Chicago Tour: Food Tasting & Culinary Tour (Sightseeing, Eating & Restaurants -- Downtown Chicago, Illinois)

Seller:	ChicagoFoods
	Chicago Food Planet, Inc.

Ratings Summary: Rating: 4.8

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	# of Reviews	Overall Rating	Positive Points	Negative Points	% Positive	Average Rating
Last 3 months	495	1334	1339	5	99%	4.8
Last 6 months	1070	2847	2855	8	99%	4.8
Last 12 months	1254	3298	3309	11	99%	4.8
All	2594	6722	6753	31	99%	4.8

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Near North Food Tasting & Cultural Walking Tour	2292	99%	4.8
Bucktown/Wicker Park Food Tasting & Cultural Tour	1006	99%	4.8

Date Attended	Reviewer	Gender [v]	Age	Where From?	Group Type?
Great experience, a different way to enjoy Chicago Near North Food Tasting & Cultural Walking Tour
Sat, May 3, 08 11:00 AM	torresf25	Male	40-49	International Tourist(s)	Family With Children
Great experience, very informative, it was very interesting to visit the different areas of the city and how they developed. Also to visit some of the landmarks of Chicago and the best places to eat.
Nice Way to Get Your Bearings in Chicago Near North Food Tasting & Cultural Walking Tour
Mon, Apr 21, 08 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!!!!
Great Tour Near North Food Tasting & Cultural Walking Tour
Mon, Apr 21, 08 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
great tour Near North Food Tasting & Cultural Walking Tour
Mon, Apr 21, 08 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.
Great time, good food Near North Food Tasting & Cultural Walking Tour
Sun, Apr 20, 08 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.
great Near North Food Tasting & Cultural Walking Tour
Thu, Apr 17, 08 11:00 AM	sross2	Male	40-49	Domestic Tourist(s)	Couple on a Date
Great tour. The combination of the food stops and the local history provided by an energetic knowledgeable guide was a pleasure.
Great Time Near North Food Tasting & Cultural Walking Tour
Sun, Oct 28, 07 1:30 PM	baiken	Male	40-49	Local	Other
We had Jen as our tour guide. She did a great job guiding us through the Chicago tour. I was on the tour with my parent while they were up visiting me in Chicago. The tour was made up of 8 people, which was a good size. I found out about the tour from metromix. It was great. Jen mentioned that there might be a Chicago loop tour going south. That would be a good idea. I would like to do the tour again next year, but with different spots. We went back that day and the next to the merchants and used some of the coupons that were handed out with the tour packet. Bob
A great and tasty tour! Near North Food Tasting & Cultural Walking Tour
Thu, Oct 25, 07 11:00 AM	jtbh3804	Male	40-49	Local	Couple on a Date
My date and I enjoyed all aspects of the tour - the vivacious and knowledgeable guide, the great foods offered by the vendors (the toffee at the FudgePot and the pizza at Bucani's were the biggest hits!), and the up-close and personal view of Chicago that this tour offered. Even though we're just from Milwaukee - practically locals - we found lots of new things to see and places to go that we will definitely re-visit on our next trip to Chicago.
Best Walking Tour Ever!! Near North Food Tasting & Cultural Walking Tour
Fri, Oct 19, 07 11:00 AM	apcher	Male	20-29	Domestic Tourist(s)	Other
My wife and I have been to Chicago many times, but had never taken a guided tour of the city. The description of the tour sounded great (we are both foodies), so we enthusiastically signed up. The tour itself was better than either of us had imagined. Our guide was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic, both about the places we specifically visited and about Chicago in general. The tastings were also amazing--the types of food were very diverse (from spices and oils to pizza and chocolate) and overall very filling (no dinner afterwards!). However, even if you are not really into the specific food tastings during the tour, this tour provides a great overview of where to find some of the city's best restaurants that are often overlooked by tourists as well as gives a better intro to the history of some of Chicago's neighborhoods then you will get on some other neighborhood walking tours. I would extremely, greatly, highly recommend this tour to anyone!! The only warning I have is that after taking this tour, all other Chicago historical walking tours will seem boring and bland!
Wow! What a great experience. Near North Food Tasting & Cultural Walking Tour
Mon, Oct 15, 07 1:30 PM	HARVJL	Male	30-39	Domestic Tourist(s)	Other
The food tour was incredible, saw some amazing places and the tour guide, Shane, was very knowledge about the city which made for some great learning of the history as well. I can't say enough good things about this tour I would definitely recommend and have recommended to all that travel to Chicago as a must do. Thank you so very much it was amazing!
