Halotherapy at a "cave" near you

Chicago boasts more Polish residents than Warsaw and now it's hijacking a salty secret from Eastern Europe - salt caves or salt rooms.  A recent Chicago Tribune article notes a suburban restaurant featuring a relaxing, spa-like respiratory restorative salt cave inspired by one the owners visited on a trip to Poland - as well "Chicago's first dining room encased in Black Sea salt."  The owners also converted one of their salt caves into a small dining room.

Other Chicago-area spa's have salt "breathing rooms" to restore mind and body.  Patrons claim "30 to 60 minutes in a salt-covered room can help relieve stress, cure a hangover or even improve respiratory health. Don't miss the video.