Skokie

The village of Skokie is a suburb in the Chicagoland area.

Get in

By train

Skokie is accessible by the CTA Yellow Line (also called the Skokie Swift), with stops at 1 Dempster and 2 Oakton . The Yellow Line has only these two stops, and is used to transport passengers from Skokie to the Red/Purple Line terminal at Howard. If you take the "Swift" to Skokie, check out the historic old Northshore Line train station adjacent to the Dempster terminal.

By car

I-94 (the Edens Expressway) has exits at Touhy Avenue and Dempster Street in Skokie.

US-41 is called Skokie Boulevard through most of Skokie and in the North Shore suburbs to the north, though it turns to follow Lincoln Avenue near Skokie's border with Lincolnwood.

Get around

Pace and CTA buses run through Skokie, forming connections at Old Orchard, Skokie CTA Station and Downtown Skokie and the Village Crossing Shopping Center.

CTA buses and Pace buses cost $2 per ride. CTA buses add $0.25 for a transfer. 1-day, 3-day and 7-day CTA bus passes are available for $10, $20 and $28.

Combined 7-day passes for the CTA and Pace are available for $33.

See

• 1 Village Green Park, 5213 Oakton St. Small park in between Skokie Public Library and Village Hall features several monuments, including Holocaust memorial and...eccentric recycling sculpture. Home to Skokie's "Wednesdays on the Green" summer concert series. (updated Jun 2019)

Do

• 1 Skokie Sports Park, 3459 Oakton St. Facilities include mini golf, golf driving range, and batting cages. (updated Jun 2019)
• 2 Skokie Public Library, 5215 Oakton St, ☏ +1-847-673-7774. M-F 9AM-9PM, Sa 9AM-6PM, Su noon-6PM. Award-winning public library offering cultural events, free internet access, and more. In 2018, Skokie's Public Library was one of ten libraries in its expenditure range across the country to be named a five-star library by the Library Journal. (updated Jun 2019)
• 3 North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd. Theater near Old Orchard Mall offers shows for both younger and older audiences. (updated Jun 2019)
• 4 Weber Leisure Center & Weber Park Golf Course, 9300 Weber Park Pl. Par-3 public golf course and adjacent fitness center. (updated Jun 2019)
• 5 Skokie Theatre, 7924 N Lincoln Ave, ☏ +1-847-677-7761. Theatre in downtown Skokie offers jazz, film, and music events. (updated Oct 2021)
• 6 Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, 9603 Woods Dr. (updated Jun 2019)
• 7 Emily Oaks Nature Center, 4650 Brummel St. (updated Jun 2019)

Buy

• 1 Westfield Old Orchard (formerly Old Orchard Shopping Center), ☏ +1 847 673-6800. The unofficial mall of the North Shore offers upscale stores like L.L. Bean, Nordstrom, and Apple and a smattering of restaurants in an outdoor, open-air setting. Old Orchard is rumored to be the basis for the mall in the movie "Mean Girls", which is based on a nearby high school. (updated May 2019)
• 2 Village Crossing Shopping Center, 5507 W Touhy Ave (Touhy Ave & Carpenter Ave). This smaller shopping mall, at the border of the Village of Skokie and the Village of Niles (get it?), offers a more typical suburban shopping mall experience. (updated Jun 2019)

Eat

As Skokie is historically Jewish, it is arguably the best place in the Chicago metropolitan area to find kosher food.

• 1 Kaufman's Bagel & Delicatessen, 4905 Dempster St. Highly regarded Jewish deli near the Dempster-Skokie CTA station. (updated Jun 2019)
• 2 Pressed Latino Sandwich Shop & Cafe, 4845 Oakton St. Latin American cafe in downtown Skokie offers coffee, tea, sandwiches, and desserts. (updated Jun 2019)

Sleep

• DoubleTree by Hilton Chicago North Shore. 
• Hampton Inn & Suites Chicago North Shore/Skokie. 
• Holiday Inn Chicago North Shore (Skokie). 
• Extended Stay America - Chicago - Skokie. 

Go next

Routes through Skokie

Milwaukee ← Wilmette ←	W  E	→ Chicago → Gary
Milwaukee ← Wilmette ←	N  S	→ Chicago → Terre Haute