Chicago Food Planet Food Tours

I can't rave enough about this wonderful tour. Our leader was Jen and she was absolutely fantastic - from her knowledge of all the sights along the way to how she kept our group of 17 women together and moving from place to place. Her enthusiasm and naturally engaging way made this tour for us. I loved all the stops and particularly liked that we weren't eating heavy food at each stop. Some were just herbs and spices or olive oils and vinegars. The only stop that I felt could have been eliminated was the Catering/Chocolate location. We really didn't learn anything there and the samples of cheese and hummus was pretty average - nothing I haven't had before. One recommendation would be to incorporate a wine tasting into the tour - a few other people in our group agreed with this suggestion too. the last stop where we had the spinach stuffed pizza was delicious and gave us a nice opportunity to sit and eat and relax after all that walking. I highly recommend this tour for tourists and locals alike. Can't wait until I am back in Chicago as I plan to take the Bucktown/Wicker Park tour next!

My friend and I were just searching the internet for something to do in Chicago. We are locals and were looking for something different. We came across this tour and decided to take it. What a great find! It was a thoroughly enjoyable experience. It had a little bit of everything--food, history, coupons for shopping later at the family owned stores and great conversation between the group of people who never met before. The price is so reasonable. Jen is the ultimate tour guide. I highly recommend this to anybody--Chicagoans, suburbanites and tourists. We will be taking other friends and family and going on the tour again.

This walking tour gave my wife and I a real taste of a Chicago neighbourhood. We found Wicker Park and Bucktown to be interesting and an example of what urban renewal is all about. It was interesting to see how the area has developed and been restored into an artistic community. It has real character to it. We had more tastings than the Gold Coast tour. Our tour guide, Kent was friendly, knowledgable and kept the tour moving. Our favourite tastings were Hot Chocolate and I-Cream and we look forward to revisiting both of them on our next trip to Chicago.

Our tour guide Jesse was awesome! We had a great time! I highly recommend this event.

I found this tour purely by chance while looking at stuff to do during our long weekend trip to Chicago. My husband and I have never been to Chicago and we absolutely LOVED the food tour. It was the highlight of our trip along with the show we saw. Not only did we get to enjoy tastings of food, tea, chocolate on our particular tour (Lincoln Park/Gold Coast), but we got a great tour of neighborhoods we never would have ventured into. We also really enjoyed our WONDERFUL, enthusiastic, knowlegable guide, Jen. We made new friends and had a terrific time on our first visit to Chicago. This tour is worth every penny! When we go back we will probably go on the other tour offered in a different neighborhood.

We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves in early November when we joined the Near North Food Tasting tour! Our guide was Jen, and she was awesome! She kept us entertained and informed throughout the walk. What great architecture and fabulous neighbourhoods. Old Towne Oil was by far our favourite stop - and we went back the next day to make some purchases! The deep dish pizza at the end was our first of our trip, and remained our favourite! Thanks to Jen and Casey for making some recommendations to us for the rest of the day!! I was not sure what to expect on this tour, but I can say that we look forward to taking the other neighbourhood tour on our next visit to Chicago. Oh, PS - thanks for the great weather too!

Excellent event. We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The food tasting was generous and delicious. Would definately recommend to everyone. Heidi

I decieded to take this tour as part of a day and a half I had to visit Chicago and could not be happier. Jessica the tour guide was wonderful, full of lots of great information on food and the areas we were visiting. I retraced my steps back to the beginning and purchased items at most of the stops. I can honestly say I have been using the tea and spices I bought and am waiting for the oil and vinegar I ordered to arrive. I would reccomend this tour to anyone coming into Chicago.

I have lived in Chicago for about 8 years. A friend of mine asked me to join her on this tour. I wasn't even aware that this type of tour existed, so I was anxious to check it out. We had a wonderful day and discovered a number of places we had either forgotten about or never knew about to begin with. Our tour guide was knowledgeable and very fun. We learned so much about our neighborhoods and some of our local merchants. I can't wait to do some of the others available. Local or tourist....this is a great way to spend the day!

Our party of 4 (adults & kid) thoroughly enjoyed the tour despite the lashing rain! our tour guide Jen was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic and all of the stops on the tour were well worth seeing. There was "just enough" food and drink to satisfy us without being too full, and we all felt that the experience widened our culinary horizons!

Leader was exciting to listen to, kept energy level high, really helped amplify the advantages of each of the stops. Great time for all, espcailly the spice store.

I had found this tour on the web and it sounded like fun.... It far exceeded our expectations for a fun outing. We had a great amount of food and the tour guide was fun...... We plan to do the Lincoln Park tour.....

We could not have been more pleased with this event. Jessie was the perfect guide - her knowledge and genuine love for the city was enlightening and enjoyable. The food was awesome, and the shopping after the tour was a blast!

Jennifer who did our tour was so engaging, enthusiastic, and totally committed to the group to have a great experience. The stops were great and I learned so much, but the best part for me was really seeing and learning about the neighborhoods. It helped that we had terrific weather! But the background, knowledge, and experience she had really helped her presentation of all information. Thank goodness the shop owners encourage this type of thing, and I would highly recommend this tour to anyone either local to Chicago or from another area. My son would now like to move to Chicago since he experienced these nice neighborhoods outside of downtown! THANKS--Amy & Justin from Ohio

My wife and I enjoyed this tour immensely. Nicki was a great guide, very informative and personal. The places we went to were diverse and fun. And of course all the tastings were great! It was a good walk and we both liked seeing parts of Chicago we had never seen before. Sadly, we didn't have enough time to go back to some of the shops and make purchases but next time we visit Chicago we will go straight to them. This tour is such a fun thing to do that really shows what Chicago is all about.