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Oak Lawn guidebook

Children's Museum

Great indoor place for children. They learn through play. They have lots of realistic activities kids will love. They had a pretend grocery store, costumes for shows, sit in police car, lots of learning activities. Not crowded, free parking and great staff. Weekday morning and early afternoons are best.
Children's Museum in Oak Lawn
5100 Museum Dr
Great indoor place for children. They learn through play. They have lots of realistic activities kids will love. They had a pretend grocery store, costumes for shows, sit in police car, lots of learning activities. Not crowded, free parking and great staff. Weekday morning and early afternoons are best.

Food scene

From the first moment you enter that restaurant the waiters give you an excellent feeling. Very comfortable team, it is a good place to go out with buddies or with your date. Excellent meals, qualified chef de cuisine, good price and nice service. Try Nashville chicken - awesome! Limited menu but definitely something for everyone.
10 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Fry the Coop
1529 W Chicago Ave
10 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
From the first moment you enter that restaurant the waiters give you an excellent feeling. Very comfortable team, it is a good place to go out with buddies or with your date. Excellent meals, qualified chef de cuisine, good price and nice service. Try Nashville chicken - awesome! Limited menu but definitely something for everyone.
The best pizza PERIOD! The sauce? PERFECT! The crust? Thin & crisp. The atmosphere, classy but not overdone. A lot of famous people have walked through the doors of this place (not counting me) and when you have the pizza you will certainly know why. Don't be afraid to try the other items on the menu, they serve up more than just amazing pizza.
Palermo's 95th Italian Cuisine
4849 95th St
The best pizza PERIOD! The sauce? PERFECT! The crust? Thin & crisp. The atmosphere, classy but not overdone. A lot of famous people have walked through the doors of this place (not counting me) and when you have the pizza you will certainly know why. Don't be afraid to try the other items on the menu, they serve up more than just amazing pizza.
This place is no doubt one of the coolest restaurants in the area. They keep their very high level service and the topmost level of dishes they serve. You definitely will enjoy this this place. Highly recommended.
10 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Portillo's Hot Dogs
4020 W 95th St
10 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
This place is no doubt one of the coolest restaurants in the area. They keep their very high level service and the topmost level of dishes they serve. You definitely will enjoy this this place. Highly recommended.
Great atmosphere and amazing food! Perfect for a date night or family dinner. Unbelievable wine selection with tasting, flights, glasses and by the bottle options. Wine from all around the world, including their own brand. Make sure to get a tour of the wine room. Don't forget to make a reservation for Thursday, Friday or Saturday dinner. You can do it easily online.
10 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant
4830 W 111th St
10 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Great atmosphere and amazing food! Perfect for a date night or family dinner. Unbelievable wine selection with tasting, flights, glasses and by the bottle options. Wine from all around the world, including their own brand. Make sure to get a tour of the wine room. Don't forget to make a reservation for Thursday, Friday or Saturday dinner. You can do it easily online.
Have a great dinner at the Barrel Club. Highly recommend their house bourbon and Irish whiskey. Superior service all night long-food was just as good. All the steaks and sides were prepared at a very high level.
The Barrel Club
4910 W 111th St
Have a great dinner at the Barrel Club. Highly recommend their house bourbon and Irish whiskey. Superior service all night long-food was just as good. All the steaks and sides were prepared at a very high level.
This is the place to go for a cozy lunch or nice breakfast. Great atmosphere and excellent service.
Black Oak Tavern
9630 S Pulaski Rd
This is the place to go for a cozy lunch or nice breakfast. Great atmosphere and excellent service.
Modern Middle Eastern counter-serve chain dishing up shawarma & falafel on pitas, rice or salads.
15 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Naf Naf Grill
10433 E Touhy Ave
15 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Modern Middle Eastern counter-serve chain dishing up shawarma & falafel on pitas, rice or salads.
Casual steakhouse chain known for grilled beef & other American dishes in a ranch-style space.
8 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
LongHorn Steakhouse
7070 W Forest Preserve Dr
8 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Casual steakhouse chain known for grilled beef & other American dishes in a ranch-style space.
Casual, health-conscious chain cafe featuring custom smoothies, sandwiches & wraps.
Tropical Smoothie Cafe
4025 West 95th Street
Casual, health-conscious chain cafe featuring custom smoothies, sandwiches & wraps.
Counter-serve bakery/cafe chain serving sandwiches, salads & more, known for its bread.
Panera Bread
10553 S Cicero Ave
Counter-serve bakery/cafe chain serving sandwiches, salads & more, known for its bread.
Hip, counter-serve chain for gourmet takes on fast-food classics like burgers & frozen custard.
28 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Shake Shack
66 E Ohio St
28 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Hip, counter-serve chain for gourmet takes on fast-food classics like burgers & frozen custard.
Boisterous hangout featuring cocktails, draft brews, casual grub & sports TVs in a casual setting.
The Whistle Sports Bar & Grill
7537 W 159th St
Boisterous hangout featuring cocktails, draft brews, casual grub & sports TVs in a casual setting.
Bright, casual eatery offering Japanese, Chinese & Thai cuisine plus a large variety of sushi rolls.
Sushi Thaime
4959 W 95th St
Bright, casual eatery offering Japanese, Chinese & Thai cuisine plus a large variety of sushi rolls.
Chinese, Thai & Japanese fare served from 3 separate kitchens plus a lunch buffet & lounge.
10 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Chi Tung Restaurant
9560 S Kedzie Ave
10 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Chinese, Thai & Japanese fare served from 3 separate kitchens plus a lunch buffet & lounge.
Mexican restaurant
Jalisco Express Restaurant
10846 South Cicero Avenue
Mexican restaurant

