Chicago Polish Areas

I will be traveling through Chicago on June 14, and will be there for the day before i take the amtrak home at 8 pm, would like some of my friends here to show me around the Polish sections so I can come back on my own. I travel back and forth to Delaware before moving to Illinois in March with my family, and this will be my first trip to Chicago since '90.
So who can steer me in the right direction??Please. Anyone I have talked to on this forum live near enough??There was also talk about a Polish Festival in Chicago, can anyone tell me more??

Thanks!

isn't Green Point is Chicago?

I dont know, never heard of it.

its in August

Robert,
can you give me an area, sttreet address, and can you tell me where I can get to the shops, so I can bring home some Polish Food in June??

belmont and milwaukee :)

actually if you travel on belmont west of milwaukee it's all polish :)

check out the archives....its all there, bro
If I may. let me recommend a nice restaurant:

Angelica`s 3244 N. milwaukee... 773 736-1186




true::.... Larry, no problem man I know the city very well,

give me a day or so and I`ll put a list together 4 ya

Robert that would be fantastic!!! I appreciate that very much.
Thanks Goonie!!!!

Larry check out these links it has all the restaurants, clubs etc.......

polskiinternet.com/english/busi/chicagoeng.html

taste of polonia site

copernicusfdn.org/home.php?dzial=9

Theres a Polish neighborhood newspaper that circulates in the area,
I can pick one up and send it to you... If you want

The weather has been perfect 88f today, cooler by the lake.......

If youre taking the train youll be downtown the Polish hood is Northwest towards
O`hare Airport..... Are you staying downtown????



I know a good Polish deli all homemade stuff....
I`ll see how my schedule is on the 14th barring any unforseen circumstances
I should be able to take you over there..

If I`m not on the forum email me.... btw im really sledz, I`m trying to be mysterious
its
not really working though...lol

I've always been confused where Jackowo is... is that on the southside somewhere... huge polish community.

Must be on the Southside... never heard of it????????

Jackowo is the is the area of Milwaukee/Central Park/Belmont. I have not been in the neighborhood for years and the last time I was there it looked pretty hispanic...
The most attended by polish community church is in that neighborhood.
Jackowo for Chicago is like Green Point for New York (Brooklyn).

Larry, I'm not sure where you are going to settle when you move here, but there are also good Polish Deli's in the suburbs.

thats close to me

never heard it called that before?????

guess you learn something new everyday

I think they have signs on the streets allover there...at least they used to have them.
Do you know the Restaurant "Orbit" right on the corner of Central park and Milwaukee. It's been there for a long, long time...I met my currently ex-husband over there...Memories.. :)

If they do I havent noticed but I`ll be looking now.


No havent heard of that one.. theres alot of hispanics over there now.

Do you mean Central ave instead of Central park ave???

Central/Milwaukee I cant recall any restaurant by that name,
Now I`m curious gonna have to check it out.......

ahhh i never knew that that part was called jackowo :) just heard my parents talk about it when i was growing up :)

Central Park Ave and Milwaukee. Not Central Ave and Milwaukee. That would be Jefferson Park - not Jackowo :)

that makes more sense :)

Would be great RobThanks!! Email me at Nicholasc044@yahoo.com and I will send back my address.

Eurola, I actually live in the area of Quincy Illinois, 4.5 hours SW of Chicago, but when I travel back to delaware for work I will be going through Chicago (is Cheaper) and I will be there all day when am back and forth, so I want to go to the Polish areas for food and hopefully to meet friends from PF. who can show me around and teach me more Polish. :-)

I appreciate everyone who has given me info on this!!!! :-) :-)

Larry

Larry, if you stay in Chicago until evening I can join you and anyone from this PF for dinner :)

Sounds great Eurola, I will have to get my train by 8pm, so I am free till then, i am not sure where it is (train station) in regards to Polish Areas, but woudl be a fun day, try to get others to join us, I would love to meet everyone!!

you're most likely arriving at central station downtown but then you can branch out with the local trains throughout the city :)

best bet would be to take the blue line to Ohare and get off on the harlem stop... beatiful views from the trains if you've never been :)

Larry, that will put you about a half mile from my house
Its real easy to get around here on the trains.

Yo Larry, I sent you a email let me know if it went through,
my homepage has been acting up

Hi Sledz, i did get your email and i emailed you my address, did you get it??
so Harlem Stop is close to your house,
Eurola,
where are you in respect to this location??

thanks Goonie!!

Meeting set up June 14th in Chicago?/ Who is up to it?? Write me at Kaczor044@yahoo.com so we can a time and plave, Eurola can you help set it up???

I picked up that paper today, I`ll send it out Mon....

The Harlem station is about 6 blocks away

Great Sledz,
I appreciate it and will be looking for it in the mail, you gonna meet Eurola and me on the 14th??

Yeah that sounds good but I wont know for sure till the end of the month

I have this job scheduled in Wisconsin sometime for the first or second week

in June... I`m about 80% sure I can right now

that would be great!!
Let us know, would like you to be there. i believe we will meet at a restraunt, so maybe you and eurola can pick a good one!!