| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Great Tour Just a Little Long
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| Fri, May 29 12:30 PM |
Ezizzed |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Tour was great and glad we did it. Carrie was wonderful. Tour would be better if shortened by 30 minutes (attention started to wain toward the end but ice cream stop was a wonderful finish. Would have liked to try some deep dish pizza and the Mediterranean food item could have been substitued with something else but I tried it so I guess that's the point. |
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Great fun
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| Fri, May 29 12:00 PM |
salandheath |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| One of the best things we did in Chicago. I highly recommend the tour - the food and tour guide were excellent. |
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Great "couples" afternoon - Highly Recommended!
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| Fri, May 29 11:30 AM |
LynetteDeeve |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| My husband and I enjoyed this tour together. We are from Indianapolis and this was a great way to compliment our Chicago vacation. I was worried that a Guy would not enjoy the tour but he seemed to have a good time (at least he told our friends that he did)!
There was a hearty amount of food on the tour - and the hot dogs, beer, and pizza all helped in the guy department. I personally loved the iced chocolate drink and the made-to-order ice cream. Our tour guide also provided a mini architectural tour of the Wicker Park neighborhood which many in our group of 12 enjoyed.
Compared to the Near North tour, I would recommend this one for the average food lover. In my opinion, the Bucktown/Wicker Park tour is better for anyone who is a little skeptical about a "food tour." The Near North tour included unique shops that were not necessarily main foods; but rather, ingredients of foods (such as the Spice House, vinegar & oil shop, and tea and chocolate shops). I will say that I went on the Near North tour with a group of girl friends and we all LOVED that one - there was pizza and potato pancake and other foods on that tour, just included the unique shops as well.
Our tour guide for Bucktown / Wicker Park, Kent, was terrific. He was a knowledgable local, spoke well, and kept everyone's interest. He was organized and everything went smoothly - our pizza was hot and the beer cold. We never had to wait for food. From what I could tell, everyone left in good spirits and excited to revisit many of the shops to use our discount coupons and try more items from the menus.
The Chicago Food Planet is a respectable enterprise. This was my second tour with them and I highly recommend them as a safe tour operator. Shane was prompt to respond to my email inquiries and help with fixing an ordering error that I made. I was so thankful for their humanity and understanding of my mistake.
THANK YOU CHICAGO FOOD PLANET - keep me informed of any new tours! |
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Great view into a Chicago neighborhood
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| Fri, May 29 11:30 AM |
naomi1951 |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| My daughter(26) and I thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The only regret I have is eating breakfast. We couldn't finish all the great food at each stop. If we were in Chicago longer we would come back with our coupons and revisit many of the shops we saw.
The architectural tour was also a highlight. What great old buildings! I wish that we could have gone inside some of them.
We also took the train to our meeting place on Damen Ave. Fortunately, my daughter
understood subways. I would recommend sending directions by train for those who need it. It's a much cheaper way to get there. |
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Bucktown/Wicker Park is amazing!!!
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| Fri, May 29 11:30 AM |
hannahlee50 |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Kent was an awesome tour guide!!!!!!!!! I have been on both tours (near north) & (bucktown)! I loved them both but the bucktown/wicker park tour was much more food which I LOVED! I also loved the cultural and real estate aspects! I would recommend this tour to anyone! Me and my mom wish there were more tours to go on since we have done both of the tours already!!! Ioved the icream shop and the hot chocolate! This tour was amazing!!!!!! |
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Pleasant way to spend an afternoon
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| Sat, May 23 12:00 PM |
DavidAronson |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| we enjoyed the food walking tour, nice variety of stops and tasty tastes along the way. would still recommend the Near North tour first if you haven't done either. |
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Great tour - we're still stuffed!
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| Sat, May 23 12:00 PM |
sassi2083 |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| Have to give a shout out to our great tour guide Ben - he was awesome. He shared so much great information about the neighborhood and also gave us some great pointers about other activities to do in the city!
Our only suggestion would be to spread out the tastings a bit - by the time we got to Piece, we were almost too full to eat that fantastic pizza!! I would suggest maybe breaking it up a little bit and walking a little further and then bringing us back to the places so we can enjoy the food a bit more.
Otherwise, we loved it, we would definately do this tour (or check out the Near North tour) if we come back to Chicago! |
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It was a nice tour
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| Sat, May 23 12:00 PM |
JoannMM |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| I have lived in Chicago for about a year. Taking the food tour really helped me expand my knowledge of the Bucktown and Wicker Park area and the food was really great. I have also taken the Near North tour and really liked that as well. If I had to choose from both tours the Near North tour would have five stars just because it felt like I saw and ate more and it was a wider variety. I brought my family who are from TX and they really enjoyed themselves.
One of my only qualms of the Bucktown and wicker Park tour was the first food stop, which was a hot dog place. I'm a vegetarian and I marked that down on the form you fill out before hand. So they said they were ready for that ,but I just got a bun with lots of lettuce and onions and mustard. Besides that all the other food was well adapted for vegetarians. |
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A really good food tour
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| Sat, May 23 12:00 PM |
chaines9 |
Female |
30-39 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| My friend, boyfriend, and I took the Bucktown/Wicker Park tour and really enjoyed it!! Our tour guide was friendly, funny, and knowledgeable in a relaxed manner. All the stops along the way were very yummy but I have to say that Hot Chocolate was my favorite. My boyfriend and I are Chicagoans and enjoyed ourselves and learned a few new things. Plus, these are not small tastings in size! We came away quite full and happy. |
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One of the best culinary tours I've done!
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| Sat, May 23 11:30 AM |
MobiusLife |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| This was an excellent overview of the history and culinary highlights of Bucktown and Wicker Park! Our guide was personable and very knowledgeable and the food portions were certainly healthy! Do NOT think of eating breakfast before this tour...you won't need it! We were so thrilled with the introduction to the area that we ended up spending most of the rest of the weekend in Wicker Park at the places we visited on the tour (and received coupons for...thanks!) or at other restaurants recommended as we walked. I highly recommend this tour and can't wait to come back to Chicago! |
