| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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A definite Must-Do
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| Tue, May 19, 09 11:00 AM |
MIrrgang |
Male |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| The awesome weather sure was helpful, but this great tour does not need further enhancement. Something for any tastebud, information on the neighborhoods, all questions answered and sufficient time at any station, all in a compact package, topped by a great guide and a really interesting group. |
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Educational, delicious, excellent experience!
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| Mon, May 18, 09 11:00 AM |
jseese |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| Loved the content, Loved the variation of food and resturants. LOVED the tour guide! Ariana was fantastic! Very knowledgable, approachable, funny. Seemed very comfortable doing her job and seemed to love the tour as much as we did. I especially liked Old town Oil, and really enjoyed Tea Geshwender. Would take this tour again in a heartbeat, and have recomended it to everyone who will listen! |
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Fantastic for locals and visitors
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| Mon, May 18, 09 11:00 AM |
etarpey |
Female |
30-39 |
Combination |
Family Without Children |
| Our guide was incredibly knowledgable about the places we stopped, Chicago culture and architecture. As a Chicago resident for 8 years, I was shown places I never knew existed but will be frequenting again soon. |
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Excellent use of a few hours
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| Sun, May 17, 09 11:30 AM |
lw7802 |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I am very glad I chose to spend a few hours of my time in Chicago on a food tour. It widened the scope of places I would have come across on my own, and was coupled with great historical and informational facts on food, sites, and Chicago in general. |
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North Walking Tour
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| Sun, May 17, 09 11:00 AM |
tslowikowski |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| Wonderful tour. I really enjoyed it, but the tour is very fast walking. Really to fast to enjoy the tour as much as I would have liked. Your walking so fast that you have to pay attention to the ground as not to trip and fall. I would enjoy a tour that was not as long and would allow you to shop as you go along. This tour IS NOT for all fitness levels!!!!!! as the advertisment states. You better be in top shape and have a High fitness level. We had one person drop out of the tour because they could not keep up. The shops we visited were wonderful and our tour guide was great! Would I take another tour? Only if they had a slower more relaxed tour. The long distance was not the problem, it was the extreme fast walking. |
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Interesting and full of variety
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| Sun, May 17, 09 11:00 AM |
allantitus |
Male |
60-69 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| This was a very pleasant and informative tour. The seven food tasting stops had a good variety. We sampled: a latka, tea, fudge, cheese and cracker spread, oils and vinegars, spices, and, at the final stop, an amazingly delicious piece of pizza. The group consensus was that the oil and vinegar sampling was the best. You could keep sampling from about 10 balsamic vinegars aged up to 18 years and from about 10 extra virgin olive oils, mixing them yourself in a little cup and then sampling. At each sampling stop there was a lot of interesting and relevant information about the specialty food.
Our guide, Jennifer, was very well informed about the architecture and history of the neighbourhoods we covered. Her enthusiasm and obvious interest herself in what she was showing us was infectious. She was sensitive to individual needs and interests of the tour participants.
My only negative comment: the tour was overpriced, considering that there were 18 people in the group and the food samples were generally very small, and that the guide received gratuities. |
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Absolutely fabulous!!!!
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| Sat, May 16, 09 12:30 PM |
cellwood |
Female |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| We had a great guide: Jessie was knowledgeable, personable, fun, efficient and human! Some of the places we visited were truly exceptional. We loved the oil and balsamic vinegar, the spices, the teahouse. We went back three times to the Oldtown, ate at two of the recommended places, shopped for oil and vinegar (but forgot to use our discount voucher!!). We loved the fact that Jessie told us heaps about the houses and streets we were passing through. She was definitely better informed than the Chicago architecture tour guide we had a few days later in the city... We learned about areas of Chicago we probably would otherwise never have found (on our last visit we didnt go much further than Michigan Avenue) and we had life-changing experiences with oil, vinegar and cinnamon!! Thank you!!! |
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Good tour, may need to be slightly reorganized
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| Sat, May 16, 09 12:30 PM |
angelarevell |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| The tour itself was good -- great local places to stop and sample things, good walk, good architechture, good history and background -- but having done one of these before in NY, I think there are a couple things that could be tweaked to make it even better. First, they tell you not to eat before you come, but then they don't give you much food at all til the last stop - almost three hours into the tour. For my husband and I, that was a full 7 hours after the toast we'd had for breakfast, and we were famished. If they'd done that stop first (it was a full piece of stuffed pizza), we could have had a good base from which to continue (and better enjoy) the other stops. That would also be nice from another perspective: that final stop was by far the longest walk of the afternoon, and it was up by itself in a different neighborhood. I would have rather found my way up there on my own, then walked back down into the more populated downtown area.
In all, a good tour, but it could be even better with a little tweaking. |
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Excellent Tour
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| Sat, May 16, 09 12:00 PM |
Yesica |
Male |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| I was very happy with the tour, we went to some interesting shops where we could try out different things. I learned a lot about the architecture too and the history of the neighbourhoods we walked through. I liked that there was a large amount of walking, it allowed us to appreciate the houses and it was good exercise. The tour guide (Ariana) was very knowledgable and excellent, and I liked how she added her personal spin to things. Very good tour, highly recommend. |
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Excellent Time!
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| Sat, May 16, 09 11:30 AM |
MariaAbad |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| The walking tour was informative and fun! Definitely wear walking shoes - I wore flip flops and my feet and calves are still paying for it! The food portion was awesome. My group of friends went back to 4 of the 7 stores we visited and ordered half-baked pizzas to take home from Bacino's. We can't wait to take a tour of another part of the city! |
