Hours of Operation:Sundays at 3 pm | Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
at 5:45pm
WALKING TOUR: HISTORICAL PUB CRAWL
On this Chicago pub crawl with an educational twist, you’ll explore
Chicago’s entertainment history and learn about prohibition, jazz,
theater, vices, and social clubs. Guests interact with historic photos
and videos on shared iPads and visit historic buildings for three
drink stops. We don’t walk far on our evening walking tour, which
gives us more time to engage with Chicago history and look at
architecture. And of course our limited walking on the tour allows us
to enjoy our appetizers and choice of wine or beer.
Tour groups see magnificent lobbies and really engage with some
beautiful historic architecture. Many tour guests enjoy the social
dynamic of this unique tour. Solo travelers often join the tour, and
as a great Chicago date idea, it’s a fun thing to do with your
boyfriend or girlfriend. Groups of friends make the tour into a cool
weekend event as it’s more than a Chicago pub crawl – you’ll
eat, drink, and learn about architecture, Prohibition-era history, and
culture.
We’d like to say it’s a Speakeasy Tour or a Chicago Prohibition
Tour, but truthfully very few bars in Chicago remaining today were
ever speakeasies, and only one of our stops on our tour was a
speakeasy in the true sense of the word. The Historic Chicago Bar
Walking Tour is like a mix of a food tour, an architecture walking
tour, and a mobile documentary film. Book your tour early as the
historic Chicago bar tour pub crawl often sells out. It’s a unique
Chicago thing to do this summer!
_The tour includes: Engaging tour guide commentary, Shared use of
iPads with historic photos and video clips, Gift packets, and
Appetizers._
_WALKING TOUR TICKET DOES NOT INCLUDE DRINKS AND SERVER GRATUITIES.
All guests must choose a beverage for the tour and bring cash to cover
2.5 servings of beer ($23), wine ($29), or water ($3)._
_Walking Distance: 1.2 miles_
_Duration: 2.5 hours_
MEETING POINT - Be sure to print the map of our meeting point. We meet
inside Fannie May Candies, 343 N. Michigan Ave. Look for the guide
with the name tag and clipboard. We make a circle so that the tour
ends one block north of our starting point at Intercontinental Hotel,
505 N. Michigan Ave.
CASH FOR DRINKS - Each guest must choose a beverage option ($23 for
beer, $29 for wine, $3 for water). Covers 2 regular size drinks, 1
sample-size drink, and server gratuities on the drinks and the
appetizers (apps are included in the tour). In order to keep the tour
efficient for servers and to streamline the tour for your enjoyment,
everyone sticks to their choice of one beverage for all three stops.
First 10 minutes of the tour is mandatory check-in.
PARKING - If you are driving, we offers our guests a special
discounted rate for parking at the Grant Park North Garage, accessible
from Michigan Avenue at Randolph Street.. Rate is $15 ($38 value),
valid up to 12 hours. Upon check-in for the tour, ask the tour guide
for a voucher for the discounted rate. This is four to five blocks
from the tour start and end locations.
Link to meeting point map:
https://www.google.com.my/maps/place/Fannie+May/@41.8880344,-87.626475,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x880e2caedb378317:0x27ecb374ec7d52e8!8m2!3d41.8880344!4d-87.6242863hl=en
[https://www.google.com.my/maps/place/Fannie+May/@41.8880344,-87.626475,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x880e2caedb378317:0x27ecb374ec7d52e8!8m2!3d41.8880344!4d-87.6242863?hl=en]
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