A stroll through Andersonville, Chicago

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coquicoin5 hours agoPeakD4 min read

For this Wednesday Walk, I'm sharing another walk I took with my son when I visited him in Chicago last December. This time, I invite you to join me on a walk through the Andersonville neighborhood in northern Chicago.

It was cold, but the sky was fairly clear, so we enjoyed a beautiful afternoon.

We got there by taking the Red Line of the L, Chicago's subway, and got off at Bryn Mawr station. From there, we walked a few blocks to N. Clark Street, the commercial heart of the neighborhood.

We walked south on N. Clark St. with no particular destination in mind, just to explore the neighborhood.

Andersonville is a neighborhood with Swedish roots. It is full of boutique shops, cafes, and restaurants. I got the impression that it is an area of the city with a relaxed lifestyle.

This is one of the streets perpendicular to N. Clark St. You can rent bikes there, and it may be a great plan to ride around this area on a bike during the summer.

On the corner of that street, this building with its colorful and eye-catching flower murals caught my attention.

We stopped and went into the Middle Eastern Bakery Grocery to browse a little and ended up buying some hand pies. My favorite was the eggplant and cheese one.

We continued walking down the main street. But at some point we decided to go back a few blocks to a café we had passed earlier that had caught our attention, Taste of Heaven.

It turned out to be a cozy café. We had a couple of coffees, and I couldn't resist trying a slice of chocolate and zucchini cake. I remembered that I have a recipe book at home with that name. The cake was delicious, although I would have thought that the zucchini would make it a little moister.

Through the café window, we saw that it was about to sunset, so I went outside for a moment to take this photo to capture the pink hues in the sky.

We chatted, enjoying our coffee without rushing, and night fell. So after a while, we decided to keep going.

After doing a little window shopping at some of the local stores, we ended our walk by visiting one of the oldest and most traditional bars in the area, Simon's Tavern.

We managed to sit in a corner of the bar even though it was quite crowded. We went there with the idea to try their glögg.

Glögg is a mulled wine with spices typical of the Scandinavian region that is drunk during the Christmas season. I actually liked it better than the Glühwein we had tried

And even though it was a little dark, here's the proof, hehe.