Best of Chicago: Explore Evanston

Best of Chicago: Explore Evanston

It’s the weekend. You have finished your homework, studied for that test next week, and you are in search for an adventure. However, being the typical college student, you are frugal with your money, finding discounts and fun things to do on a budget. Luckily, with a Ventra Card on hand, your phone, and other things you feel you may need; there are countless things you can explore outside the city of Chicago. Here are some fun things you can do this weekend (“Adventure is out there!”):

Evanston:

Get There: Further north of Loyola is the town of Evanston, the home of the big ten school, Northwestern University. Here, there are a combination of chain restaurants, cafes, boutiques, and specialty shops which makes this a place to check out. The town is easily accessible by taking the purple line from Howard (the north end of the Red Line) and going north.

Museums and Attractions include: Mary and Leigh Block Museum, Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, and many gardens and parks in the area. Evanston, for most part, provides a more secluded and quieted area, unless you are by Northwestern. A little further north will take you to the Baha’i House of Worship. This architectural wonder is a great place to explore and maybe the place for your next Instagram photo. Interestingly enough, the temple is the oldest surviving one in the world, one of eight formally dedicated, and the only one in the United States. The structure is intricately detailed and is a true wonder of engineering.

Restaurants and Eateries: I would recommend trying Asian Cajun Too. This unique restaurant is great to go with friends, having a fusion of Southern Cajun style cooking and a blend of Asian influences. For example you can have a dish of fried rice (prepared in an Asian way) with grilled and spiced crawfish and Andouille sausage. Or you can have crispy calamari with sweet and sour sauce with jalapenos. Regardless of what you get, it is sure to be tasty. There is also Joy Yee Noodle which features a wide range of different styles of Asian cooking: Chinese, Malaysian, Indonesian, Korean, Japanese, and more. Because of the big portions of the plates, I would suggest sharing family style with some friends, even with this you are guaranteed to have some leftovers. You can get anything from Javanese Beef Cubes with Tomato Rice to Malaysian Fish Filets with Green Beans to Korean Chap-Chae noodles. To wash down all the food, be sure to save room for the restaurant’s signature tapioca drinks and bubble tea.

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