Brunch and breakfast

The food is absolutely delicious every single time and you never have to worry about whether or not you'll be full because you definitely will. Definitely recommend and one of top favorite breakfast spots. Try the strawberry shortcake pancakes or the Oreo ones oh so good.
STACKED - Oak Lawn
5273 W 95th St
The food is absolutely delicious every single time and you never have to worry about whether or not you'll be full because you definitely will. Definitely recommend and one of top favorite breakfast spots. Try the strawberry shortcake pancakes or the Oreo ones oh so good.
The food is fresh, great taste, servers are polite and friendly. Sometimes crowded but worth the wait. Try something different you will be amazed.
Flap Jacks of Oak Lawn
4710 W 95th St
The food is fresh, great taste, servers are polite and friendly. Sometimes crowded but worth the wait. Try something different you will be amazed.
The ambiance could be called "sustainable-modern". It's a mix of reclaimed woods and contemporary finishes. They offer a vegan and gluten free menus.From the first moment you step in this restaurant team give you a comfortable feeling. Very friendly waiters, it is a nice restaurant to hang out with buddies or with your date. Tasty meals, skillful chef de cuisine, competitive pay and excellent service. Highly recommended.
Harvest Room - Palos Heights
7164 W 127th St
The ambiance could be called "sustainable-modern". It's a mix of reclaimed woods and contemporary finishes. They offer a vegan and gluten free menus.From the first moment you step in this restaurant team give you a comfortable feeling. Very friendly waiters, it is a nice restaurant to hang out with buddies or with your date. Tasty meals, skillful chef de cuisine, competitive pay and excellent service. Highly recommended.

Supermarket

Always a good shopping experience, often has good sales an can count on the fresh produce being at the peak of excellent and the choices are varied. The hot prepared foods to go are always good & lots to choose from, good oils, spices an dairy products. A wide variety of great cheeses an a nice Bakery for everyday fresh breads & pastries plus celebrations ad well!
Pete's Fresh Market #08 - Evergreen Park
3720 95th St
Always a good shopping experience, often has good sales an can count on the fresh produce being at the peak of excellent and the choices are varied. The hot prepared foods to go are always good & lots to choose from, good oils, spices an dairy products. A wide variety of great cheeses an a nice Bakery for everyday fresh breads & pastries plus celebrations ad well!
Great sales. Good neighborhood store. Open until 1 AM.
44 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Jewel-Osco
87 W 87th St
44 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Great sales. Good neighborhood store. Open until 1 AM.
Amazon Fresh
4031 W 95th St
8 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Target
4120 W 95th St
8 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona

