New Maxwell St Market

Every Sunday morning hundreds of vendors set up stalls that sell everything from Cubs jerseys in the wrong colors to tube-sock 10-packs to tacos for $1. Don’t let the name mislead you: the market is not actually on Maxwell St, though it was for decades until the ever-sprawling University of Illinois at Chicago campus forced it to relocate. Also, it’s not really ‘new’ anymore, since the move happened in 1994. Still, it’s an entertaining place to nosh with abandon, pick up a new stereo or buy hubcaps (legitimately obtained, versus the days of yore, when odds were they’d be fresh from your own car).