Every Chicagoan Needs to Take These Food & Drink Tours

There are certainlysome cool Chicago toursyou’ll really want to go on with visitors , but the metropolis ’s culinary enlistment are worth bookingimmediately , no guests call for . These excursions unlock Chicago ’s intricate culture at its pump : that boozy , solid food - laden pith that we bonk . From donut , steak , and beer excursions to eye - opening walks through immigrant communities , these food and drink tours have won over our heart .

Fair monition : many will require walk , but all will involve snacks and/or spirits .

Chicago Beer Experience Tours

Learn just how well beer couplet with Chicago chronicle through three trenchant beer tasting and bar tours inLincoln Park and Lakeview , Bucktown and Wicker Park , and theLoop and South Loop . Each walkable duty tour focuses on different panorama of the urban center ’s colorful yesteryear , beer styles , and neighborhood establishments . From historic gin mill to fresh microbrewery and a beer - and - Viscount St. Albans measure to an arcade bar , you ’ll down many , many beers at several watering holes while the history of the 1855 lager beer riots , German - fueled beer expansion of the 1800s , and today ’s booming craft brew scene unfold .

Chicago Detours

The coolest Chicago tours camp computer architecture , history , and , most importantly , intellectual nourishment and beer into a mile - long walk Downtown . The1893 World ’s Fair Tour with Bars and Fooddelves into an event that continues to capture our imaginations perhaps more than any other in Chicago chronicle . In three hours , spectacular architecture and fib imprint by the World ’s Fair will be take to life through archival photographs , scavenger hunts , and tastings . Ride one of the last human - operated lift Downtown , and take in The Century Room ’s bright stained - drinking glass window over The Berghoff ’s German - manner comely favorites .

Bobby’s Bike Hike Tours

pedal to your food is evidently more effective than walking . But while the multi - neighborhoodBikes , Bites , and Brewscruises reward cyclers with pizza , hot heel , cupcake , and beer , walking toursdeparting from the Chicago Cultural Center also fix out to research solid food ( and chronicle ) . The two - hour and 1.5 - mileChicago River Walking & Food Tourhighlights the Chicago River ’s history through the Chicago Riverwalk , Centennial Fountain , and the McCormick Bridgehouse and Chicago River Museum while sampling food and beer at some of the new restaurant that’ve helped revitalize the river bank .

Rebecca Wheeler Chicago Food Walks

Chef and culinary instructor Rebecca Wheeler leads intimate food walk within off - the - beaten - itinerary sac of the city like Southeast Asian on Argyle , Amerind and Pakistani on Devon , and Chinese cuisine in Chinatown . Her two - and - a - one-half hourArgyle Food Tourexplores Vietnam ’s vivacious street biography and cook through Uptown ’s fresh banh mi sandwiches at Ba Le , sampling of Peking duck’s egg at Sun Wah BBQ , a steaming trough of pho at Tank Noodle , and even a stop at a local market , where she ’ll tender up tips for wangle authentic stunner on your own .

Chef Driven Food Tours

There ’s right food to be had where chef in the know feast , and when a Chicago - born industry professional guides you to his or her best-loved spots , you ’ll soon palpate like a stuff neighbourhood insider . The"Heart of Chicago " Pilsen and Little Village bus tourstops for taco and shrimp in “ The Mexico of the Midwest " and Italian beef and a classic afters within Chicago ’s oldest Italian neighborhood while form in the National Museum of Mexican Art , vibrant street murals , and Al Capone ’s Cook County gaol unit .

Chicago Steakhouse Tours

prune into the city ’s juiciest story through its quintessential steakhouses . Each three - hour enlistment via luxury double-decker limelight fourparticipating restaurantslikeGene & Georgetti , Morton’s , Rosebud Steakhouse , andKinzie Chophouse , and offers a rare take on the meatpacking industriousness and restaurant techniques . By the end of the drive , you ’ll pack in a full - class meal and knowledge of the best cuts , grade , spices , and tips for tricking out a killer inwardness and white potato vine meal .

Chicago Prohibition Tours

Starting most a hundred age before the National Prohibition Act ( known informally as the Volstead Act ) through the roaring ' 20s until the police force was repealed from the US Constitution in 1933 , theOriginal Chicago Prohibition Tourcovers the forbiddance ’s cardinal players – whether they were enacting the law , enforcing the natural law , or break the law . Stop at four of the urban center ’s iconic speakeasies for touch drunkenness ( your guide can even help with drink orders to pair with the current give-and-take era ) .

Underground Donut Tour

Why should you cough up the dough to claver four famous donut spots in Downtown Chicago ? Because the fascinating history of the various shops and their sinker - making specialities will be scrumptiously revealed over the course of instruction of two hours on the city ’s one and only donut excursion . You ’ll bring in all those old - fashioned and savory , on - vogue doughnut samples at each stop – viable options includeDo - Rite Donuts & Coffee , theDoughnut Vault , Firecakes Donuts , andGlazed & Infused– on this walkway around the Loop with founder and fellow donut - fan Jeff Woelker .

Chicago Pizza Tours

Power your room through Chicago ’s good pizzerias one fade – and cocktail , craft beer , or glass of wine – at a time . pizza pie company like it ’s your last cheat day ever on thePizza & Cocktails Nox tour . They ’ll do the drive with the Dough Force One bus , which is handily outfitted with a karaoke machine , so you ’ll just have to worry about capture your fill of hard liquor and slight - crust or thick - dish slices at each pie stop ( potential difference includePiece , Coalfire , Pequod ’s , andFlo & Santos ) .

Chicago Food Planet Food Tours

Of the company ’s various neighborhood walking tours , including Lincoln Park , Wicker Park / Bucktown , and the Gold Coast , theChinatown touris its stand - out excursion . try out the Chinese slightness that define various regions like racy , bold Szechuan dishes , a selection of Hong Kong - mode dim sum specialty , a Beijing Peking duck’s egg dinner party , and sweet and piquant prat , moonlight patty , and cookie for dessert . You ’ll get wind the unbelievable stories behind the foods and get schooled on Taiwanese customs duty and etiquette , so you ’ll be " in the know " the next time you make a reservation with friends .

Spice of Life Tours

From Little Arabia to Little India , these walk tour with several sit - down tasting are a feast for the senses . TheLittle India Tourexposes grouping to the cuisine and acculturation of India , Pakistan , and Bangladesh . Nosh on Pakistani BBQ and graze store for Indian spice along Devon Ave , where more than 40 terminology are spoken along a mile - long stretch . Sample appetizers and kebab of Arabian and Persian restaurants on theLittle Arabia Tour , which also dips into Middle Eastern polish through Albany Park ’s specialty stores , hookah shop , and an Egyptian Bazaar on Kedzie Ave .

Tastebud Tours

If your end is to bang out all the canonic solid food grouping of the Chicago nutrient pyramid ( pizza pie , blistering dogs , burgers , Italian gripe , Zea mays everta , and chocolate , that is ) in a couple hours ? Carbo - load on famous Chicago - way dogs , deep - dish slice , " cheezborgers , " and Fannie May chocolates in one walk is potential . Pick from theFlavors of Chicago Food Tour , theTaste Chicago Food Tour , or evenChicago ’s Underground Food Tourof the pedway organization , and your dieting of stereotypical Chicago cuisine will be deal .

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