Worldwide travellers have spoken: Chicago is the #5 Food & Wine Destination in the world, according to the 2010 TripAdvisor® Travelers’ Choice Awards. Venerated food critics, restaurateurs and chefs have further lauded Chicago by naming Alinea the #7 restaurant in the world on S. Pellegrino’s annual “World’s 50 Best Restaurants” list and garnering the top American spot overall.

Around the world, Chicago is quickly becoming the epicentre of daringly innovative dining. Rated the “Top Food City” by Condé Nast Traveller (UK) and hailed as “One of the Best Food Cities in America” by Food & Wine/AOL, Chicago invites you to experience the work of its remarkably talented chefs.

Noted food critic Jeffrey Steingarten calls Chicago "the most exciting American city in which to dine" in a recent feature for Vogue magazine. Click here to read the article in full.

Culinary Concierge
This helpful staff gives hungry tourists suggestions for restaurants, grocers and anything else food related. Open daily 10 am – 6 pm in the Visitor Center of the Chicago Cultural Center.

Dining Tours

Bucktown/Wicker Park Food Tasting and Cultural Walking Tour - Get a taste of this artists’ colony on a guided tour that visits six food tasting locations in the trendy Bucktown and Wicker Park neighborhoods.

Near North Food Tasting and Cultural Walking Tour - This guided tour visits seven popular dining spots in the historic Gold Coast, Old Town and Lincoln Park neighborhoods for delectable samples that are perfect for lunch.