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Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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great way to see Chicago!!
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| Sat, Jul 18 12:30 PM |
SheChick |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| This tour is definitely a must do while in Chicago! My girlfriends and i took the Near North tour last weekend and had a blast. I've been to Chicago several times, but never seen the city like this. Our tour guide, Jessie, was very knowledgeable about the city, the food, and the architecture. I highly recommend it to anyone visiting Chicago. |
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BEST activity we have done in Chicago!!!
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| Sat, Jul 18 12:00 PM |
justin58 |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Our group was an eclectic mix of family ranging in age from 26 to 66, and everyone absolutely loved this tour! One in the group lives in Chicago and another lived in Chicago for several years and both of them were even blown away! The rest of us have been coming to Chicago annually for about 20 years, and this is by far one of the best activities we have found.
Our tour guide, Ariana, was phenomenal! She made the tour fun, exciting, and very educational.
I would highly recommend this event! We are already planning to go on the Wicker Park tour the next time we are in Chicago! |
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Amazing!!
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| Sat, Jul 18 12:00 PM |
AngieIleah |
Female |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| This tour genuinely exceeded my expectations!!!! I give it 100 stars out of 4!!!
I was impressed by the tour guide's knowledge, passion, and enthusiasm, willingness to answer questions, openness to recommend other restaurants in Chicago, and she spoke really well!!
The places we went to and the streets we walked were fantastic!!!! I loved every stop we made, and wish there was more food! Although at the end, the pizza was very filling so I guess the proportions were just right.
I learned quite a bit about tea, spices, oils, and the residential areas....it was truly a worthwhile tour and I have already started recommending it to my friends, co-workers and family!! |
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Fabulous!!
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| Sat, Jul 18 11:30 AM |
tolerant |
Male |
50-59 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| This tour greatly surpassed our expectations. We would recommend it to anyone with the greatest of pleasure. |
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fun and interactive activity!
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| Sat, Jul 18 11:00 AM |
donnasees |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| We had a blast on this tour. Our enthusiastic leader was Jen. She was fun and personable and well informed. The food we tasted was great. The olive oil and balsamic vinegar shop was great fun. We experimented with all kinds of oil and vinegar mixtures and tasted each one. I liked the fact that the tour went along at the pace of the group. We were not rushed through and we did not waste time either. The tour did go longer than the 3 hours, so just plan for that to avoid any problems. I would strongly recommend this tour if you are in Chicago. |
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Amazing tour, can't wait to do it again next visit
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| Fri, Jul 17 12:00 PM |
xzophiax |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| We loved this tour. Nikki was our guide and we can't reccomend her enough. All of the food we tried was delicious on the northside tour. We can't wait to come back and try the Bucktown/Wicker Park tour next visit to Chicago. We've told all our friends about the tour and how they need to sign up. I plan on ordering a ton of stuff from the spice house and the olive oil store for christmas presents for my family. This is a must if you're new to chicago and love food. |
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Good food and interesting housing.
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| Fri, Jul 17 11:30 AM |
PamBrueggem |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| The taste of food was wonderful. I loved the chocolate. All the owners were so nice to us and we went back to buy tea, spices and chocolate. The tour guide was very friendly and the housing was interesting. Didn't know anything about the Old Chicago nieghborhood before this. |
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GREAT!
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| Fri, Jul 17 11:30 AM |
lundahl |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| We live in the Chicago suburbs and were spending a couple of days downtown and are so happy we choose to do this tour. Our guide, Kate, was outstanding. She was enthusiastic and informative. In fact, we enjoyed it so much that I want to get some friends together and do this again in the Fall. Also, we plan to do the other tour since this one was so outstanding. |
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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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Recommended but could use one change
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| Fri, Jul 17 11:00 AM |
bmonier |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| This tour was much better than I had expected! I'm the one that hyped the tour to the boyfriend, and then at the last minute had second thoughts. I was wrong to think that way! The tour guide (Jen?) is a natural born public speaker. The sites were interesting. Who knew places like tea and oil shops could be so interesting?! We were more than pleased. The only change I'd recommend is to drop the Catering Chocolate place. There wasn't really anything unique to it, no one from the store came and introduced themselves to us...aside from the fact the owner catered to celebrities, you could find this stuff anywhere - even in cornfield IL where we're from. Also, we mentioned to the guide we couldn't wait to take the other tour, and she said we shouldn't - that now that we've been on one tour we should know how to just immerse ourselves into a neighborhood! We still find that very odd and offputting. With our luck we'd get shot somewhere we shouldn't be going on our own! At any rate, we thought if that's how they feel then fine, we won't be back! |
