Elizabeth M.
10/10 I will always recommend a food tour!
My boyfriend and I are die-hard food tour fans. It's always the highlight of traveling to a new city, and this latest tour did not disappoint. We love the opportunity to sample all the iconic foods, without having to stress about doing the research ourselves and making reservations and agonizing over what to try at each restaurant. With the tour, we get to try everything in one go and also get to learn about the city from a local! We got to try all the classic must-haves that Chicago has to offer, and the tour was a great jumping-off point to learn about other restaurants and plan the rest of our eats for the trip (we decided to try another iconic deep-dish pizza place later in the trip so that we could do a comparison to what we tried on the tour!). My only disappointment with the Chicago tour was the final stop. We were told by Sue, our guide, that they switched the last dish because a lot of folks didn't really like the original pick (a historical desert that didn't really align with folks' modern palates). I totally get that, but I'm the kind of person who loves to learn about history through food so I was a little disappointed that we didn't get to try the more historical dish (we could have gotten it ourselves but didn't feel sufficiently motivated after eating so much lol). Speaking of Sue, our guide, she was incredible! Knowledgeable, kind, and prepared for everything, she really made the experience streamlined and fun! We learned a lot from her and felt lucky to learn from her life-long experience of Chicago. She was so funny, and she made everyone feel welcome despite the diversity of our full tour group. I hope we get a Sue on all of our future food tours! tldr: do a food tour, it's so convenient to cross a lot of things off a city's "to-eat" list!
Response from Secret Food ToursSep 4, 2025
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Elizabeth. We’re happy to hear the mix of flavors and cultural insights made the tour enjoyable. Secret Food Tours across 100+ cities looks forward to hosting you again!



