Top 10 EPIC Hidden Gems & Secret Spots in Chicago (Even LOCALS Don't Know) [4K]

[@Don-1939]

Luis, as an 82 year-old retired former lifetime Chicagoan, I must say that you do a great job and the occasional appearance of the lovely Marissa is a bonus. Thank you.

[@dmharris26]

Going to Chicago for the first time in June on our honeymoon! Can't wait! Your videos are amazing! Thank you!

[@LuisGustoChicago]

Thanks so much Diane! Have a great trip 😎💯

[@vaishx]

When you said “underground” I knew right away it was the Pedway! It’s crazy how no one uses it enough during those winters!

[@1219monique]

Definitely used it when I was in school downtown

[@scottd9448]

90% of Chicagoans either don't know it exists, or can't find the entrances. I rarely know how to find it.

[@ocd9656]

I always used it working near it, the bar after 4 was always packed and great atmosphere lol

[@dianamatthews2613]

I didn't catch where the Pedway is.

[@scottd9448]

@@dianamatthews2613 The pedway is right in the middle of "the loop" in downtown Chicago.

[@LuisGustoChicago]

What's good #GustoGang - hope you enjoy this film, it is over ONE YEAR in the making. Let us know if you want to see more HIDDEN GEMS of Chicago!

[@bridgetdraper5146]

Please sir, may I have some more?

[@PapalPenguin]

Please more, I have lived in Chicago for 3+ months now and still learning, being from the NW Suburbs but raised in SW FL I am loving your videos, it tells me of what I have missed from my Birthplace

[@crystalbahena7813]

Chicago native here and I can confirm, I haven't heard of most of these places. But so excited to visit some of these! Thanks for sharing!

[@alehaekhan1837]

Loved it!! I need a part 2!

[@LuisGustoChicago]

So glad to hear! Part 2 already in the works 😎

[@mariellazavala72]

Agreed !! Most definitely need a part 2! 😁

[@nanettebonyata1456]

I must say you two are as adorable as you are informative! My husband and I live in Lake Geneva and just spent the weekend in Chicago. We love the city and I’m anxious to explore some of your suggestions!! Thank you!

[@realShadowKat]

Don't know how I got this video but was ecstatic to see not only including 22 E Jackson but also including the history of the smallest addressed building in Chicago. For years when I worked down there I passed it, was only a mysterious facade tucked away behind a steel gate. So glad it wasn't torn down or incorporated into another building or whatever poor fate could have allowed to happen.

[@r.e.barnes1168]

Your channel is so fun for someone who has moved away from chi

[@LuisGustoChicago]

That's definitely one aspect of our mission, thanks so much for being part of the journey!

[@joemancini2988]

Luis, great stuff! Really helping me remember all the greatness that is Chicago, and catch up with everything that is new and dope. I remember when D’Amato’s opened, the only problem for we students is we couldn’t get there often enough! Hey, what is your co-host’s name? Larissa? Marissa? She’s great, really adds to the presentation.

[@michellemullins8914]

Luis, your videos have always been amazing but this one was wow!!! I love your videos so much that I started watching them in Atlanta but I'm typing this comment here in my Hyde Park apartment!!!! Keep doing what you do!!

[@jaysato]

wow this was awesome. the coffee place, the pedway, and the sandwich were great

[@charlesbrown739]

Just moved back to the Chi… so excited to try these Thanks brother 💯

[@NeonVacation]

Wow! That was my favorite video you've put out. Thanks for all those great tips...I must see all of them next trip. 👍 Really love your videos!

[@kevincarpenter2153]

Great content, very informative. Thanks for making and posting this 🙏

[@siqihe7806]

love the editing, it gave me goosebumps seeing the transition from the old stockyards gate to what's left of it today

[@eddiearmenta5248]

Good vibes thanks for sharing and saved it. I’ll be checking out a few of these spots. Happy and blessed 2024!

[@arhumz1573]

The quality is sooo good, Luis.

[@LuisGustoChicago]

Thanks bro!!

[@BurnedJello]

Thanks for mentioning Woolly Mammoth btw! Might possibly be my favorite place in Chicago

[@lulu233345]

Wow!! Amazing video with a lot of amazing places that I never knew about. So happy you mentioned D'amatos, a Chicago institution!!

[@Love-zj5wg]

Awesome video. Can't wait for the next adventure.

[@RichardSimoes86]

Great piece! Looking forward to visit those places soon…

[@Shelbysworldyourentertainment]

I used to live in Indiana and I am always trying to find good Chicago videos to show my friends and they are so good at it! They talk about all the interesting facts and show the best places! Happy to have found them! I’m hooked!!!🥰👏🏽

[@danalee606]

Aw, man. Your Chicago videos make me miss me living there. The best city. 👌

[@LuisGustoChicago]

💯

[@myklelara]

Chicago’s got so many hidden gems in each neighborhood. Recently been finding more and more in the West Loop/Fulton Market District

[@LuisGustoChicago]

So true!

[@HereBeBarr]

Hidden gems 💎 within the hidden gems 😮

[@JTytshorts]

Loved this video, keep going. Super interested in more architecture, art and perhaps cool stores and brands unique to the city.

