Virgin Hotel

In celebration of my good friend Hannah’s birthday, a bunch of my friends wanted to get together to have high tea somewhere fun in downtown Chicago. With crustless cucumber sandwiches dancing in my head, I started to panic knowing that my participation might be limited due to a lack of gluten-free options. So, after some quality time on google, I found that gluten-free high tea in Chicago is surprisingly more accessible than one would think! The Drake, The Allium (Four Seasons) and the Peninsula all offer gluten-free menus for their high tea service. We settled on The Virgin Hotel’s Upside Down Tea Party, which isn’t your ordinary high tea- it’s a bit more boozy if you catch my drift… Continue Reading