PUBLIC, conceived by Ian Schrager, is an entirely new class of hotel.

Its fundamental attributes are innovative, sophisticated, authentic style; spot-on, personalized, empathic "essential" service; lasting comfort with complete functionality, all at an affordable price and offering tremendous value. For the first time, this type of hotel experience will be available for everyone and anyone who wants it.

Ian Schrager has taken the best from the luxury segment, boutique hotels and select service to create a new genre of hotel where everything has been rethought and every original idea updated.

At PUBLIC, service matters most. But the key point of differentiation is in the kind and quality of services it offers. The brand will only offer services that matter, those that guests really want and need rather than an array of superfluous services they do not use.

PUBLIC Chicago is a complete transformation of the Gold Coast's famed Ambassador East Hotel and its historic Pump Room restaurant. Rich with a cultural heritage that spans decades, the hotel and the Pump Room was a place to see and be seen and played host to a multitude of celebrities and people from all over the world and all walks of life.

A reinvented and reimagined hotel and Pump Room with a new food concept by James Beard award winning chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, will continue to be the fashionable spot it was originally envisioned to be, for an eclectic mix of people who come together to socialize and dine as they have for past decades. It will still be the hotel and Pump Room, but better.

ACCOLADES & ARTICLES

Read The Globe and Mail review: Luxury for all at Public Chicago

WOW FACTORS

• The hotel's 800-1200 square foot Celebrity Suites are inspired by the icons they are named after.
• The Pump Room restaurant offers a new food concept created by world-renowned chef and 2011 James Beard award winner Jean-Georges Vongerichten.
• The Screening Room / Back Room hosts comfortable lounges and intimate seating around a 110" screen for enjoying favorite movie screenings, video installations, sporting events, around-the-clock news, poetry readings, original music performances, performance art or just relaxing and entertaining.

ACCOMMODATIONS

285 spacious and oversized guest rooms and suites are individually furnished with integrity, taste and superb functionality. Decorated in a soothing, “no color” color palette, with a mix of custom and iconic hand picked pieces of furniture, the interiors evoke a sense of ease and comfort and the character of a home away from home.

FACILITIES

Bikes available
Business Center
Concierge
iPod dock in rooms
Massage therapy (extra charge)
Media Room
Pet Friendly
WiFi - Complimentary in-room
24 hour Room Service
Banquet, Meeting & Conference Facilities

WEDDINGS, EVENTS & MEETINGS

8600 square feet of Special Event space and dedicated meeting rooms offer versatile spaces for business and entertaining. Meeting rooms can be set in boardroom, classroom, u-shape, rounds, theater or reception style. Spacious banquet rooms on the second floor interconnect to allow for larger group meetings or banquets. The 17th floor meeting room includes an expansive terrace with views of the city skyline.

Customized banquet menus are offered by Jean-Georges Vongerichten for private events, luncheons, dinner parties and business meetings.

The hotel's experienced events team can help you customize your special event for any occasion.

EXPLORE

The hotel is centrally located in the heart of the exclusive Gold Coast at the intersection of Goethe Street and North State Parkway. Within walking distance to the shopping and restaurants on the Magnificent Mile and Michigan Avenue, the nightlife on Rush Street, Lincoln Park and the beaches of Lake Michigan. Just a short distance to Millennium Park, museums and cultural centers, and the Loop business district.

AIRPORT

Chicago-O'Hare International Airport (ORD)

HIGH SEASON

May through October

GETTING THERE

From O'Hare Airport:
Take I-190 E
Merge onto I-94 E
Take exit 49A for Division St
Turn left onto W Division St
Turn left onto N State Pkwy
PUBLIC Chicago will be on the right at 1301 North State Parkway, Chicago, IL 60610. Phone: 312-787-3700 or 888-506-3471.

PET POLICY

PUBLIC Chicago is a pet friendly hotel. You are welcome to bring up to two dogs that weigh a combined total of 50 lbs. Dogs must always be on a leash while inside the hotel and are not permitted in The Pump Room or The Library & Coffee Bar.

There is a non-refundable pet fee of $125 per stay and you will be asked to sign a "Pet Agreement" when you check in. Please contact the hotel for more information.