My wife and I took the 11AM Near North Tour recently. Our guide was energetic and knowledgeable. We learned a little history, a little architecture and tasted some great food. A good way to start to learn about Chicago neighborhoods. My wife is a serious cook and she plans to order from a couple of the shops we visited. We now have a new favorite Chicago pizza.

My group of four women vacationing in Chicago had a fabulous time on the Food Planet Tour of the Gold Coast, Old Town, and Lincoln Park. Despite the rain which accompanied the entire tour, this experience was fun, upbeat, entertaining, and enlightening. I cannot say enough about our fantastic guide, Arianna, a very knowledgeable young lady who made this outing the wonderful time it was. Our group enjoyed stops at seven establishments for food, beverages, and astonishingly great information about food, architecture, culture, and the history of Chicago. Kudos to Arianna and Food Planet and thank you for this unique taste of the Windy City!

My husband and I attended the near north tour with another couple while on vacation during the first week of June. We loved it. It was informative, fun, and yummy. Nicky was a wonderful guide. Our favorite places were the Spice Merchant (with a huge variety of fresh spices and employees that could answer all our cooking questions) and the Fudge Pot (a fudge and chocolate shop with amazing toffee). We liked several of the places so much that we went back on another day and used coupons that we were given on the tour. The Spice Merchant even shipped our purchases home for us, and they were waiting on us when we returned from vacation. This was my favorite activity of our vacation. It was a great experience and we will be attending the other food tour they offer when we return to Chicago.

We took the north side tour on a rainy Thursday, but that did little to dampen our spirits. It was a very interesting way to take an up close look at a small part of a large city. We were fortunate enough to take the tour with a terrific tour guide, Ariana (sp?)..... it's hard to imagine a better host.