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Places in Des Plaines

Coffee, cafés & 3,000 local spots in Des Plaines

3,000 places in Des Plaines: 330 places to eat and drink, 182 shops, 159 things to do and 33 places to stay. Local spots first, with directions to every one.

All places
3,000
51 per 1,000 residents
Eat & drink
330
5.6 per 1,000 residents
Shops
182
26 gifts · 6 antiques · 11 books
Things to do
159
71 outdoors · 14 arts · 18 landmarks
Places to stay
33
0.6 per 1,000 residents

What kind of places does Des Plaines have?

Read from every listing. The page puts what stands out first.

A coffee town26 independent cafés, coffee shops and bakeries, 50 with the sweet shops and chains.Seafood country6 seafood restaurants and fish markets.Antiques & vintage6 antique, vintage and secondhand shops.Galleries & stages14 galleries, museums, theaters and music venues.
The map

Where Des Plaines gathers

332 of Des Plaines’s 3,000 places sit within a five-minute walk of Lee St.

Lee St
332places in a five-minute walk of Lee St11% of Des Plaines’s places
★ What stands out · Eat & drink

330 places to eat & drink

246 restaurants, 50 cafés & treats, 31 bars & breweries. Local spots first.

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Shops

182 shops

49 home & hardware, 26 gifts & boutiques, 11 books & music. Local spots first.

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Things to do

159 things to do

71 parks & outdoors, 56 fitness & sports, 18 history & landmarks. Local spots first.

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Places to stay

33 places to stay

30 hotels & inns, 3 camping & rentals. Local spots first.

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Everyday

2,002 errands & services

Groceries, gas, the barber, the vet, the bank.

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Health care 424Walgreens Pharmacy · Parkside Dental · Apple Family DentalOffices & pros 291The Rogoff Law Group PC · Material Systems · Polamer, Inc.Home services 222Terminix · Xceptional Wildlife Removal · Lurvey Landscape SupplyBanks & insurance 211State Farm Insurance · Huntington Bank · Marilyn Newlin - State Farm Insurance AgentAuto & gas 199Bucky's · Napa Auto Parts · MobilHair & beauty 111Jia Foot Spa · Le's Nail and Spa · L.A. TanGroceries & convenience 53Shop & Save Market · Packy's Wine and Liquor · Malincho Euro Market and DeliPets 31Splash and Dash Groomerie and Boutique · VIP Petcare Vaccination Clinic · Rising Sun Veterinary ClinicOther services 460Bitstop Bitcoin ATM · ecoATM · Chicago Behavioral Hospital
Community

294 schools, churches & public places

Where Des Plaines learns, worships and gets things done.

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Schools & childcare 85South Elementary School · New Age Spa Institute · Friendship Junior High SchoolTown & public services 78The Salvation Army Des Plaines Corps Community Center · United States Postal Service · Alano of Des PlainesPlaces of worship 77First United Methodist Church · Golf Road Baptist Church · ICCD - Islamic Community Center of Des PlainesCommunity groups 54Crohn's And Colitis Foundation - Illinois Carol Fisher Chapter · Center of Concern · ICCD Academy School & Des Plaines Downtown Masjid DDM
Next door

Des Plaines and its neighbors

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Places per 1,000 residents · all places listed
Rosemont263Park Ridge76Glenview63Chicago51Des Plaines51Mount Prospect12Northfield Township4.7

Talk & tips

Favorites, openings and closings from Des Plaines neighbors.

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What’s missing?

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Some place details from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0), checked against the Census town line. Places added by neighbors go live once a second neighbor confirms them. Spot a mistake? Open the place and tap Edit mode.

How we sort and count

Each list puts neighbor favorites first (ratings and photos), then the most complete listings (a website, a phone number, a note), with local, independent spots ahead of national chains. Categories come from each place’s map category, so a café filed under “Shops” still shows up with the cafés. “A five-minute walk” is a quarter mile from the busiest spot on the map. Per-1,000 figures use the Census population.