Grant Park, Chicago

Visited for Taste of Chicago. It is a huge park. Nice place for a picnic. There were many picnic tables. There is a ton of open space and trees- a great place to chill out in the middle of the city. A lot of shade yet still good sun- so you can get a tan or chill out in the shade.

The park itself is nice and maintained. We were here for the Taste of Chicago. Very disappointed how the Taste of Chicago has gone down hill. We would go every year and this will be our last. It seems to get smaller each year and nothing new to hold our interest. More and more advertisers seem to be here. Chicago Tribune Newspaper stands everywhere.

Just leaving Grand Park "Chicago Summer Dance" Featuring Step Dancing. Had a fantastic time! The crowd was friendly and the atmosphere was pleasant. I had a great time dancing. My family made me go to help with my bit of depression it's all gone now.

Grant Park is a great space for a long stroll near the lake and Millennium park attractions. I only rate it as average this time because we were there to see the Taste of Chicago and we were not particularly impressed by the amenities this year. We are getting older (70s) and really appreciate a handy place to sit down and relax. Not much opportunity for that at this Taste. Also, the vendors were pretty much the same except for the group of pop-up vendors and food trucks, which actually became the center of attraction for us and for lots of other people. Doom City was the top vendor for us.

I love Grant Park it hosts some of my favorite events like the Taste of Chicago. It's a great place to take people who aren't from the city or even if you are it's just a great place to hangout, meet up, take pictures or even picnic. Everybody wants to stop at Grant Park when they are in Chicago and it's not hard to understand why. It's beautiful.