| Rating |
Date Attended |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? [v] |
Group Type? |
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Much More than Food Tasting
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| Sun, Jun 29, 08 11:30 AM |
madge6 |
Female |
60-69 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed this tour. It was much more than we expected because we learned many things about various foods and the Chicago neighborhoods of Old Town, the Gold Coast and Lincoln Park. Our tour guide was excellent, personable, and very knowledgeable about the neighborhoods we toured. The experts in the food stops were more informative. We would like to try another tour in different neighborhoods.
Our only comment is that when visiting Old Town Oil you provide bread or lettuce to dip in the oil to taste it better after it was selected and mixed. |
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Great tour!!
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| Sat, Jun 28, 08 12:00 PM |
ghiamonster |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| Always looking for new ways to discover the beautiful city of Chicago. The guide (Kate) was informative, good variety in selection of stops, good length of time. Having owners tell their tales was an added bonus. Can't say enough. Have already spread the word among interested friends. |
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See below
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| Sat, Jun 28, 08 11:30 AM |
zinkann |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| Our tour guide Jennifer was great, very enthusiastic and knew a lot about Chicago. It was great to tour the family owned businesses but I would have liked to have less chocolate (2 was too many) and more deli or other food samples from family businesses. Are there any popcorn places in the vicinity?? Anyway, we had a wonderful tour and the weather couldn't have been more perfect. |
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Recommended for Local & Out of Towners Alike!
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| Fri, Jun 27, 08 11:00 AM |
helenl125 |
Female |
30-39 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| Two girlfriends and I wanted to do something a "little different" than we normally do for a girl's day out. So we found the Chicago Food Tour. Since we LOVE food and wanted to do something in the city--it was perfect. We loved the tour, our guide was incredible--lots of energy and information along the walk. The tasters were enough to fill us by the time we were through. We had gotten some architectural facts, history, laughs, got to know our local neighborhoods, some exercise and had a lot of fun. Would highly recommend it to locals & out of towners alike! Thank you! |
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Thoroughly enjoyable.
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| Thu, Jun 26, 08 11:30 AM |
connellyk |
Female |
Unspecified |
Local |
Individual |
| This tour was a pleasant surprise, and I would not hesitate to repeat it with others. We visited some truly unique shops; some I might otherwise never have known were there. The pace was perfect, the tastings were delicious, and the descriptions of local architecture and history added a nice touch that completed the experience. Local shop owners were most welcoming, and more than one talked about their merchandise in enough detail that I was able to gain quite a bit of education. |
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A great way to visit several unique eateries.
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| Thu, Jun 26, 08 11:00 AM |
Hildreth |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Individual |
| A very tasteful way to visit several local neighborhoods and really unique eateries. I particularly enjoyed the enthusiam of my guide Kent, and the detail he gave about the local history and specifically about the architecture of many of the buildings we passed.
Carolyn |
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Good times had by all
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| Thu, Jun 26, 08 11:00 AM |
vclark |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Other |
| This was a work function with people from out of town. Everyone loved it and had a great time. |
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Outstanding
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| Tue, Jun 24, 08 11:00 AM |
landkwindy |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| Mostly full-sized "tastes"; wide variety of things to sample (oil and spices to pizza); knowledgeable presentations at various stops; architectural tidbits while walking; we even saw them building sets for an upcoming Johnny Depp movie! |
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Pleasant way to experience lesser known eateries.
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| Sun, Jun 22, 08 12:00 PM |
kawilber |
Female |
40-49 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| We enjoyed it!
We did think it would have been better to have small pieces of bread to use in tasting at Old Town Oil. |
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Loved it! Learned a lot
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| Sat, Jun 21, 08 12:00 PM |
katecheesema |
Female |
30-39 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| My mom came into town and my sister and I took her on this tour. It was fantastic.
Great tour guides. The tour was organized, efficient, informative and I learned a lot and experienced new places even though I've lived here for 13 years. I would go on it again and I wish they would expand to other neighborhoods - Wicker Park, Bucktown, Uptown including Argyle Street, Chinatown, Pilsen, etc. |
