Norwood Park

Formerly a Northwest Side suburb, Norwood Park was annexed into Chicago in 1893. This quaint, mostly residential neighborhood is characterized by elegant single family homes, plenty of parks and greenery, and spacious streets that follow a curving pattern, unlike that of Chicago’s grid system. One of Chicago’s oldest houses, the Noble-Seymour-Crippen House, is located in Norwood Park. Built in 1833, the landmark is now home to the Norwood Park Historical Society.

Norwood Park: Superdawg, the Noble-Seymour-Crippen House and More

Written by Alan Solomon, with research assistance from the Chicago Neighborhood Tourism Project.

Norwood Park is a neighborhood a few minutes' drive from O'Hare International Airport with one essential historic site and one iconic restaurant.

And more.

The community's single "destination" restaurant -- at least, the one most known by folks who live outside the neighborhood -- is the Superdawg Drive-In.

Does it serve the city's best hot dog? Let's just say it likely would be a nominee. For sure, no other restaurant in Chicago -- and it's been in business here since 1948 -- sports two curiously dressed, 12-foot winking weenies on its roof, provides car-hop service and offers, among other items, something called a Whoopskidawg.

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