Dive into the rich history of chocolate with your child and satisfy your sweet teeth on a guided, walking Chocolate Tour. Company founder Valerie Beck will charm your socks off as she explains the properties of different chocolate varieties before leading you and your child to the city’s and world’s finest chocolatiers, like Leonidas, Godiva, Frango, Hershey’s, and Lindt. Winter tours keep you mostly out of the cold by hitting locations within a quarter mile of each other, while fair weather tours pull you off the beaten path and toward some of Chicago’s lesser-known chocolate shops.
Contact number: (312) 863-8614
Location: 150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60601
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A trip to this Belmont Avenue boutique of oddities will surely solidify your title as the most fun mom ever. The aptly named “Uncle Fun,” is widely known to be the finest purveyor of the most delightfully bizarre odds and ends your children have probably never seen. Old favorites like sea monkeys and hand buzzers sit alongside toy robots, rubber pigs and appendages. It’s a perfect spot for the young practical jokester in your family to get lost in the mountain of merchandise and come out with their own heap for a decent price.
Super hip children will love the quirky selection of clothes, shoes, accessories and toys stocked at this trendy boutique. You’ll find everything from onesies with ironic slogans, mini-Converse Chuck Taylors, backpacks, strollers, playsets, and even kids’ Crocs. The best part is you’re not paying top price for all that style since the store also boasts plenty of bargains.
Not Austin Powers’ sidekick, it’s instead a boutique serving Chicagoland the very best in kiddie haute couture! Mini Me is where uber trendy parents will go to teach their little ones about the virtues of Prada and Burberry and everything chic in between. Definitely not the place to go if you’re shopping on a string, but alot of fun if you want to spoil your little princess. Boys clothing offered up to size four.
