Travel

Accommodations

We will be staying with our families at The Hotel Palomar, and have arranged for discounted rooms for guests on Saturday and Sunday nights. The Hotel is two blocks from The Ivy Room.

The Hotel Palomar

505 North State Street (at Illinois)
(877) 731-0505
Online booking

If you are unable to complete your reservation online (e.g., preferred dates or room date not available), please email Tayler and the group manager to book.

Flights & Ground Transportation

Both O’Hare and Midway Airports are about equally accessible. We recommend using public transit (CTA ‘L’) or taxi/rideshare to travel to and from the airport. For those who do plan on renting a car or driving from the suburbs, nearby garages and ParkWhiz are significantly less expensive than the hotel valet.

Discounted parking is available at 33 W. Ontario, both for the day-of and for overnight.

For travel within the city, Uber and Lyft are both ubiquitous. The CTA buses are also surprisingly clean and usually less crowded than the trains. Passes (Ventra cards) can be purchased at any train station.

Chicago Restaurants & Activities

There is a good reason we can’t stay away from Chicago for more than a few weeks at a time, and it isn’t the weather. Check out some of the restaurants below and see for yourself:

Eating is the number one activity in Chicago (no really, we are serious), but if you need to work off the calories, you might consider: