This is one of my favorite summer festival to come and enjoy with my family. Great Food,…read moreEntertainment and Good Vibes. I have been coming here for many years and the vibes have always been good. The food prices are very reasonable. Food & Drinks range from $3.00 to maybe $6.00 if that much. Very inexpensive and budget friendly. This festival is a place for you to try different authentic foods, music and good vibes. You can shop the vendors tents and find some cool things to purchase. There are several stages where you can enjoy a live concert. There is a carnival with a few rides for the kids to stay entertained. I always look forward to coming here year. Taste of Melrose Park is always around the first week in September.

A bunch of us checked out the Taste of Melrose Park during Labor Day weekend. This is a food fest…read morewith free admission. Amazingly every food item was priced at $3 or less. It was fun to try all sorts of tasty foods. Many of them were Italian bites but there were other Mexican-style foods as well. We enjoyed items such as Italian beef, arancini, flat "fried meatball" sandwich, a "salad sandwich" that was quite good because of the fresh bread, cheese fries, cannoli, root beer float, slushie and a lovely serving of sfingi (freshly made "donut holes" made by nuns, how can you top that?). There are fair faves such as promotional freebies, carnival rides, a guy on stilts, and a clown pushing a mini-clown in a stroller (wha wha??). There is some entertainment as well (we heard bagpipers after someone belted out the Star Spangled Banner). This was sort of a folksy food fest, and the price was right. If you are looking for something fun to do next Labor Day weekend in the 'burbs, keep Taste of Melrose Park in mind.

I love the city of Chicago. I love this mural. I think it's a beautiful public art display and we…read morelove finding greetings from our welcome to certain cities everywhere we visit.

If you are into wall art, Logan Square has some quality opportunities for pics and selfies…read more We got off the Blue Line at California, ate at a local place and made our way towards the Robin Williams mural. Along the way though you will run into the Greetings from Chicago and a sports mural by Jappy Agoncillo (formerly the Quincy Jones mural). The Robin Williams/Aladdin genie mural is huge and in a parking lot. It's a nice mural of one of my favorite actor's roles. I don't know if these murals are lighted, but there is plenty of space during the daylight hours. Since we were headed back downtown we caught the CTA back from Western, which was just as far as the stop at California. It's a worth detour if you have the time.

Just received my order in a timely manner and I am obsessed,everything arrived perfectly with the…read morecold ship option as well it's in the 90' in California right now :) Huge kudos to the company I recently took a Carnival Cruise and they had these pretzels( Milk Chocolate Caramel Sea Salt Pretzels) as an option for sale to snack in your room . I was disappointed when I ran out , low and behold I locate your company and these are an exact replica !!! So happy I immediately placed another order. You guys should look into supplying Carnival Cruise Lines ... Thank you sooo much !!

Dirty sodas are amazing here - so many to choose from! Candy selection is also incredible between…read morethe retro or foreign options and the in house choices you are bound to find something. Staff is very patient and helpful/friendly. Definitely head on over!

I asked him to print a poster on glossy paper, and the quality turned out excellent. The price was…read morethe lowest I could find in Chicago, which was a great bonus. He even replied to my email over the weekend, which I really appreciated. Highly recommended!

Highly recommended. The business made me static-cling vinyl race car number decals. They came out…read moreperfect, within the tight deadline I needed, at a very reasonable price, and pickup time was super flexible.

Easily one of the best Italian restaurants in Chicagoland! Such a hidden gem! Small space, but you…read moregot all the attention. Seeing the food prepped right in front of you, cooked to perfection. Don't miss the eggplant parmesan, from a person never liked eggplant parmesan coz she never had good one till she dined at Ciro.

Ciro is a small and cozy Italian restaurant in the pleasant district of Oak Park. It's easy to…read moremiss, but luckily it was recommended I try it. Unfortunately, they will be closing permanently on June 20th. Opened in 2023 by Chef Ciro Parlato, this authentic Italian dining experience did not disappoint. Most everything is imported from Italy, or made freshly in house. Nothing is Americanized, giving you the true authentic Italian experience. We felt very well taken care of at the counter, enjoying all bites. My favorite was the Focaccia Pesto e Stracciatella, it put my Focaccia bread to shame! Best of luck on your next adventure, Ciro. Oak Park will miss you.

Food was delicious and the service was warm and pleasant. Our waiter was very attentive and the…read morechef also came out to ask us how the food was. We ordered tapas to share, chicken piccata and dessert. Everything was very tasty. Will definitely return.

