Wow - fabulous location; great place! My husband and 16 year old son and I wanted to see Chicago. Coming from Toronto, we did not need to stay in a location with high fashion chain stores and expensive chain restaurants. What we did want to see is a neighbourhood, with good local restaurants. Vanessa & Charlie's place turned out to be exactly what we were looking for. Located just off one of the streets that feed into the six points (that's six streets full of fun shopping, great food and entertainment), the place is in a partial basement. Big windows but you are below ground. That all was fine - we knew that ahead of time and we were really only in the place to sleep. The bedrooms were great; beds were comfortable. The living space and bathroom were all clean and comfortable. Perfect for our family of 3 and would be fine for a family of 4 or 2 couples. BUT let's talk about the location. We were there 4 nights and there were so many restaurants to choose from. And I spent a day shopping, poking into second hand shops, beside high end retail stores. Great art galleries beside dive bars. Couple of highlights near by: Violet Hour - across from Big Star. Speakeasy with amazing cocktails. No phones, no TV's. Heaven. Ask for Zack at the bar. The Robey has 2 lounges. On the 6th floor is their Cabana Lounge. If you have kids and need a down day, they have a TINY pool and the public is allowed in after 1 pm. Great views of the downtown. At night, the over 21's (remember this is America with a high drinking age), can go up to the top floor (called The Up and Up) with amazing views of the city. Very fun and literally minutes away. Don't hesitate if you are looking for a funky location to stay in Chicago. I have one very small drawback. In the note that was provided before our arrival date, it indicated no luggage storage. We realize as frequent AirBnB travelers that luggage storage can be an issue, but to date we have been able to sort it out. I called The Robey (hotel) in advance as advised in the arrival note and they assured me I could store our luggage. We arrived around noon and went to the Robey where they told us they could NOT store our luggage. We are terrible packers and had 2 x 50 lb (22 kg) bags with us that no one had any desire to haul anywhere else as we had take the "L" from Midway airport and had already hauled them up and down a ton of stairs. A few minutes of trying to decide our next steps and one of the staff from the Robey suggested that we could use the Hollander next door for $20. Of course we did it and it was nice to have a quick solution. We stored...