HOUSE OF TWO URNS
BED & BREAKFAST and APARTMENTS
4.5 stars Audience Winner in the Best of Citysearch 2007 "Best of Bed and Breakfasts"
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HOUSE OF TWO URNS BED & BREAKFAST and APARTMENTS 4.5 stars Audience Winner in the Best of Citysearch 2007 "Best of Bed and Breakfasts" Check Availability or Make a Booking |
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Whether you come to Chicago by train, plane or automobile Two Urns offers a wonderful respite in the historic and hip Wicker Park neighborhood.
"It is hopeless for the occasional
visitor to try to keep up with Chicago. She outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them. She is always a
novelty; for she is never the Chicago you saw when you passed through the last
time."
Mark Twain
The music lover finds in Chicago a heaven. From the world's greatest Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Lyric Opera to The Double Door (where the Rolling Stones played) or the Empty Bottle you will find something to please the ear. Lollapalooza and Pitchfork festivals are just a skip beat away from the Two Urns. Chicago is the birthplace of The Blues and you can listen, mingle and sing with some of the Blues' greatest at Taste of Chicago, Millennium Park concerts, neighborhood festivals or nightclubs like Buddy Guys, Blues or Rosa's.
Food, food, food. Chicagoans traveling outside of the city, when asked what they miss the most from Chicago? Reply: "!!The Food!!" Greek, Chinese, Mexican, Mediterranean, Swedish, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Arabian, Indian, Japanese, Ethiopian, Nuevo-Latino or simply American. Ah!! Some of the best restaurants in the city are located in the Wicker Park/Bucktown neighborhoods, you can have a complete culinary vacation, using Two Urns in Wicker Park as your headquarters without ever having to take a bus, taxi or paying for valet parking. Michael Carlson's Schwa is just 5 blocks away in a very unpretentious storefront and down the street from him you can get some of the best "tacos de lengua" or ingredients to make your own in the Guanajuato supermarket. On Division Street you will find some of the best barbeque in the city at Smoke Daddy's, a Mexican cantina with great tacos at Angels and Mariachis, superb sushi at Mirai, the only totally organic Midwest place, Crust, or just some darn good fries at Jerry's, where you can choose from over 100 craft beers. If you are desperately seeking
SUE, you will find her at the Field Museum of Natural History:
Sue is the most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex in the world
and the museum is an architectural jewel not to be missed. Spend a whole day on
the museum campus,
bring walking shoes and camera. Walk a few steps to the Shedd
Aquarium or the Planetarium and take in the most
magnificent view of the Chicago from inside the Lake. We really don't recommend renting a car if you are staying with us - Public transit is convenient and affordable and the Blue line subway, 3 bus lines and a taxicab stand are only 1.5 blocks from our front door. Only if you are heading out of the city to visit relatives or other sights might you need to rent a car to make it more convenient for you during your stay. There is an Enterprise rental car agency nearby on North Milwaukee Avenue or on West Division Street (they are the ones that pick you up) and it makes it easier than sitting in hours of traffic to and from the airports or paying $25 parking lot fees every time you move your car downtown. For those of you driving in from out-of-town we offer free parking to our guests - off-street for the most part. Check-in is by appointment. If you are unable to arrive on time, please call us to re-arrange a mutually convenient time to arrive. We are not always at home and our staff may not be in hearing range of the door bell at all hours of the day. "Check-in is a two-way street and communication the key to an open door." For more info about cultural events occurring in Chicago, please check out these
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The House of Two Urns B&B is fully inspected, licensed and approved by the City of Chicago and the Illinois Bed and Breakfast Association and a member of the Chicago Bed and Breakfast Association and the American and Illinois Hotel Motel Associations. Chicago Bed and Breakfast Establishments are required to be licensed and inspected by the City of Chicago, but not all are, if we do not have space, please check with one of our city licensed and inspected colleagues at: www.chicago-bed-breakfast.com the ONLY website where only licensed and inspected B&Bs can be found.
House of Two Urns 1239 N. Greenview. Chicago, Illinois, 60622. USA Tel: 773 /235-1408 Fax: 773/235-1410
Send e-mail to: info@twourns.com with
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Chicago is one of the
World's greatest destinations with a great variety of excellent restaurants, architecture, history, art, museums and
music. Chicago's neighborhoods offer an amazing
array of shopping, walking and culinary pleasures. Lake Michigan in summer
offers water sports and miles of traffic free beaches and parks for walking or
bicycling.
Summer time in Chicago brings some
of the best Free Outdoor Music Festivals in the world: The Chicago Jazz Fest; The Blues Fest; Latin Music Festival; Taste of Chicago;
Venetian Night: Gospel Fest; The Viva Chicago Fest; The Country Music
Festival: The Gospel festival, Lollapalloza and the Pitchfork festivals. The Pritzker Pavilion stage
designed by Frank Gehry offers free jazz and classical concerts 3-4 nights a
week and is only 18 min. away on the bus from the Two Urns. (If you are
coming with children do not forget to pack swimming suits as it is easy to get
more than your feet wet in the Crown Fountain. 
This Inn is an Avant-Guide Chicago Editor's Choice Award
Winner.