Near North Food Tasting & Cultural Walking Tour

Spices, oil, and tea--the highlights of the tour. We could have done without chocolate repetitions (even though we did not have chocolate in each place). Emily was charming, positive, and socially skilled. She presented interesting tidbits.

What a great tour! It was informative, fun and quite tastey! Our guide, Emily, was articulate, made the walk interesting, and was very organized. When I saw the shops we would visit I was on the fence about a tea shop, oil shop and spice shop and they turned out to be my favorites. At first I was a little unhappy about the announcement that we would not have time to shop but I totally understand why. But if you are quick and dont hold up the group you can manage to get in a few purchases! I have since ordered from the oil shop online which was just as well as we were from out of town and it would have been a hassle to try and get the oil and vinegar home on the plane. I have always been a tea drinker but drank "tea dust"! No more! We returned to the tea shop where I purchased several varieties and will be a repeat customer online. Same for the spices. The Saigon cinnamon is unbelievable and I will be ordering from them as well. I am considering ordering all of my christmas gifts from these vendors.

I booked this tour on-line for a group of four friends prior to visiting Chicago for the first time. We had an fun and knowledge guide, a good mix of people in our particular group, and it was a fabulously sunny day. The tour excided our expectations. In addition to the food tasting, the tour takes you through several great neighbourhoods that you may not get to. All four of us who where travelling would highly recommend this tour. We all agreed our favorites where the tea, spice and oil/vinegar shops. We went back later to do some shopping.

we had such a great time. The food and learning about the area was such a great experience.It showed us a differnt side of chicago beside michigan ave shopping.would highly recommend this to a family, couples, and a friends getaway weekend.

Great time, wonderful stops and food.

We had a fun and informative tour which was a good introduction to some great neighborhoods. The specialty shops and restaurants were ones I'd not have discovered on my own. The group was friendly and the leader was interesting and knew a lot about food and also the points of interest as we walked along. I enjoyed the samples of foods, spices, tea, and other gourmet items.

This was an excellent tour of Chicago neighborhoods. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and provided excellent tips and information. The food samples were delicious and plentiful. Our entire group seemed to enjoy the tour very much. I would recommend it to anyone wanting to see several different neighboorhoods and that likes a variety of different foods.

We went on a cooler October day, the sun was shining so the cooler temps was really nice for walking. I enjoyed the varieties of stores we visited. I would of never knew about these shops on my own. It was also interesting to get a little history about the buildings we walked by. The tour guide was very nice and knowledgable about Chicago. I can't wait to go back to chicago and take the other tour. I would recommend if you are in Chicago do the tour and enjoy the food.

I was in town for a conference and thought the food tour would be a way to see some of Chicago. It was fabulous! The old town and gold coast neighborhoods were great! The food selections were good and enough for lunch! Great tour guide. This is a must for anyone on a short stay in Chicago.

Loved all the info along the walk about each neighborhood's history. Only complaint was it was COLD! :) A great experience.