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 Bridgeport
is one of the oldest of Chicago’s 77 neighborhoods and has served as
home to five of the city's 55 distinguished “hizzoners,” including
Richard M and Richard J Daley. Five of 55 is quite a percentage, but
Bridgeport is quite a neighborhood. A river doesn’t run through it,
but the Illinois and Michigan Canal (built in 1836) does. The famous
Union Stockyards were here, but that’s all history now.
Today, this neighborhood
is alive, thriving and well. Conveniently located just 15
minutes south of Willis Tower, Bridgeport is a cosmopolitan mix of
ethnic groups: Irish, Polish, Italian, German, Lithuanian,
African-American, Mexican-American and Asian-American. It’s a
community of churches, corner taverns where everybody knows your
name (“Cheers!”) and tasteful restaurants, shops and stores. At the
Polo Café and Catering, for example, you’ll “feel like a kid in a
candy store.” Enjoy a cup of joe at the Bridgeport Coffee Shop and
for the world’s best bacon rolls, the Bridgeport Bakery just makes
scents.
Stroll around town, or
better yet, take a jog along our magnificent lake. If your timing’s
right, take yourself out to a ballgame and root for the White Sox at
U.S. Cellular field. You’re also just minutes from downtown Chicago,
Millennium Park, the Magnificent Mile and every other Windy City
attraction. Chicago’s Little Italy is a hop, skip and spaghetti
twirl away, as is Chinatown. Also close are the University of
Chicago, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Loyola University,
DePaul University, Illinois Institute of Technology and the
seminaries of Hyde Park. Learning and earning go hand in hand in
Bridgeport.
 Spend
the Night the Neighborly Way.
If you’re here
vacationing, on business or visiting friends of family, there’s no
more neighborly way to stay than the
Benedictine Bed and Breakfast,
which is an absolute delight and far better than a night in a big
hotel. There’s also the
Bridgeport Bed and Breakfast
offering something “wonderful and different,” with its four uniquely
themed bedrooms.
Both B&Bs fit in
perfectly in an area that’s a little less populated than others,
which is the way the residents like it and you may too.
Come explore the
colorful past and the vibrant life of this close-knit,
family-oriented, near-south-side neighborhood. “Go Sox! Go
Bridgeport!”
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