Chicago - I need directions!?

Question

I live in Aurora and need to be at Cafe De Luca on Damen in Chicago next week for a job interview. Since I live out in the suburbs, I haven't travelled into the city often and don't know many people who know their way around the city.

I need to take the train it, the brown line, and I believe I need to transfer to the blue line. Anyone adept with the trains? Anyone ever make this trip and can give me directions?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

Take the Blue Line towards O'Hare, your stop will be Damen (Milwaukee/North/Damen), walk about 2 blocks North, you should be right there.

Answer 2

Here's what you do:

The Aurora Metra - Burlington Northern Sante Fe (BNSF) arrives downtown at Union Station.  you need to get to the Damen stop on the Blue Line because Cafe De Luca is only about a block north of Damen stop on Damen: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF...

So basically you just need to walk over to the Blue Line's "Clinton" stop about four blocks south of Union Station: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Ca... then take the O'Hare train north to Damen.

Google suggests taking the #1 Bus to the Blue Line at Jackson to avoid walking four blocks, you could do that too I suppose: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Ca...