[@TheHelenaSara]

Wow~! Love your vid!

[@adamkozik3500]

Awesome stuff, big guy, Thanks!

[@BurnedJello]

I'm definitely planning on using the pedway as much as possible when I'm out in late January haha

[@davejefferynf]

This was excellent, Luis.

[@elbeachu2]

Awesome Video bro.. I'm going to check a few of those hidden gems out..

[@MadSolar02]

Really well put together video, I also loved the commentary!

[@ilianatorres27it]

I've gotten lost in the pedway before getting off the redline, its sooo cool to enter through macy's and find yourself surrounded by the stained glass work and other stores underground.

[@charlieramz3126]

Fellow Chicagoan, Great job!! Nice video, didn’t know about Marz but now I do and I must check it out. Thanks and keep the videos coming.

[@chicagobuck]

Love Woolly Mammoth! ❤️

[@LuisGustoChicago]

💯🦣

[@mackzed88]

I stumbled on this place by accident one day many years ago and was surprised and fascinated. I was born and raised in Chicago and had never heard of it. I did hear of a similar system in Downtown Montreal. Haven't had a chance to get up there yet to check it out.

[@johnruff3064]

Also at Roseland, in the shrines, one of the largest collections of Tiffany stained glass in the US. Not by size, but by #’s. Enjoyed the video

[@paulad2782]

Great video! Thanks guys... tourist in your own town!

[@Jaycation]

Hidden Gems FTW! Nice Quay shades broo!

[@anneredmoon]

Yes! Would love a Part 2!

[@theresaduffy8222]

This content is excellent! I was just thinking I need to go a little day adventure in Chicago. I live in Roger’s Park but I love discovering new things here!

[@athinaster9878]

Great content I'm planning a visit in the summer so I want to get as much information as possible. Thank you.

[@Tracyj314]

Please do more hidden gem videos! I've been wanting to explore more landmarks and spots like the ones you featured here. Love everything you do for our city ❤️

[@ImekaSF]

These feel like true hidden gems! Thanks for giving me so many great ideas for my upcoming (and first) trip to Chicago.

[@quizdetective]

Great job man, awesome stuff. I always brush off the pedway, but you're right, I should give it a second look haha

[@LifeOfLoveNHappiness]

Wonderful video. Really like how you put this together and shared the history of places you visited and didn’t just say what it was. Sound quality is good as well. What do you use for your equipment?

[@AndrewTarasevich]

The best travel video of this season. Thank you so much!

[@vivianransom9024]

great vid!! i love your channel, it's such a good resource as I'm new to the city and didn't know where to start exploring :) thanks for your work!

[@jrnubblet]

Looking forward to part 2. Are there other places like Marz? 🙂

[@XXAugerMasterXX]

Been to 7/10 of these places, would love to see more videos like this!

[@davebowker1113]

Don’t forget the Green Mill in Uptown!!!

[@alanvanlandschoot4001]

Fantastic presentation Luis!! Love your energy. Please do more......

[@seanriley6911]

Another fantastic video Luis, some gems there for sure, I am hoping 22 brings better- safer opportunities to travel from the UK 🇬🇧.

[@velonico]

Love your enthusiasm! Thanks for these gems!

[@coachgioo6272]

Sooo Dope bro!

[@LuisGustoChicago]

Thanks brotha 💯🙏

[@georgeleslie7307]

Marz Brewery is a great place to go to before a White Sox game!

[@LuisGustoChicago]

🧦⚾️

[@shaec3405]

Planning to bring my two Preteen boys back Chicago in a week... As you're talking I'm opening up browsers on my laptop and saving everything you're saying. 🎯

[@zeinhus]

Idk how you popped up on my feed; long story short thanks man! Definitely knew about 2 spots the rest here be to me. Will subscribe for more!

[@LuisGustoChicago]

Welcome to the channel!

[@coldweather4066]

Absolutely beautiful thank you Luis you always appreciate it 🌬♥️From Chicago

[@TheRiverrun2000]

Just watched a few of your videos and I love 'em. As a native Chicago girl, you taught me a lot I didn't even know!

[@kevinstrahle9687]

hi Luis enjoy your videos and I am going yo Chicago later this year and will incorporate some of your ideas. so have you ever done the Segway tour? what do you think? also have you been to galloping ghost arcade out in Brookfield?

[@marcinhernik1270]

Fun fact, the stock yards was a pretty prominent underground racing spot back in the late 90's to early 2000's. We're talking about organized level of gear heads that used to meet at the Jewel-Osco/White Castle parking lot pre-dating all of the Fast and the Furious craziness.

[@topshelfsista]

D'aMato's tiramisu is a must.

[@djdexradio]

Good job my guy 👍

[@LuisGustoChicago]

Much appreciated

[@properpropertiesmanagement7910]

Great video!

[@simplycherylmarie8307]

Your videos are so good !! & get better everytime I watch them 😇

[@micahhouston7335]

I finesse that like button on every video. Lets help our boy Gusto grow!

[@Ian-Threaded]

Excellent video

[@mrugesha7797]

Amazing video! Have not been to one of these places and I have lived in Chicago for 6 years now!

