Guides

Hosting in Illinois

The rules for ticketed dinners and other micro hospitality in Illinois, city by city. Checked Sep 2026. Not legal advice.

Cottage food in Illinois: the checklist

What cottage food covers in Illinois, whether sales are capped, and why a ticketed micro hospitality dinner needs a different route. Checked Sep 2026.

Chicago

For chefs and mixologists

What a chef or mixologist needs before selling micro hospitality experiences in Chicago, IL: routes, fees, drink rules and who to call (BACP).

For venue hosts

What a venue host in Chicago, IL should check before opening a space to micro hospitality pop-ups: licences, drink rules, insurance and who to call (BACP).

See Chicago on Tenseats