Bucktown/Wicker Park Food Tasting & Cultural Tour

The Bucktown/Wicker Park Food Tasting/Cultural tour was a wonderful way to spend an afternoon. The Tour Guide (Kent) was excellent. His knowledge of the neighborhoods, food and architecture made this a very enrichening experience. The food from all locations was also excellent. There was no one that was still hungry by the end.

We thoroughly enjoyed the tour. You chose excellent places to visit. We thought ALL of the food was tasty. We especially enjoyed visiting Hot Chocolate. We thought the walking tour to homes was too long. We appreciated the list of other restaurants in the area and plan to go back to Hot Chocolate for sure and others also. Our guide was enthusiastic and knowledgeable! It was very interesting to learn about Wicker Park and Bucktown. Thank you.

When i booked the tickets i figured that it would just be small finger foods at the tour, but it wasnt like that at all. The portions of food were huge! By the 4th stop i didnt know if i could finsh my pizza and we still had two more stops to go! The icecream that we had at i cream was by far the BEST icecream i have ever had. It felt like it had just melted in my mouth it was fabulous!

The Bucktown tour was interesting, informative, with very good food. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and entertaining. I would highly recommend this tour.

Our journey through the gustatory pleasures of Bucktown and Wicker Park were a total delight. Ben's obvious enthusiasm (and hilarious sidebar commentary) made the afternoon very funny as well as tasty, and I would recommend the tour to absolutely anyone visiting Chicago. You do definitely need to arrive hungry, and the organization of the tour could probably be altered to space out the eating sessions a bit more, but we had a great time -- and my sister and I stuck around the neighborhood for a good 90 minutes afterwards to browse further.

This tour was very good. It was different and nice to get away from Michigan Avenue and learn a little about some other Chicagoland areas, (I take the train into Chicago at least once a month). It was a nice change of pace. Hope to see even a few more food stops added as time goes by but definately served its purpose. I would NEVER have visited some of those restaurants on my own but now cannot wait to take friends there. Tour guide- KENT- ROCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) -Amy Pyle

This is the 2nd tour we've been on. We loved the Gold Coast one so much that we were enthusiastic to do the Bucktown tour. It didn't let us down. What a great way to see some of the neighborhood and sample some of the best food in the city. It was long enough to make you feel you got your money's worth. I would do either one of the the tours again, but I am hoping maybe there will be another neighborhood to explore in the future. I have recommended this activity to many others. Our "host" was Carrie. She was so knowledgeable and what a fun girl!

I was under the impression that we would be given small samples at each location, but it was a lot more food than I expected. The iced chocolate drink served at "Hot Chocolate" restaurant was to die for and an almost unanimous favorite among our group. Get to know your Chicago neighborhoods on this fun and friendly tour!

I have done 2 tours through this company so far and they have both been extraordinary! I absolutely LOVED this tour and would recommend it to anyone who wants to have the chicago cultural experience. However, I would have to say the only down fall of this tour is that the itinerary is a little poorly done.The portions are HUGE and the majority of the food is given in the first hour. The middle part is then a lot of walking around and learning about the city.It is very informative and the tour guides are excellent. (they make a point to individually interact with every customer). I almost felt as though there was too much food, which means you definitely get your moneys worth, but I started to feel sick by the end of the tour. You MUST pace yourself!!! It is literally a HUGE chicago style hot dog, pizza, ice cream, etc. in the first hour, a walking break, and then in the end there is more food in the last hour. You will feel stuffed but you will be pleased. I guarantee you. I would do it again in a heartbeat. :)

My group thoroughly enjoyed our day with Kent as we walked and ate our way through Bucktown and Wicker Park. Our guide was enthusiastic and very well informed about the restaurants, background of the area, architecture, etc. The food was delicious and plentiful - a very nice variety of tastes. We definitely felt we got our money's worth!