[@izzbonito]

i loveeee the Smart museum, highly recommend

[@genemcgarry457]

Back in the 60s, every April we would go to the international dog show at the amphitheater in the Union Stockyards. It was a benched show with every AKC breed at the time. They had Saluki and Irish Wolfhound races. Sporting dog field and water retrieving trials. And final judging in the main arena. It was such a great annual event. Afterwards we would have dinner at the Stockyard Inn. Where Leo Carrillo's priceless saddle from the TV show "The Cisco Kid" was displayed. I even remember seeing the last vestige of cattle being rounded up by honda motorcycles as I sat on top of the corral overlooking the almost abandoned fences that ranged for 10 miles. I never missed that dog show from 1962 to 1975. Eventually it was at McCormick place. Never the same experience.

[@jaraoscar]

Nice job guys!

[@LondonWalkbyLondonSocialite]

Awesome video, very well made 🦋🦋🦋

[@luisvlogs5560]

SUPER UNDERRATED CHANNEL I LOVE IT

[@beakay8700]

This was so awesome! Would definitely love to see more hidden gems.

[@jeffp1377]

Chicagoan here. I didn’t know about Smart. Thanks for that tip.

[@ikickpuppies01]

D'Amato is amazing. The ped way is good when it's cold outside

[@gabriellebenoit8750]

loved this!

[@DanielsonWBL]

Great ideas, as always.

[@Kapalua606]

Nice job, guys! As a former Chicagoan and also used to work off Jackson, I had no idea Hero Coffee existed... but I worked closer to the river... my excuse. Keep up the great work!

[@Kapalua606]

I also like how you included some cool spots on the south side. As a north sider for 15 years, I know how the south side gets slighted but so many cool things to do there and see. Kudos again.

[@macdonmt]

Rosehill has dozens of famous graves and nearly every large family plot has a story. If you’re driving through keep a look out for deer, there’s a herd of around 7-9 that live within the cemetery. If anyone does make the trip from further away, there’s excellent food just east in Andersonville and Fireside is right by the main entrance on Ravenswood. Appreciate the excellent video!

[@emmawatt9500]

Great video. I’ve been in Chicago for 10 years and never been to these places. I’ve seen the signs for the pedway but never explored it downtown

[@ddubslife]

This is dope. Definitely some cool spots to hit up when I go to Chicago. Not sure when that will be. But this gives me an idea of what to do and see rather than just the typical tourist stuff in Chicago.

[@aasim8]

Pedway is like the PATH in Toronto. D Amato's seems like a fun place. 🇮🇹 Coffee ☕️ shops. Smart Museum. How about the underground roads?

[@mariellazavala72]

I came across your video and I think I’m here to stay !! I’m from a small town about 50 miles west of Chicago, but I always LOVE taking the Metra to the Ogilvie Transportation Center & then from there start walking towards the bean , but after watching your video I will definitely have to go out and find those hidden gems this wonderful state we call home, has to offer ! ♥️✨ Now I have heard a few people mention that there’s like a flea market or something along those lines underground.. but I personally don’t know if that exists or not , if it does maybe you could do a part .2 on it !! With your GF of course!! You both made this video very fun to watch!!!! 😊😊😊😁😁😁 I just subscribed to your channel, I can’t wait for the next ones !!

[@mattpavey3062]

I never heard of the pegway tunnels and shops etc... really cool

[@LeedsCorp]

Well done

[@GrapeCollie]

Marz does have good beer, I went there when I vacationed in chicago for the first time last year+

[@davidgarcia9308]

Interesting places- need to check them out! Never knew about that coffee shop in downtown and video games @ MARZ must be something new! Also, parking around there is very limited but try their pastrami sandwich (if it's available) with black mustard- weird but delicious!!

[@samariasmusic]

I like that they used the stained glass, but they used to have all that stained glass at navy pier and that was my favorite hidden gem back in the day.

[@seamonie48]

More of these please!❤

[@frankcostanzo8391]

Luis, you gotta add the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Fountain located just west of the LSD bridge over the river. It's a beautiful spot that's only accessible by a small cul-de-sac next to the river on the north bank. I'm a Chicago fireman and I know tons more, but that's the spot I always went to on a first date. Beautiful and scenic.

[@kimberleigh3612]

I grew up down the street from d'amatos.... yum

[@Chicagosmisfit]

Mars brewery!!! i love that place!

[@cesarserros4252]

The first coffee place was my go to in college.

[@LuisGustoChicago]

Dope ☕️

[@euenfheiejrj]

I just found this the other day by accident but there’s a piece of the Berlin Wall on the el stop at western.

[@keyboardwarrior2727]

Mucho Gusto !!!

[@livinglifeinanrv5473]

I used to live very close ( like 3 blocks) from Rosehill. The stories I could tell you about what a buddy and I saw there at 2am is nuts.

[@anteroom5089]

What happen

[@livinglifeinanrv5473]

@@anteroom5089 way too long to put here. Short answer is encountered a demon

[@maria09rivera24]

This is just what I needed! I'm always looking to explore more of Chicago without spending too much