Experience Albany Park
The world is waiting for you in Albany Park, Chicago's most ethnically diverse neighborhood! Enjoy a dazzling array of award-winning restaurants, markets, bakeries and retail shops on Chicago's northwest side. Taste the Thai food at Arun's Thai Restaurant Wolfgang Puck calls "probably the best in the country," buy seafood revered by Charlie Trotter and Chef Jean Joho at The Fish Guy Market, sip the saki loved by Japanese Major League Baseball stars at Chiyo Japanese Restaurant and enjoy year-round musical performances at Northeastern Illinois University and North Park University. There is truly something for everyone in Albany Park!
Click here for the "Experience Albany Park" Guide to entertainment and dining
Slideshow of Albany Park
Explore the heart of Albany Park where you can shop like a world traveler in a few short blocks. Converging here are goods from all over the world — from belly dancing gear to Korean herbs. When you're done shopping, eat hearty. In Albany Park, it's easy to sample ethnic delicacies ranging from Middle Eastern hummus to Swedish Meatballs to Korean barbeque. Enjoy!
Click here for the "Experience Albany Park" Guide to entertainment and dining
Slideshow of Albany Park
Explore the heart of Albany Park where you can shop like a world traveler in a few short blocks. Converging here are goods from all over the world — from belly dancing gear to Korean herbs. When you're done shopping, eat hearty. In Albany Park, it's easy to sample ethnic delicacies ranging from Middle Eastern hummus to Swedish Meatballs to Korean barbeque. Enjoy!
Tour Our Community
Take a tour and learn about Albany Park! Upcoming tours of Albany Park are hosted through the North River Commission and the Chicago Office of Tourism's Neighborhood Tours Program on Saturday May 15, 2010, Saturday July 17, 2010 and Saturday October 30, 2010. For more information and to register, please click here for the Chicago Neighbohood Tour's website.
North River Commission (NRC), the Albany Park Chamber's parent non-profit, hosts tours of Albany Park and its surrounding neighborhoods. Tours are also sponsored by the Mayor’s Office of Special Events (MOSE) and the City of Chicago’s Office of Tourism. In 2009, NRC lead Albany Park tours for MOSE and Burnham Plan Centennial’s “Great Spaces, Great Places” tour, supported by Boeing and the Local Initiative Support Corporation. NRC is also the official tour host for the City of Chicago’s Office of Tourism’s three Neighborhood Tours of Albany Park who hosted tours throughout 2009 and continue into 2010.
Additionally, the Albany Park Chamber connected several Albany Park eateries and Chamber members to the Office of Tourism’s monthly “Ethnic Eating Tours,” including Noon O Kabab Persian Restaurant, Jaafer Sweets, and Restaurant Bulgaria. Over 500 tourists have visited the Greater Albany Park area on tours since 2009. NRC continues to host and organize tours as part of its “Albany Park Retail Marketing Campaign” launched last year to make our community a shopping, dining and entertainment destination on Chicago’s northwest side.
North River Commission (NRC), the Albany Park Chamber's parent non-profit, hosts tours of Albany Park and its surrounding neighborhoods. Tours are also sponsored by the Mayor’s Office of Special Events (MOSE) and the City of Chicago’s Office of Tourism. In 2009, NRC lead Albany Park tours for MOSE and Burnham Plan Centennial’s “Great Spaces, Great Places” tour, supported by Boeing and the Local Initiative Support Corporation. NRC is also the official tour host for the City of Chicago’s Office of Tourism’s three Neighborhood Tours of Albany Park who hosted tours throughout 2009 and continue into 2010.
Additionally, the Albany Park Chamber connected several Albany Park eateries and Chamber members to the Office of Tourism’s monthly “Ethnic Eating Tours,” including Noon O Kabab Persian Restaurant, Jaafer Sweets, and Restaurant Bulgaria. Over 500 tourists have visited the Greater Albany Park area on tours since 2009. NRC continues to host and organize tours as part of its “Albany Park Retail Marketing Campaign” launched last year to make our community a shopping, dining and entertainment destination on Chicago’s northwest side.
Do you want to book a tour of Albany Park? Contact Liz Griffiths at the Albany Park Chamber of Commerce at (773) 478-0202 ext. 12 or email her here.
Getting Around
Visit us via the CTA's Ravenswood Brown Line or Blue Line, the 1-90 Kennedy or 1-94 Edens Expressways, the North Shore Channel Bike Trail or the North Branch of the Chicago River! There are public parking lots at Kimball & Lawrence (CTA Park N' Ride), Kedzie just north of Lawrence Ave (CTA Park N' Ride), and plenty of on-street and angled parking spaces.
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