What to do and see in Central, Illinois (IL): The Best Food & Drink

Bobby's Bike Hike Chicago is a great value - providing signature guided bicycle tours, year-round walking tours, and delicious food and culture tours. We have various tours designed for a wide variety of interests, ages, and skill levels. Check out our brand-new, season walking & food tours(Bobby's Hikes). Bobby tours Chicago in style with deluxe Schwinn Comfort bikes complete with cushy seats, fat tires, and annoying bells :). Our hand-selected guides are chock full of historical information which is sure to inform and entertain you on your journey. Our folks in the shop are friendly and helpful and they will take the time to teach you the ropes before sending you on your way. Tours include the Lakefront Neighborhoods Tour which was Voted Best Chicago Tour seven years in a row, the City Lights at Night Tour which is a healthy way to explore Chicago at night, Bobby's 'Tike' Hike for families with younger riders, and the Bikes, Bites, & Brews Tour which is a food sampling tour. If you want to learn about Chicago's seedier past, check out the Southside Chicago Gangster Tour. If you want the best views in Chicago, check out our brand-new Museums & Parks at Sunset Tour. We also offer year-round walking and food tours, including the Chicago Favorites Food Tour, Public Art & Architecture Tour, and the Holiday Hike - Season Sampling Tour. All walking tours make use of Chicago's elaborately unique indoor pedway system in inclement weather.

Chicago Dine-Around specializes in unique and interactive dining experiences for corporate and private events. We offer Progressive Dining Tours, where guests travel in a stylish coach bus to the first restaurant for hors d'oeuvres, the second restaurant for the main course, and the third restaurant for dessert. Enjoy Chicago's renowned cuisine while you interact with different colleagues at each restaurant and learn about Chicago along the way. Chicago Dine-Around also offers Interactive Culinary Experiences, Dinner and a Show, and Architectural Dining Cruises. Our events are ideal for meetings, networking, team-building, client appreciation, holiday parties and all types of corporate and private events.

Rated 'Best Chicago Tour' by Lonely Planet and recommended on USA Today and Bon Appetit, Chicago Food Planet is the #1 reviewed Chicago Food Tour. These delicious 2 & 3-hour food tours focus exclusively in Chicago's historic neighborhoods including tours in Navy Pier, West Loop, River North, Streeterville, Gold Coast, Chinatown, Bucktown, Old Town and Wicker Park. Suitable for all age groups and fitness levels, each walking food experience provides a local's perspective, so you feel like a native Chicagoan. These guided Food Tours & Private Experiences include mouth-watering food samples, enough for a large lunch or dinner, from unique specialty food stores, local restaurants and ethnic eateries while providing a detailed insiders view of Chicago's rich histories, treasured architecture. Please note, Chicago Food Planet can accommodate vegetarians and alcohol-free dietary restrictions if possible at tasting locations, but cannot accommodate other allergies or restrictions.

Book your tickets on the Tastebud Tours website. Simmply the Best Chicago Food Tour since 2009! The only Food Tour open all year! Tastebud Tours is the Chicago Food Tour everyone is talking about! Tastebud has been selected as the "Editors Choice" and "The Best Chicago Food Tour" by The Chicago Traveler in addition to be featured on NBC News, ABC's 190 North, USA Today, WGN and WTTW. As if that's not enough, we are proud to say that we've been awarded the Certificate of Excellence from Tripadvisor for the last 7 years! Now that's tasty! Unlike other Chicago Food Tours, Tastebud Food Tours is a progressive meal, not a small tasting tour. You can Shop on all Tastebud Tours! Tastebud Food Tours is the one and only Chicago Food Tour to offer all the iconic Chicago Foods! The Real Chicago! Tastebud Food Tours offers delicious food tours through Chicago's historic neighborhoods. Each small group tour serves up Chicago's quintessential cuisine while visiting different specialty food shops and highly rated Chicago restaurants. The Taste Tour includes stops located in the Chicago Loop including Millennium Park and the Cultural Center. The Flavors Tour runs through the beautiful Gold Coast neighborhood including the famous Magnificent Mile. Visit one of Chicago's famous neighborhoods and eat your way through Chicago's Old Town. Ready to Tantalize all the senses, be sure to book Chicago's Original Taste of the Riverwalk/Architecture Food Tour,three tours in one! A one of a kind Chicago experiencebe sure to buy your ticket for The 1893 World's Fair Food Tour,you'll step back in time it's theater on the streets of Chicago! Running tighter on time but would still like to get a taste of Chicago? We'd love to have you join us on our shorter Underground Chicago Tour. Food varies depending on which tour you'd like to join but here's just a nibble of our offerings: Chicago Style Hot Dog, Pizano's famous Deep Dish Pizza, #1 Al's Italian Beef sandwich, the world famous Billy Goat Tavern (Cheezeborger, Cheezeborger, Cheezeborger!!), Chicago's oldest chocolate shop and the oldest restaurant in Chicago, The Berghoff. If you'd like to enjoy some famous foods of Chicago, Tastebud Food Tours is your ticket! Make sure to book your tickets early as we sell out!Tastebud Toursis the only Food Tour that operates year round, Monday through Sunday with the exception of holidays. . Enough food is served on each tour to be considered a nice meal. The Best Food Tours On the Planet since 2009, Come Hungry! Thanks!

See Chicago One Slice At A Time! Chicago Pizza Tours is the #1 pizza tour in Chicago running both "Original Chicago Pizza Tour" & "Pizza & Cocktails". Enjoy full slices at 4 different restaurants in various Chicago neighborhoods on the only bus driven pizza tour in Chicago. Let us be your backstage pass as you're brought into kitchens at some stops to see first hand what makes these pizzas significant. Bring a camera and your appetite as this serves as a meal replacement. Group sizes are kept intimate so please book in advance to reserve your spot.

Chicago Detours brings curious people to explore, learn and interact on live, virtual tours and events about Chicago. Our remote team building events uplift meetings and inspire connections for conferences, corporate groups, and universities. Our virtual tours and events explore the 1893 World’s Fair, the history of Chicago food and drink, and Chicago architecture. As a virtual event producer, our expertise lies in storytelling, experience design, and corporate team building.

Savor the flavors of Sweet Chicago's Chocolate and Dessert Tours. Enjoy Chicago chocolates and other delicious desserts from Sweet Chicago! Walk through the heart of the city on a 3 hour Dessert adventure. Enjoy delicious Sweet treats form five memorable restaurants and food specialty shops. Hear about Chicago’s history, cultural and fun facts while you tantalize and satisfy your sweet taste buds! Private tours available.Open all year. $44.00 Book online

The Barrel Run provides public and private tours and full charter services. Taste and tour Chicago’s best breweries, wineries, and distilleries, or take an entertaining and educating gangster tour to learn about mobsters of the Prohibition era.

You'll experience all the city's biggest everyman food hits, many of which have roots in the Italian immigrant experience. This moving feast incorporates a walk through some of the city's world-renowned architecture and public art in the famed "Chicago Loop."

Chef Driven Food Tours is a Chicago based culinary adventure tour that was designed and is owned and operated by a co-op of professional chefs. Our goal is for our guests to experience the “real Chicago” food scene through the eyes of native Chicago chefs. We take you off the beaten downtown path of corporate and chain restaurants and into the neighborhoods. Taste the best flavors of “Chicago’s hidden gems” and see more art, culture, and history all while getting the insider’s view of the Chicago food scene.