Skokie

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

By train
Skokie is accessible by the CTA Yellow Line (also called the Skokie Swift), with stops at and . 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.

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