South Halsted Street is a part of Greektown where the elegant restaurant Greek Island restaurant is located. Greek Island is located at 200 South Halsted Street in Chicago, Illinois. I really am not an octopus or squid person but they do have great baby octo...

I'd say as a freshman, this location was okay.
The soon to be Rochford St would be here for JST the residence dorm at UIC.
Just be careful, use common sense. It's a good place to live.