Easy Walking to Restaurants &...

Liked: The location was great. We parked in the garage (free on weekends) that connects to the hotel via a 2nd floor walkway usable once you've checked in and have a key. And we walked to a wonderful restaurant for dinner, Mangiare (highly recommend, though it is expensive, but food and service are wonderful!). The following day, we walked to breakfast at The Creamery (which didn't have pancakes--my heart, and stomach, were set on pancakes!) but was such a pretty spot to sit and eat looking out on the snow-banked Fox River. We headed back to the hotel and requested a later checkout time (happily granted), prepared for my book event at Lion's Head Bookstore, checked out and headed over to my event. In addition to being in a great location, the hotel has a comfortable upholstered bench and armchair, and a nice table and desk chair at which to do some work.
Disliked: The bed could have been softer. I had just been at a different hotel in Minneapolis at which the bed was like sleeping on stone and all of my bones broke there. The bed at The Northland was an improvement, but not by a whole lot.