LINCOLN SQUARE

incoln Square is a quaint, four-block by four-block neighborhood is home to a rich culture overloaded with charm, amazing food and a continuing respect for the community’s Old World heritage. This neighborhood is one subsection of Chicago that has a distinctive feel all its own, with German culture revealed in its annual festivals and the hearty foods of mother Deutschland. Encircling the neighborhood’s main business and entertainment district, are rows of three- and four-flat buildings with a few single-family homes tucked in among the multi-unit brick and stone residences. A vintage movie theater and the city’s oldest bowling lanes find their home in Lincoln Square, as does Oktoberfest, where visitors come every year to celebrate their German roots.