Rec for Chicago suburb with nice restaurants, hotel, spa

[Anonymous]

Second Evanston and Oak Park as city suburbs and you won't need to drive or rent cars. Lake Geneva and Galena are NOT in the Chicago Area - they are WAY farther out than even distant exurbs like Rockford. Lake Geneva is actually not even in Illinois at all, it is across the border in Wisconsin.

[Anonymous]

Oak Park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If none are you are in the Chicago area, may want to pick another location or a different weekend.

Yes- not quite why they are going to Chicago if none of them live there. Sounds like they want a more resort-type area.

Two of us have work- and family-related reasons for being there that weekend, so the third person is coming to meet us. We don't necessarily want a resort, but more like a cute downtown with some shops and good restaurants, and a place to get a massage.

Will you be in the city itself for work/family visits over the weekend? If so, definitely Evanston or Oak Park.

If not, the Herrington Inn & Spa in Geneva, IL, is a good option—situated on the Fox River in a cute town with shops and dining. As a pp noted above, Geneva is about 35 miles west of the city.