The American Girl Dolls are hugely popular with little girls, especially for 2 special girls in my life, ages 4 & 7. While in Chicago, we visited the American Girl Doll store in the Water Tower Place, a close neighbor to the John Hancock Center.
There is a bookstore, hair salon (for the dolls), photo studio, Hospital (for emergency doll repair), snack shop, and cafe. 
This store is 52,000 square feet split between 2 levels and has everything you never knew you needed for Doll and Doll accessories.
I reserved our table for afternoon tea 3 weeks in advance via the web site. We arrived early to allow for horrible Chicago traffic, plus nightmare parking, which left us a bit of time to shop before check-in for tea (15 minutes before tea time). Afternoon tea is seated promptly at 4 PM. Continue reading “American Girl Cafe Chicago | Afternoon Tea Review and Tour”