Park

This place is peaceful and pretty. Sometimes they offer special events like Yoga. You can access some of the surrounding trails from there, so it's a good starting point for a bike ride. The paths are covered in wood chips so it’s easy on your joints. The path around the lake is also exactly one mile. Relaxing and super nice.
12 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Centro de Naturaleza Lake Katherine
7402 Lake Katherine Dr
12 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
This place is peaceful and pretty. Sometimes they offer special events like Yoga. You can access some of the surrounding trails from there, so it's a good starting point for a bike ride. The paths are covered in wood chips so it’s easy on your joints. The path around the lake is also exactly one mile. Relaxing and super nice.
Great place to get good outdoor workout. Nice forest trails for waking and running with beautiful views.
Swallow Cliff Woods North
Great place to get good outdoor workout. Nice forest trails for waking and running with beautiful views.
Beautiful place for kids and having some refuge from the hustle and bustle.
Wolfe Wildlife Refuge
Laramie Avenue
Beautiful place for kids and having some refuge from the hustle and bustle.
Kids LOVE swing that is like a mini roller coaster and the splash pad!
Francis Toby Anderson Park
4401 SW Hwy
Kids LOVE swing that is like a mini roller coaster and the splash pad!
Amazing set of trails. They are lots of hills and changes in elevation over 150 feet throughout the entire trail system. Great for advanced mountain bikers. Perfect for nature loving hikers. The park areas are great for family events. No strollers or wagons recommended. Lots of parking and quality facilities. Trails are marked very well.
Wolf Road Woods
9800 Wolf Rd
Amazing set of trails. They are lots of hills and changes in elevation over 150 feet throughout the entire trail system. Great for advanced mountain bikers. Perfect for nature loving hikers. The park areas are great for family events. No strollers or wagons recommended. Lots of parking and quality facilities. Trails are marked very well.
Great walking, biking and horse trails. Lots of of scenery. If you start from country lane woods going north, then keeping right turns you will turn up in the parking lot. Never seeing the same thing twice. Very clean trails. Do the woods a favor if you see a plastic bottle please pick it up and put in garbage can. Thank you!
Country Lane Woods
Great walking, biking and horse trails. Lots of of scenery. If you start from country lane woods going north, then keeping right turns you will turn up in the parking lot. Never seeing the same thing twice. Very clean trails. Do the woods a favor if you see a plastic bottle please pick it up and put in garbage can. Thank you!
Great place. Lots of parking. Proper bathrooms with water just next to the parking lot. Nice big area to sit around the lake. Lots of trees for shade. The boating center is excellent. Great staff to help you get the boat that is right for you.
Maple Lake Boating Center
9600 Wolf Rd
Great place. Lots of parking. Proper bathrooms with water just next to the parking lot. Nice big area to sit around the lake. Lots of trees for shade. The boating center is excellent. Great staff to help you get the boat that is right for you.
I love just relaxing and hanging out hear. Beautiful place for trail biking, hiking and walking.
Pulaski Woods
9600 Wolf Rd
I love just relaxing and hanging out hear. Beautiful place for trail biking, hiking and walking.
Loved it! I like how they redid the kids park. The slides and all are excellent. Your child will have tons of fun because there's so much to do. I added pics to show it all. The climbing rope is really interesting and good to improve a child's hand eye coordination and balance. There are seats around the perimeter. And a tennis court nearby along with a good swimming pool with twisty slides nearby. I didn't see any water fountains around and there was no parking lot for the play area, so you just have to park on the street.
Oak Lawn Community Pavilion
9401 Oak Park Ave
Loved it! I like how they redid the kids park. The slides and all are excellent. Your child will have tons of fun because there's so much to do. I added pics to show it all. The climbing rope is really interesting and good to improve a child's hand eye coordination and balance. There are seats around the perimeter. And a tennis court nearby along with a good swimming pool with twisty slides nearby. I didn't see any water fountains around and there was no parking lot for the play area, so you just have to park on the street.

Ice Arena

The staff is excellent here. They all watched all the inexperienced skaters and jumped in immediately and tried giving lessons on how to skate.
Oak Lawn Ice Arena
9320 S Kenton Ave
The staff is excellent here. They all watched all the inexperienced skaters and jumped in immediately and tried giving lessons on how to skate.

Outdoor pool

The pool features a main pool, plus a children's pool and vending area. Swim lessons, open-swim sessions and party rentals are available at this location. For more details on the pool, please call 708/857-2225.
Oak Lawn Park District - Administration
9400 S Kenton Ave
The pool features a main pool, plus a children's pool and vending area. Swim lessons, open-swim sessions and party rentals are available at this location. For more details on the pool, please call 708/857-2225.