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5 reasons Chicago should be your next getaway by Chelsea Stuart on Nov 29, 2017, 10:17 AM Advertisement
 If it's been a while since you hit the pavement in Chi Town — or if you've never been at all — now's the time to get reacquainted. With white-hot restaurants, swanky boutique hotels, and hip neighborhoods aplenty, here's why the Midwestern gem is a shoo-in for your next domestic trip. SEE ALSO: The best weekend getaways you can take in America this winter 1. Sleek hotels  From hip indie outposts to refurbished grand dames (and everything in between), Chicago’s hotels nail Midwestern hospitality. In the River North neighborhood, not far from the Magnificent Mile, one of our favorites—the recently revamped dana hotel and spa—makes a persuasive play for Windy City visitors with sleek, urban-inspired rooms. But concrete ceilings, hand-scraped hardwood floors, private balconies, and spa showers are just a fraction of the hotel’s draw.
 At Portsmith, the hotel's newly-minted seafood joint, an elevated menu from executive chef Nate Henssler meets stylish nautical design (think: lots of navy blue, brass pendant lighting, and pearly floor tiles). Taking a "less is more approach" to dishes, the restaurant pays special attention to raw and lightly cooked plates like tuna tartare (with umami shrub, cilantro, and market chilies) and fancy oysters (with foie gras torchon, yuzu flake daikon, and green apple).
 Just upstairs, at Leviathan—a sea monster-inspired bar— Benjamin Schiller whips up exotic cocktails in custom-made pewter mugs and smokey terrariums. Though the level of presentation is quite impressive, the specialty drinks really wow with unexpected ingredients and garnishes like blue thistle and shaved bonito flake. Our pick of the whimsical list goes to the Kraken, with Blackstrap rum, Hamilton 151, Smith & Cross, lime, grapefruit, honey, cinnamon, star anise, and squid ink tuile.
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