep walking.

It's a hassle to deal with public transport, especially if you're not staying here, and waiting around in the wee hours of the night at a bus stop, having stumbled out of a bar, is not a great idea. If you're going to be at a club, you're going to have some booze, and you'll need a ride. Arranging a point-to-point taxi ride is a good idea if you are coming from downtown. Arrange that in advance; residents rightly complain about the difficulty of getting a cab at night.

More Muslim friendly Destinations from Chicago/Chatham-South Shore

• The South Side's Chicago/Bronzeville|Bronzeville and Chicago/Hyde Park|Hyde Park are just to the north and have a lot to offer a visitor interested in African-American history and culture. They also have far better hotel options, so if you are interested in basing yourself South Side, it may make sense to get a room near a Metra stop near Hyde Park.
• Chatham is often considered part of the Chicago/Far Southeast Side|Far Southeast Side, and there is ample reason to head further south. More soul food awaits, more blues brothers' filming locations, as well as a host of other South Side attractions like Historic Pullman.

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