| Rating |
Date Attended |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? [v] |
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Great!
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| Fri, Jul 17 11:30 AM |
PJMoss |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| Kate was our tour guide. Besides the fact that the tour was great she was wonderful!!! She added so much historical stuff with humor and grace. I know she is leaving to go to school but this tour will stay successful if you continue to hire guides like Kate!!! Highly recommend it! Would like to come back and take my husband next time. |
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Really fun
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| Fri, Jul 17 11:00 AM |
acyrulik |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I've never been on a food tour and I really enjoyed this experience. It was a nice way to see different neighborhoods, architecture and of course taste food and visit unique establishments. Our tour guide was really great. |
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Find new places to go
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| Mon, Jul 13 11:00 AM |
schbus |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| The places we went to were great, except the catering-chocolate place why did we go there? The others were great!! Would have liked to sit a little, lots of walking.Not much food. |
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Great way to absorb some local flavor and history
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| Sun, Jul 12 11:30 AM |
daveta |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I had a wonderful experience on the tour. The Spice House was a high point and I especially enjoyed the talk given by the owner in the lovely patio. Kate, our guide, was knowledgeable, friendly, and made us all feel comfortable. |
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Informative and interesting tour
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| Sat, Jul 11 11:00 AM |
mibarra |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| The tour was very interesting and the attention to architecture and the stories behind it was entertaining and informative. The shops we visited were places that might be called unusual for most tourists, but definitely worth seeing. There was less food than implied by the advertising, but certainly enough that you wont go hungry. It was very tempting to shop during the tour and unfortunately when it was over most of the places I wanted to go back to were already closed, but besides that the tour guide and store employees were very knowledgeable, receptive to questions, and quite personable. I would recommend this tour as a way of getting to know a few of the different neighborhoods, especially if you're from out of town. |
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Great for Foodies and Non-Traditional Tourists
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| Fri, Jul 10 11:30 AM |
ktotten |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| This tour is off the beaten "tourist" track. If you love seeing where locals eat, shop and live this is the tour for you. Walking through three beautiful Chicago north neighborhoods, you will visit unique restaurants and food shops tasting as you go! I was in Chicago for a convention. I did this tour the day before the convention started. I told everyone at the convention about this tour! |
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This is the way to see Chicago!
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| Thu, Jul 9 11:30 AM |
BAD0405 |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| Taking this tour as our first line of business as tourist in Chicago was the absolute smartest arrangement I could have made for us! We saw and learned so much as well as received great tips from our guide as to other great parts of the city to explore. I can't say enough good about it! What a wonderful adventure! From the minute our very firiendly, knowledgeable tour guide started talking, we knew we were going to love it! She was interesting in that she was born in another country and has lived in numerous US cities but has a true, deep passion for Chicago that shows in her work and she educated us completely! The facts she shared about the history of the city, the architecture of the buildings, the star studded entertainment fun and the neighborhoods and foods was ideal! We were captivated by the tour for the entire 4 hours and didn't want it to end. The walking was at a comforable pace, (we had 16 in our group and the ages ranged from 16, my daughter, to a group of women in their late 60s) and the tastings were spaced leisurely allowing us to enjoy the surroundings between one shop and the next. I have raved about it to everyone that I have talked to about our trip and highly and enthusiastically recommend it to anyone going to Chicago! My 16 year old loved it equally and I have heard here telling her friends how cool it was too! We plan to visit the city again and will quickly sign up for the other tours available since we already enjoyed the tour that took us to the jewish deli, the tea shop, The Fudge Pot, the spice shop, the oil shop, the chocolate/catering shop and that ended with a slice from the outstanding Batistas (I believe that's the right name?!) deep dish pizza shop! I hope you like it as much as we did! |
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great food, great guide, great experience
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| Thu, Jul 9 11:30 AM |
acdc1603 |
Male |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| The food stops on on the tour were diverse and top-notch. I discovered many great places I would not have otherwise found during my Chicago visit. I went back and visited several of them to make purchases.
Our guide, Arianna, was knowledgable, personable, enthusiastic and energetic. She enhanced each and every food and cultural/architectural stop.
I would recommend the tour to anyone visiting Chicago and intend to take the Wicker Park food tour the next time I'm in Chicago. |
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Great way to see Chicago Neighborhoods
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| Sun, Jun 21 11:00 AM |
bjck53 |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| Pros: Excellent guide. Loved the neighborhood information, the architectural knowledge, food descriptions and history. Great variety of food tastings.
Cons: don't feel it was a very moderate walking pace, more of a quick pace. Quite strenuous for my 77 year old Mother who I feel is in pretty good shape. |
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Good variety of tastings and picturesque walk
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| Mon, Jun 15 11:00 AM |
sweetie |
Female |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| One suggestion would be to add an additional 30 minutes to tour so that participants could buy items from proprietors - I took the tour on a weekday, the stores were not busy so this might have worked - personally, I had jam packed days so was unable to go back to the stores and I suspect others were in the same position - being able to purchase right then and there would have made the tour perfect for me |
