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"This is Café Brauer — the most beautiful building you'll ever see in a public park that was also, for decades, a really fancy storage shed. The Brauer family's most popular menu item was a hot chocolate called "The Skater's Ruin" — hot cocoa, whiskey, and a splash of Lake Michigan water. Don't ask. It was the 1910s. After Prohibition, they tried a non-alcoholic Skater's Ruin."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
Hear the full story at Café Brauer
This is just one of 9 stops on the The Best Free Day in Chicago tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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