Beatrix buzzes with business types, ladies who lunch and tourists staying at the attached hotel. Light-wood tables and mason jars full of seeds form the rustic decor. The all-encompassing menu spans shakshuka (poached eggs in tomato sauce) to pot-roast sandwiches to chili-and-chocolate-glazed salmon. With lots of gluten-free and vegetarian options to boot, Beatrix is a crowd-pleaser.


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1. Museum of Broadcast Communications

0.21 MILES

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2. Marina City

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3. Richard Norton Gallery

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4. Poetry Foundation

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5. Driehaus Museum

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6. theMart

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7. Holy Name Cathedral

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8. Wrigley Building

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