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Underground Donut Tour: Chicago's First Donut Tour

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Indulge your sweet tooth while in Chicago with a tour dedicated to the city’s most delicious donuts! Browse the stalls at the French Market, visit donut shops around the Chicago Loop, and sample Chicago’s most decadent donuts. Tastings are included so you can enjoy classic glazed and cream-filled donuts, taste inventive new flavors, or tuck into a vegan donut.
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HK$440.89
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Ages 4-99, max of 20 per group
Duration: 2h
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Highlights
  • Discover donut shops and stalls around the Chicago Loop
  • Sample different donuts including glazed and cream-filled
  • Insider tips and recommendations from a donut-loving guide
  • Suitable for everyone: vegan, gluten, and nut-free options available
Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best
2023

  • Food tasting
What's not included
  • Gratuities


Departure details
  • Doughnut Vault, 401 N Franklin St, Chicago, IL 60654, USA Tour meets at Doughnut Vault (401 N Franklin St).
Return details
  • Do-Rite Donuts & Chicken, 233 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611, USA Tour ends at Do-Rite Donuts (233 E Erie St).

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Near public transportation
  • Transportation is wheelchair accessible
  • Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 15064P2

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • T-shirts available for $20 at the end of the tour.
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • 100% Money Back Guarantee - If you do not have a good time on the tour, just email us at info@undergrounddonuttour.com and we will gladly refund your ticket value.
  • Most travellers can participate
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travellers

  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

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Itinerary
  • You'll start at
    Doughnut Vault
    401 N Franklin St, Chicago, IL 60654, USA
    Tour meets at Doughnut Vault (401 N Franklin St).
    See address & details
  • 1
    Doughnut Vault
    Stop: 30 minutes
    See details
  • 2
    The Loop
    Stop: 2 hours
    See details
  • 3
    Firecakes Donuts
    Stop: 30 minutes
    See details
  • 4
    Stan’s Donuts & Coffee
    Stop: 30 minutes
    See details
  • 5
    Do-Rite Donuts & Chicken
    Stop: 30 minutes
    See details
  • You'll end at
    Do-Rite Donuts & Chicken
    233 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    Tour ends at Do-Rite Donuts (233 E Erie St).
    See address & details
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    So fun
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    A fun and filling 2 hours around Dublin City
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    Really enjoyed this tour! I've lived in NYC for over 6 years and still found out fun to learn fun facts about the city that I didn't know about before. I went with a group through Big Brothers Bis Sisters and it is not easy to keep a big group of middle and high schoolers entertained but our tour guides kept them engaged the whole time! Highly recommend this tour for both kids and adults! Especially if you have a sweet tooth
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kallie75
1 contribution
Mar 2020
What a wonderful way to spend a morning - walking around a beautiful city and eating donuts. Nick was our guide and he did a great job telling us about the donuts and history of both the shops and city. We'd recommend it to anyone wanting to do something different and fun!
Written 9 March 2020
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jeffwoelker_donut
Thanks for the glowing review. We will pass your compliments to Nick, we love him too!
Written 1 September 2020
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Erin B
9 contributions
Mar 2021 • Couples
Jackson & Addison were fantastic guides! They didn’t *glaze* over any of the fun facts about each stop. My husband and I had so much fun and the donuts were DELICIOUS. All of the little facts and jokes that were *sprinkled* in were a fun little addition to the tour as well. Both guides were also clearly conscious of COVID safety and kept things clean and safe. Highly recommend this tour for a good way to see the city and eat some truly scrumptious donuts- I truly enjoyed the *hole* experience.
Written 28 March 2021
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jeffwoelker_donut
Your puns dough not disappoint! Thank you so much for such a lovely review and making us smile. Please spread the word because donut love is to be shared!!!
Written 4 April 2021
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Romano M
4 contributions
Oct 2020
We had such a great time with our super knowlegdable guide, Addison.
She brought us to 4 different donut shops, explained their histories and provided us with some delicious samples (3 of 4 even offered vegan options!).

Great fun for kids and adults.
Written 5 October 2020
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jeffwoelker_donut
Thank you so much for taking the time to review us. Please spread the word since donut love is to be shared!
Written 6 October 2020
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jlocke5
Hoffman Estates, IL23 contributions
Aug 2021
Jackson leading the donut tour was awesome!! His jokes were actually pretty funny and he was genuinely entertaining. I took my interns out for this donut tour on their last day of work and we thoroughly enjoyed (and got full) eating several donuts from Chicago's top donut spots. We had a blast and I highly recommend it!!
Written 16 August 2021
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jeffwoelker_donut
What a great treat for your interns! Please come hang with us again with your next batch of interns!!!
Written 19 August 2021
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Joe S
Greater London, UK53 contributions
So you can do the bus, the boat, the helicopter (if you’re minted) and I did my first tour of the city via doughnut! Nah, this isn’t a gimmick, no giant doughnut wending it’s way through the streets like some sort of comic book supervillain. This was a walking tour which takes in several of the better known doughnut shops in the city as well as passing by many of Chicago’s best known features.

For two hours, we were in the capable hands of our tour guide Jackson who told us tales of the city (no, not _those_ tales of the city) and handed out a cornucopia of different flavoured doughnuts, some familiar, some a little more exotic.