Rustico was a really wonderful dining experience. From the moment we sat down, the atmosphere felt…read morerelaxed and welcoming, and the service made the evening especially enjoyable! The bread service was fantastic. The tomato focaccia and the baguette were both excellent and I had to remind myself not to fill up on it before the main meal! LOL! We started with the calamari which was very well seasoned and clearly not the typical frozen version you often see from foodservice distributors. It tasted fresh, was crispy, and well prepared. For dinner I ordered the margherita pizza which was simple and delicious. I ended up ordering a second one to-go for my partner who couldn't make it to dinner. He also loved it - even after it sat for ~30 min or so while we chatted more, then drove home to the Maywood area. I would imagine their delivery is pretty good based on that! My mom had the rigatoni vodka with added crumbled Italian sausage which she loved, and my dad ordered the Marcelino. He loved the generous amount of seafood and how well seasoned it was. My parents are big wine drinkers and my dad was especially impressed with the wine list and the selection available. Oscar was an incredible server!! He struck the perfect balance of being attentive while still letting us enjoy a relaxed, unhurried evening. The support staff and food runners were also fantastic and very friendly, making the entire service experience feel polished! I also loved the kitchen was more open which gives you confidence in the quality and care that goes into the food. The dining space is inviting with a nice bar area and an additional room that looks perfect for busy nights or private gatherings. Overall a great restaurant that we would absolutely return to!!

Logan Square is a continuously gentrifying area of Chicago. It's one of the "hip" neighborhoods in…read moretown. Lots of restaurants, some concert venues and the like. It's got several notable parks, such as Palmer Square Park, Unity Park, and Kosciuszko Park. What makes Logan Square special is that it's part of the boulevard system, and it has these beautiful wide boulevards which have large, park-like medians. I've seen people having gatherings, picnics, barbecues and the like here in the medians along Kedzie. I don't actually spend much time in Logan Square or its environs, but probably should. There's Emporium or Fireside Bowl if you're looking for fun (and I think Pink Squirrel is in the area, if you want to try duckpin bowling); more than one brewery, I think, though Revolution Brewing is the big one I think. Lots of great public art, from the Greetings from Chicago and Robin Williams murals to the most amazing mosaic commemorating L. Frank Baum and the land of Oz that you've ever seen (Oz Park can suck it). Worth a stroll, and get some Puerto Rican food.

Logan Square is an area on the northwest side of Chicago that is dear to my heart. Southeast of…read moreLogan Square is the gateway to downtown Chicago. Northwest of Logan Square is the gateway to the most Polish neighborhood in the United States - almost like a little Warsaw. East of Logan Square leads you into the old German part of Chicago, which once covered over a dozen square miles, had 6 German newspapers, and over 100 German stores, restaurants, bars, bakeries, dancehalls, & cultural centers. And west of Logan Square opens onto a seemingly endless stretch of ethnic neighborhoods and faceless buildings that were flung up in grids during the first half of the 20th century. Once, Logan Square was an affluent neighborhood, a rich area of the city one might say, like a late 19th century suburb on the outskirts of Chicago's center. Even today, one can find the occasional stretch of old stone mansions with carriage houses left standing, tucked in between the many 1930's three story brick apartment buildings where other even older mansions once stood, some stretching back to the Gilded Age. Logan Square offers a bittersweet memory of the glory days of Old Chicago, when Speakeasys dotted the city, Sicilian Gangsters drove the streets, and European Immigrants from Sweden, Saxony, and other cities far and wide were pouring into town daily, enriching our lives with their many cultures and their absolutely delicious cuisines. Now Logan Square is just another place among the many spots in Chicago where it's specific history has been lost. Logan Square has become a Subway Station and a Bus Depot. Today Logan Square is just a big Pillar in the middle of the street.

Despite the crazy construction and total deletion of Oak Park Ave, this trattoria is absolutely…read morekilling it in terms of business. My parents and I were visiting our old haunts in OP and were not only happy to see Vicolo open but pleasantly surprised to see it packed. But what was really amazing was that food kept coming from the kitchen quickly and efficiently; their crew are pros! The food was delicious, just as I remembered. My dad loved his red snapper with tomatoes and olives; my mom enjoyed her ravioli; and I loved my tuna carpaccio - the lemon vinaigrette with arugula, tomatoes, and the thinly-sliced tuna was heaven.

The food is so good! I appreciate the staff for all their help and attention for detail. We were…read moredining with young children and they help us out a lot. The decor is cute they had Halloween themed decorations up at the time of our visit. Our family enjoyed it very much.

Before I read some of the reviews. Being a newbie to Forest Park. I made a phone call to see how…read moremuch a vehicle sticker would cost. I explained that I had just recently moved to the area and looking to purchase a vehicle sticker. Well the lady over the phone told me that I would have to pay a late fee. Late fee? for what? and how and why? She told me that I can't just moved into a new county without thinking, I didn't need a vehicle sticker. Excuse me but that is why I'm calling. She went on and on about an extra $35.00 that I must pay. Anyway, I politely ended the call and looked on Yelp to check out some of the reviews. Sad to see that all the reviews had a 1 star review. It's really unprofessional that the employees are rude. I ended up driving over to the village to purchase my sticker. The lady at the front window was super nice. I told her about my phone experience and she apologize. She was kind and told me that I didn't have to pay any late fees. The 2 stars is for the kind person who assisted me at the window. Really hope they improve on their customer social skills.

The water line was replaced a few months ago and now we have a rat problem. We been here for 25…read moreyears and keep our yard immaculate. Reached out to the village and never heard back. A condominium building is next to our with no HOA because the previous president passed last year. We have rats running through our yard and unable to enjoy it. We are looking to move. The village isn't doing anything about it and we have sat our on traps and have caught about 5 rats