| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Food tour gets an A+
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| Fri, Apr 25 11:00 AM |
mmurf5 |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| The food/architectural tour was great. Our tour guide, Nikki, was friendly and knowledgeable. It is the best way to see the city and get to know your way around. The store owners were helpful. The businesses chosen on this tour were very well thought out. The spices and oils delicious. The deep-dish pizza tasty. All the chocolate mouth watering. The architecture seen was magnificent. Chicago is a beautiful city. |
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Highly recommended-well worth the $! Lots of fun!
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| Fri, Apr 25 11:00 AM |
veemcbride |
Female |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| We thoroughly enjoyed the tour & food tasting was fabulous-such a variety-you definitely don't need lunch. Our guide was friendly & very knowledgeable-learned lots! Only thing I would say is that you might want to stress that this is a lot of walking but I suppose people realize that when it's there in black & white that this is a 3 1/2 hr walking tour. You might want to stress it tho cause I consider myself to be quite healthy & felt it was a long walk-feet were sore! Otherwise fabulous!!! |
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Chigago with a Twist
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| Thu, Apr 24 11:00 AM |
patkearon |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I expected just a culinary experience and got so much more. The guides were friendly, enthusiastic and obviously enjoyed what they were doing. I always ask lots of questions and they did not seem impatient or annoyed by any of them. We visited several neighborhoods and while we did have tastings in each the information and " inside stories" about each neighborhood were the best. The food was not abundant if that is what you are looking for but the tastings were just enough to whet the palate and have you return. Unusual teas and spices were intriguing. The Pomegranite Vinegar was the best new taste for me. I learned so much more about this wonderful city than I expected to. Thanks!! |
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Perfect way to start exploring
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| Wed, Apr 23 11:00 AM |
julesosu |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| My husband and I enjoyed every minute of our walking tour. It was a great way to try new things and see a part of Chicago that we wouldn't have seen otherwise. Nikki, our tour guide, made us feel like "locals" with all the great information she gave us and places she pointed out. The stops on the tour opened our eyes to new tastes and knowledge and my husband is now hooked on hot tea in the morning.
Following our short vacation in Chicago I attended a leadership conference for the American Marketing Association, headquartered in Chicago, and their staff is going to check out the tour and start recommending it to AMA members who ask them what to do while they are in town. |
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Interesting & Fun
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| Mon, Apr 21 11:00 AM |
schumerdoll |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| I don't know when I have received a better return on my vacation dollar. The tour was very interesting, many local historical sights were pointed out to us. We saw many local neighborhoods, Old Town, Lincoln Park, the Gold Coast, that we would never have seen on our own.
And, as an avowed foodie, the tour was paradise. All the food was excellent and it was a pleasure to find such excellent sources for purchasing spices and olive oils.
The guide was friendly and fun. I would do it again!!! |
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Nice Way to Get Your Bearings in Chicago
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| Mon, Apr 21 11:00 AM |
CFG1159 |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I really enjoyed this tour. I actually learned a lot while enjoying some tasty samplings of a variety of foods and walking about some of the Chicago neighborhoods. It was a great way to get my bearings on my second day in the City. If you have a huge appetite, you may not be totally satisfied with the food provided, after all it is a tasting/sampling tour. However, we were given enough tasty delights were a normal appetite would be satisfied ... or at least held until dinner. The tour guide, Tad, was enthusiastic about what he was showing us and the constant smile on his face was refreshing. It showed he was enjoying showing us about as well. If you, the reader, are contemplating this tour, I highly recommend it. You will also get some really nice ideas about where to come back for nice dinners and lunches. Enjoy!!!! |
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Great Tour
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| Mon, Apr 21 11:00 AM |
brown79706 |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Unique and intresting foods. Really enjoyed the history and architecture of Chicago. Thanks |
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great tour
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| Mon, Apr 21 11:00 AM |
MattColosino |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| We enjoyed the insight to the area and the introduction to Chicago foods. You might try and add some additional stops that introduce the group to other Chicago favorite foods. |
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Great time, good food
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| Sun, Apr 20 11:00 AM |
JeffONeill |
Male |
50-59 |
Combination |
Family Without Children |
| Not only was our guide great, the food was worth the tour and most of all the information we learned about the city along the way was very interesting. |
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I was hungry the whole time and my feet hurt!!!!!!
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| Sat, Apr 19 11:30 AM |
sarahnun |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Our tour guide, Jen, was awesome. She was pleasant and informative. Props to Jen. However, I the structure of the tour was HORRIBLE. It was my understanding that this was a food tour, but we ate very little and walked way too much. We arrived at our meeting spot at 11:15 a.m. as instructed, and were greeted with a piece of chocolate which no one seemed to be interested in ingesting at 11:15 a.m. anyway, but whatever. From there we had a potato cake, some tea, licked cinnamon off our hands (gross), took oil and vinegar shots (equally gross), and had some more chocolate. Let's just take a minute and think of the disgusting combination of substances that were in our stomachs up to this point. By 2:15 that's all we'd had! At which time we ate one piece of pizza, before going on to ANOTHER chocolate stop. Don't get me wrong, I love chocolate, but why didn't you just advertise this as a chocolate tour? We passed DOZENS of amazing restaurants on our way that could have offered appetizers and such of a more substantive nature. I felt extremely jipped that I paid to have someone lead me around on a way too long walking tour while my family and I were going hungry and about to pee our pants most of the time. I am a local and took this as an opportunity to show my family around while they were in town. I have a group of (local) friends who are signed up for this same tour next month. My recommendation to them was to eat a big lunch before the tour and to ditch the tour about two hours before the scheduled end time, as they will have already seen three chocolate shops at that point, and do your feet really need to suffer to see one more?! I will never recommend this tour to someone. I would like a refund. |
