Lip Smacking Foodie Tours

Lip Smacking Foodie Tours hosts award-winning VIP group dining experiences with visits to the top restaurants in Chicago. Choose either a daytime activity or evening dine-around where groups are escorted immediately to the best tables in the house at the most-sought-after restaurants to enjoy a parade of signature dishes and craft cocktails at each venue, all with complete VIP service. This unique experience gives guests the opportunity to sit next to different colleagues at each venue to mix, mingle, and easily network. Each tour is led by a professional guide specializing in escorting large groups with utmost care, who personalizes each experience with fun and engaging information along the way.

With regional specialties that have become favorites nationwide along with some of the most renowned restaurants in the world, it’s no wonder that Chicago became the fifth city to be chosen for its own Michelin Guide in the United States in 2011.

Consider the historic Fulton Market neighborhood, once home to industrial warehouses but now bustling with hip coffee shops, bars, restaurants, live music, indie boutiques, design studios, and tech companies. Named for Robert Fulton, an American engineer who developed the first commercially successful steamboat, this 74-acre district is now one of the city’s preeminent live-work neighborhoods with a dizzying array of wineries, breweries, bakeries, and restaurants, including some founded by Chicago’s most acclaimed chefs.

Your clients are guaranteed white-glove treatment as they savor a curated selection of signature dishes at each restaurant visited here, which may include Rose Mary, owned by Chef Joe Flamm, winner of “Top Chef’’ season 15 that serves Italian fare with Croatian influences; Lyra, which spotlights Greek fare made with local ingredients, with many dishes finished over charcoal and wood-burning grills; and Nisos Prime, a sophisticated steakhouse with Mediterranean flair that serves premium steaks, house-made pastas, and lofty seafood towers.

Or let clients experience the ultimate deep-dish pizza extravaganza that takes them to three of the city’s landmark pizzerias that cemented the city’s iconic style of pie. These restaurants are notorious for long lines and long waits for these hefty pizzas to finish baking in the oven. But when you put your clients in our hands, there’s never a delay. Instead, they’re escorted to the best tables immediately with the pizzas set before them in 10 minutes, not the usual 45 minutes. Among the institutions they may visit are Gino’s East, with its famous graffiti-covered walls and celebrity clientele; Pizzeria Uno on Ohio Street that claims to be the originator of the deep-dish pizza; Labiola, whose focaccia-style dough lined with mozzarella guarantees a crispy exterior and fluffy interior; and Lou Malnati’s on Wells Street with its butter crust pizza that’s covered completely with a juicy sausage patty. It makes for the rare opportunity to not only compare and contrast the best pizzas that Chicago offers in one convenient experience, but to see the shopping mecca known as Magnificent Mile.

On either tour, an optional beverage package is available that provides a specialty cocktail at each venue. The pre-paid ticket is all-inclusive, meaning that all gratuities and taxes are already conveniently taken care of before the culinary experience concludes.

Lip Smacking Foodie Tours are both an entertaining activity and unique dining experience melded into one, that are sure to add new vitality to meeting events, from conferences to team building.
 
All-Inclusive Group Dining
When meeting planners book a corporate group event through Lip Smacking Foodie Tours, the entire group is assured a top-notch dining experience with three to four signature dishes at each restaurant. Our affordable tours are priced per person with tax and gratuities included. The only thing not included are drinks. However, a beverage package upgrade is available, which provides guests a signature cocktail at various stops.
 
Build Your Network
Our exclusive experiences provide the ultimate networking opportunities. At a typical sit-down dinner, you’re lucky to engage the person to the left and right of you. Because our tours take place at multiple restaurants, with walking in between, there are countless opportunities to interact with different people when you sit down at each venue and as you traverse along the way. Our experiences not only provide more ways to network, but a more convivial way to do so.
 
Large Groups Welcome
Lip Smacking Foodie Tours is ideal for groups, small or large. Our experiences can accommodate groups from as few as 1 to as many as 500 guests, making us an ideal choice for any corporate group event.
 
Stress-Free Booking Process
Booking a tour is stress-free and allows you to enjoy the company of your guests more easily. You’ll take comfort knowing that everything is taken care of from the moment the tour is booked to the minute it concludes. Since the menu is already set, you have nothing to worry about. Just remember to submit ahead of the tour date any dietary restrictions and food allergies for anyone in your group.
 
Feel Like a VIP at Each Stop
With Lip Smacking Foodie Tours, you and your group members never have to worry about waiting in line to get into a top restaurant or being shown to a less than desirable table. On our tours, everyone is treated like a VIP with immediate seating upon arrival. What’s more, your group may receive a special warm welcome personally from the restaurant chef. Menus can be printed featuring your logo, too, which can be an added bonus for all those Instagram moments you share. For added ease, we can even arrange transportation pick-up and drop-off, as well as an event photographer.
 
A Memorable Experience for All
Lip Smacking Foodie Tours offers a way to gather and dine that few have experienced, and all are sure to remember. Our one-of-a-kind tours are special, from the first stop to the last. It’s an experience that attendees will reminisce about long after they leave.
 
Location, Location, Location
One of the best reasons to book is the convenient and efficient way the experience is designed. All restaurants are within an easy walking distance of each other. The short stroll allows your group members a chance to engage in prime networking opportunities before heading to the next place on your tour itinerary.
 
You Get a Dinner and a Show
Our tours offer an exquisite feast plus entertainment. All tours include a knowledgeable, professional guide who leads the group on a walking tour, offering engaging tidbits and fascinating stories. Several other interactive experiences are included along the way exclusively to our tours, ensuring there is never a dull moment.
 
Different Types of Cuisine
Our experiences offer the ability to enjoy several renowned restaurants in one convenient outing, including ones you and your guests might not have discovered otherwise on your own or at a typical corporate dinner. We offer a way to try some of the finest spots in the city and dive into various cuisines and dishes. All the pre-selected dishes are curated to our high standards to ensure they will delight any palate.
 
Tours Available from Day to Night
With any corporate group experience, booking flexibility is key. Whether you desire a tour during business hours or early evening right after work, we can coordinate with you to provide options that fit your needs.