Interesting and fun Near North Food Tasting & Cultural Walking Tour
Sun, Oct 14, 07 1:30 PM	geopam	Male	50-59	Local	Family Without Children
The wife and I both enjoyed the tour. The guide was well informed and knew her stuff. Some of the establishments we visited seemed somewhat put out by us. I recommend that you give out better, updated/current and more specific directions for returning to the tour staring point.
Learn Chicago and food Near North Food Tasting & Cultural Walking Tour
Mon, Oct 8, 07 1:30 PM	ew0612	Male	40-49	Domestic Tourist(s)	Group of Friends
I had a fantastic experience. I was in Chicago for six days and my only regret was not taking the tour on the first day so I could experience some of the Great places to eat. The tour was not only informative about Chicago, but also about the food and the history of it. Of all the things I did, this was my favorite.
Great Time Near North Food Tasting & Cultural Walking Tour
Sat, Oct 6, 07 11:30 AM	juiceon	Male	40-49	Domestic Tourist(s)	Group of Friends
I really liked the Taste and Walk. It took me to areas that I would have never seen before. The guide was very informative and had great people skills, she made the walk very enjoyable. I will definately tell people to do this Taste and Walk.
Fabulous idea, but needs some tweaking Near North Food Tasting & Cultural Walking Tour
Sun, Sep 30, 07 1:00 PM	dwwomack	Male	60-69	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family Without Children
THINGS I LIKED ABOUT IT: The price was reasonable, the distance walked was about right, and the duration of the trip was good. The concept is wonderful; eating and then walking to another place to do some more eating. The guide was enthusiastic and knowledgeable. The meeting place was perfect: near a nationally recognized landmark, in front of a chocolate store (how great is that?). The neighborhood history and the various building architecture styles that were pointed out were excellent. SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENTS: 1) DELI - We got a cooling, rather greasy potato pancake with no sour cream or apple sauce for dip. I suggest something more exciting at this, the first stop. Say, a pastrami and cream cheese roll with chopped green onions. 2) TEA - Here, I would like to see 3 or 4 small samples of different kinds of tea, rather than one large cup. Most didn't finish it; they dumped it out along the way. 3) CHEESE - There was one cheese stop; everyone loves cheese. Maybe expand upon this. 4) CHOCOLATE - Now, make no mistake; I love chocolate. But we had 3 chocolate stops, plus we started out with chocolate (at Ghirardelli's). That's too much chocolate (I didn't think I'd ever say that!), especially for those who may not share my love. 5) SPICES AND OILS STOP - Great! Keep these. 6) REALLY WEIRD STUFF - I suggest a stop that only the most adventuresome would like: Spicy Indian, or raw fish, or killer hot sauce, or black eel soup, or pig's-blood-cake, or something comparably nasty. It'd give the tour a full range and a point of base comparison. These criticisms are intended to be constructive--I've already recommended the tour to my daughter.
Less than satisfying Near North Food Tasting & Cultural Walking Tour
Sat, Sep 29, 07 11:00 AM	dwdepew	Male	50-59	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family Without Children
While the guide was enthusiastic, she was only in her 4th week as a guide. The tour started with Ghiradelli chocolate (available anywhere), went on to latkes (which were greasy), then to a tea store (one of the interesting stops), proceeded to a spice store and an oil/vinegar establishment (both very interesting, but no food), moved onto a catering establishment (cheese tasting), then to a fudge shop (mediocre), then a pizza parlor (in Chicago, but not Chicago pizza--when asked why, the guide responded that no native Chicagoan really eats Chicago deep dish pizza--good thing she didn't tell that to the other patrons in the restaurant who were enjoying what looked to be FANTASTIC deep dish pizza), and finally to another chocolate shop. Way too much chocolate, nothing particularly 'Chicago' about any of the stops, and although the guide had some suggestions about alternate entertainment options, as well as some interesting knowledge about the route through the various neighborhoods, there was a good deal of walking between many of the locations. The tour ended up at least 4 miles away from the start and the participants had to walk, take public transportation, or a taxi back to wherever. The big problem, however, was that there was nothing particularly 'Chicago' about the tour; I would not recommend this tour to anyone seeking authentic Chicago cuisine. Although my wife believes that I am being a bit harsh in my judgment, even she agrees that the lack of 'Chicago' character to the tour was a distinct problem.

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