It lasted two hours and the tour isn’t on a loop; it’s an A2B tour so one may need to factor in the end point (by the hospital) if travelling at the end is a factor. But the length was about right and the doughnuts you get to sample are pretty filling so you might want to consider meal planning for that day accordingly. There is of course, opportunity to buy doughnuts for yourself on the way.

Other tour patrons were both local to Chicago and also from further afield. Families, couples, solo travellers - from all backgrounds so a nice eclectic mix.
Written 12 June 2022
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jeffwoelker_donut
WOW! You make us blush! Thank you for your kind words. We would love to host you again, in Chicago or any of our cities, we are now international!
Written 29 June 2022
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Josh
1 contribution
Oct 2021 • Couples
Jackson was fantastic. He’s funny, personable, and knowledgeable about both donuts and the city of Chicago, and it’s clear he enjoys doing what he does. All of the donuts were fantastic (even my least favorite was better than any standard commercial donut I’ve ever had) and I’m happy we took this tour early in our visit so we could go back to each place throughout our stay. I would definitely recommend this tour if you like donuts, laughing, and interesting facts on an awesome city!
Written 6 October 2021
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jeffwoelker_donut
We love spreading the donut love! Thanks so much for hanging with us!
Written 11 October 2021
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RPrice
15 contributions
Feb 2022
My husband and I actually did this tour in the summer of 2021 when he was in town for a trial, but the site won't let me choose further back than February, 2022. We thoroughly enjoyed the tour, and the donuts were SO delicious! Since it's been over a year since we did it, I can't remember our guides' names for sure, I know the girl was Addison, and I THINK the guy was Jackson, but I can't swear to that. Anyway, they were fun and knowledgable about the city and had more personality and more stories than the guide on our river architecture cruise. I highly recommend the Underground Donut Tour to anyone going to a city where there is one, and my kids and I did the NYC one last September when I took them to NYC for their first time.

The tour started at Doughnut Vault, where we had a chestnut raised donut and a coconut creme old fashioned donut. The chestnut one was delicious! Even though I'm not much of a fan of coconut, the coconut creme one was good, too. Next stop was Firecakes, where we had a Tahitian vanilla with crunchy baubles donut and a churro donut. Both of these were DELICIOUS! Third stop was Stan's donuts, where we had a Bischoff cookie butter donut and a lemon pistachio old fashioned. Both of those were really good, especially the cookie butter one! The last stop was Do Rite Donuts, where we had a buttermilk old fashioned and a dark chocolate old fashioned. I tried to post pics of the donuts, but it kept freezing and wouldn't post.

Bottom line, don't hesitate....just book this tour! You'll have fun, you'll learn facts about the city, you'll taste some very delicious donuts, and you'll get some exercise at the same time! :)
Written 21 January 2023
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jeffwoelker_donut
WOW! Thank you so much for taking the time to review us after so much time! This means the world to us! We hope to see you again!
Written 10 February 2023
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Mrs. L
2 contributions
Nov 2022
We had fantastic time on the Chicago Donut tour. Our tour guide, Max, was friendly, personable and most of all knowledgable about the city and the donuts! We would 100% recommend this tour as a fun way to see different areas of the city and to try some amazing donuts. The donut shops were a good, manageable distance from one another so there was time to walk off some donuts before each stop. If we are in Chicago again, we would go again!
Written 13 November 2022
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jeffwoelker_donut
Thank you so much for hanging with us in the Windy City! We hope to host you again and again!
Written 8 December 2022
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charlie p
Chicago, IL9 contributions
Nov 2022
What a blast this was! The weather for our tour was semi-hospitable, not yet freezing but certainly chilly in the shade. Expect some standing around, which is probably the only con I can think of. With that out of the way, there were a ton of positives. The first is that this tour is both tourist and local-friendly. Our particular group was mostly tourists, and everyone was super friendly. Perhaps you could say only friendly people eat donuts? Having a fun group and tour guide on top of tasty donuts made this tour excellent.
If Nick is your guide, you won't have any trouble hearing him over the sounds of traffic. He articulates and projects so clearly, my buddy and I found ourselves positioning ourselves towards the back of the group. He's great, though - knowledgeable, personable, and funny when he's not putting forth the worst dad jokes you've heard (haha). He knows and is all too happy to share Chicago's donut history, and wants to know your favorites, too. It's a great time. Just pace yourself :)
Written 14 November 2022
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jeffwoelker_donut
WOW! We are blushing! Thank you so much for taking the time for your kind words. It's guests like YOU who keep us going on cold days! We hope to see you again!
Written 8 December 2022
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Amanda66044
Lawrence, KS78 contributions
Aug 2021
We had a fabulous, COVID-safe tour with Jackson and Addison! They were great guides to some of the best donuts in Chicago and we learned a lot about the neighborhoods we walked through and about what makes each of the donut stops special. If you love donuts (who doesn't?!?) and you've got a couple hours while visiting Chicago, I highly recommend taking a spin on the Underground Donut Tour. You won't regret it!
Written 30 August 2021
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jeffwoelker_donut
Thank you so much for hanging out with us and taking the time to review us! We love hearing from our awesome guests!
Written 21 September 2021
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