Galileo's Cafe

Best place to go for food on Museum Campus! You get better and more food for your buck (as compared to the places in the Field Museum). Sometimes it is a little chaotic, depending on what time of day you go and if there are groups there.

Recommend: Apple Harvest Salad

You're trapped on museum campus and you need to eat? You could do worse. You could do better, too. Most of the prepared for you fresh menu choices are big enough to share, so there's that. But honestly, on a nice day I'd rather eat outside at one of the park food stands.

If you're already out at Adler, it's not a bad option. And the view! OH THE VIEW! Even if you're not going to eat anything, go look out the windows to get one of the best views of Lake Michigan and the skyline.

I came to the Planetarium when they opened at 9:30am and was hungry for breakfast by 10:15am.  I stopped off at Galileo's Cafe hoping for some good breakfast. Instead, I see a menu for lunch starting at 11am.  They offer a "continental breakfast" but I had no idea what that meant because there were brownies, cookies, and muffins that looked like dessert food for lunch.  I walked over to their refrigerated section where the had pudding, parfaits, and fruit cups. They also had cold sandwiches.  So I opted for half a turkey sandwich and a cup of coffee. Prices here are definitely reasonable. I paid less than $5 for these two items.

The seating area is very nice. Very spacious and great views of the city. When I started eating my sandwich in this area, I find out my turkey sandwich was labeled incorrectly as it was a TUNA sandwich instead. Luckily I am not a picky eater and eat just about anything. But I cannot give a good rating to any place labeling their tuna sandwiches as turkey sandwiches!  Not a place I would want to come back to for breakfast! My mistake!