Originally Posted by
Low Flyin
I live in Ravenswood, and just bought a house there. It's a great quiet neighborhood with lots of new stores/restaurants/bars moving in. You can walk to everything and has public transport options. Plus you're only a mile from the lake and 30mins via train to downtown. I drive or take the bus to the blue line, and can make it in 40mins door to door
Gene's Sausage Shop and Opart Thai. Nhu Lan Bakery. Harvestime Foods. The Brauhaus. Thursday evening street festivals. Germanfest.
The pizza joint off of the Rockwell CTA stop...
Damn I miss living in the "Two Five".
(Just not so much this time of year.)
You cannot go wrong with Ravenswood, Lincoln Square and Ravenswood Manor. (That's the area south of Lawrence Ave, west of Ashland and East of Kedzie.)