Chicago · 18 hotels
Stay close to the shopping.
The Chicago hotel guide, sorted by which shops you can walk to: the city's Michelin Key hotels first, then the best stays in each part of town.
MICHELIN Keys
The Key hotels
The hotels holding MICHELIN Keys, the guide's mark for an outstanding stay.
- Michelin 2 Keys
The Peninsula Chicago
A 339-room hotel on the Magnificent Mile, the third Peninsula in the U.S., with a fifth-floor lobby, a spa and the Shanghai Terrace restaurant.
108 East Superior Street · - Michelin 2 Keys
The Langham Chicago
A 316-room hotel on the lower floors of the former IBM Plaza by Mies van der Rohe, with a spa and pool, Travelle restaurant and afternoon tea.
330 North Wabash Avenue · - Michelin Key
Pendry Chicago
A 364-room hotel in the 1929 Art Deco Carbide & Carbon Building, with a French-style brasserie, two cocktail bars and a seasonal rooftop bar.
230 N Michigan Avenue · - Michelin Key
Viceroy Chicago
A 180-room glass tower whose lower floors keep the rebuilt 1920s Hotel Cedar facade, with the Somerset restaurant serving modern American food.
1118 N State St · - Michelin Key
Waldorf Astoria Chicago
A 214-room Gold Coast hotel with an Art Deco marble lobby and courtyard, two restaurants, a spa with a lap pool and 24-hour room service.
11 East Walton · - Michelin Key
The Gwen, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Michigan Avenue Chicago
A 311-room hotel behind a 1929 facade named for sculptor Gwen Lux, with Art Deco details, a rooftop bar with firepits and weekend afternoon tea.
521 North Rush Street · - Michelin Key
Chicago Athletic Association
A 240-room hotel in an 1890s Venetian Gothic former men's club facing Millennium Park, with a rooftop restaurant, supper club and billiards bar.
12 South Michigan Avenue · - Michelin Key
Four Seasons Hotel Chicago
A 345-room hotel with east-facing windows over Lake Michigan, recently renovated, with a spa, an indoor pool, restaurants and bars.
120 E Delaware Pl. · - Michelin Key
Park Hyatt Chicago
A 182-room hotel that opened in 1980 as the first Park Hyatt, across from the Museum of Contemporary Art, with NoMI Kitchen and NoMI Garden.
800 N Michigan Ave ·
Mag Mile
Near The Magnificent Mile
Walk to Mag Mile from these.
- Luxury
The St. Regis Chicago
A 192-room hotel where the Chicago River meets Lake Michigan, with skyline views, two restaurants, a bar and a large wellness center.
401 East Upper Wacker Drive · - Design hotel
Eurostars Magnificent Mile
A 216-room Near North Side hotel with floor-to-ceiling windows and minimalist rooms, plus a spa, gym, restaurant and rooftop bar.
660 N. State Street ·
Oak Street
Near Oak Street
Walk to Oak Street from these.
- Design hotel
Sofitel Chicago Magnificent Mile
A 415-room hotel in a white wedge-shaped building by Jean-Paul Viguier, with rooms cantilevered over the street and a design book collection.
20 East Chestnut St · - Boutique
Thompson Chicago
A 247-room Gold Coast hotel, some rooms with Lake Michigan views, home to Nico, a seafood-focused Italian restaurant led by chef Paul Kahan.
21 E. Bellevue Place · - Hotel
The Talbott Hotel
A 149-room Gold Coast hotel dating to the 1920s, renovated with antiques kept, with a bistro and terrace cafe beside the Magnificent Mile.
20 East Delaware Place ·
State Street
Near State Street
Walk to State Street from these.
- Design hotel
Virgin Hotel Chicago
A 250-room hotel in a renovated 1928 building in the Loop, with free Wi-Fi, no room-service delivery fee, two restaurants and a rooftop bar.
203 N Wabash Ave · - Hotel
Kimpton Gray Hotel
A 293-room hotel in a century-old gray marble office building in the Loop, with a law-library lobby bar and a rooftop lounge with glass roof.
122 W Monroe St ·
West Loop
Near West Loop & Fulton Market
Walk to West Loop from these.
- Design hotel
Nobu Chicago
A 115-room West Loop hotel with Japanese-inspired rooms and industrial touches, a Nobu restaurant and a rooftop bar open Thursday to Saturday.
155 N Peoria Street · - Design hotel
The Hoxton, Chicago
A 182-room hotel in a converted meatpacking warehouse in Fulton Market, with compact rooms, Boka Restaurant Group venues and a rooftop pool.
200 N Green St ·
More reading
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Guides that pair a stay with the shopping, the dinners and the events around it.
Chicago Holiday Markets and Lights, 2026
The confirmed 2026 dates for Christkindlmarket and the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, plus Andersonville's Julmarknad and Lincoln Square's holiday nights, with what to buy and the shops nearby.
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Every MICHELIN Restaurant in Chicago
All 100 restaurants in the 2025 MICHELIN Guide Chicago, revealed in November 2025, from Smyth's three stars to 32 Bib Gourmands and 49 Recommended, with notes on which ones sit near our shopping districts.
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State Street Holiday Windows and the Walnut Room, 2026
What Macy's has confirmed so far for the 2026 season on State Street, from Holiday Square and Santaland to the Great Tree in the Walnut Room, plus the rest of the street, lunch nearby and the best trains now that State/Lake is closed.
Read guide →Vintage Shopping in Chicago: Where to Buy and Sell
Wicker Park's Milwaukee Ave resale row, Pilsen's Knee Deep, Andersonville's Brown Elephant, Logan Square's Vintage Frills and the Randolph Street Market.
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The Andersonville Indie Shopping Walk
One slow afternoon up N Clark Street from Foster to Bryn Mawr: the Swedish American Museum, glögg at a 1934 tavern, Chicago-made jeans and T-shirts, a feminist bookstore, a market of 200-plus local makers, records, toys and cardamom buns.
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The Magnificent Mile and Oak Street Walk
One long afternoon up North Michigan Avenue from the river past the Water Tower and the vertical malls, then west along the one block of Oak Street where the luxury houses sit, with lunch stops and the Nov 21 Lights Festival.
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