🍸 El Alma (for margaritas on the roof with a side of chips and queso/guacamole)
🍽️ Suerte or its more seafood-focused sister restaurant Este
🏛️ Walk along the boardwalks of Lady Bird Lake
⭐ Try more iconic Austin foods like breakfast tacos from Veracruz and BBQ from La Barbecue
☕ Plein Air Cafe with a view of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House next door
🍽️ A Chicago style deep-dish pizza from Pequod's Pizza and/or the lesser-known tavern style pizza from John’s Pizzeria
🏛️ In good weather take the Chicago Architecture Foundation River Cruise or in bad weather explore The Art Institute of Chicago
⭐ Go a bit out of town for more iconic Chicago dishes like a Chicago style hot dog from Superdawg Drive-In and/or an Italian beef sandwich from Johnnie's Beef (both ~20 min outside the city center)
🍺 Thin Man
🏛️ Red Rocks Amphitheater (20 mins from Denver)
🍽️ Pancho Maiz for lunch and Micaela Mar & Leña for dinner
🏛️ A walking tour through plazas, parks, and monuments from the center up along Paseo de Montejo
⭐ A day trip to the Uxmal Ruins (with the option to stay there one night to experience the magic of the ruins in the morning right when it opens)
🍺🍸Tio Pepe
🏛️Museo Nacional de Antropología and the view from Chapultepec Castle
⭐ Teotihuacan (1 hr from the city)
🍽️ Louis’ Lunch for an old school hamburger for lunch and then for dinner try pizza from Sally’s one night, Pepe’s another, and Modern another (you can choose which of the three you like best)
🍽️ Dooky Chase
⭐ A Po’boy from Parkway Tavern and a muffuletta from Central Grocery
☕ Night Moves (there's also a great bar next store called Lambs)
🏛️ Explore the beautiful coastal paths near Portland Head Lighthouse
⭐ Enjoy an iconic Maine lobster roll with an epic view at The Lobster Shack at Two Lights
🍽️ M.E.C.
🏛️ Portland Japanese Garden and the nearby hike to the Pittock Mansion
⭐ Walk to the top of Mt. Tabor
☕ Kohi (there are two locations but this one has a cute tiny back patio looking out at the water)
🍸 Early drinks and happy hour at The Red Inn followed by sunset drinks with a view at Land's End Inn across the street
🏛️ Walk along the breakwater from Pilgrim's Point Landing Park to the beach beside Wood End Lighthouse
⭐ Rent a bike and bike the beechwood forest and province lands bike trails in a loop
🏛️ Walk from the Cabrillo Bridge to the Botanical Building and explore Balboa Park
⭐ The Salk Institute (requires a tour reservation) or take the trolley to Tijuana, Mexico for the weekend!
☕ Buttermilk (for coffee & biscuits)
🏛️ Ca' d'Zan at the Ringling Museum of Art
⭐ Guided or Self-Guided Tour of Mid Century Modern Architecture through SAF
☕ Elm Coffee Roasters with a stop at London plane and the UPS Waterfall nearby
🍽️ The Walrus and the Carpenter
🏛️ Gas Works Park followed by a drink at Russell’s Tavern
⭐ Ballard Locks Park before or after a fishwich and shake from Red Mill Totem House
