Culinary Walking Tours
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Eat and explore like a local on these delicious and enriching culinary tours. Passionate tour guides lead the way through San Francisco’s beloved Chinatown and North Beach neighborhoods, which are both known for cultural and culinary flavors. Visit a local artisan in Chinatown to learn how dim sum is made before tasting the results. Continue on to fortune cookies and tea. Or indulge in pizza and wine while discovering the Beat era haunts of vibrant North Beach. You can also customize your trek to see places that suit your interests, or for something a little different try a nighttime walking food tour. This intimate journey values the importance of lives lived—and stomachs filled—to the fullest.
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A very enjoyable and informative tour of Chinatown and North Beach. The tour guide, Blondina, is very knowledgeable, pleasant, and competent. She has that behind the counter knowledge and access that brings so much to the tour… The food was excellent.
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Grant & Bush, San Francisco, California 94108
Activity includes
- Customized and private walking tour
- Choose to tour Chinatown and North Beach
- Expert local guide
- Tastes of cappuccinos, chocolates, breads, pastries, olive oils, and authentic Italian pizza in North Beach
- Tastes of dim sum (a type of Chinese cuisine) from Chinatown's oldest bakery
Details
People per Ticket:Up to 10 people
Insider Tip: The tour is about 7-8 blocks
What to Wear: Bring a light wind-breaker or jacket as San Francisco can get chilly even in the summer
Activity includes
- Walking tour of Chinatown and North Beach, led by a Chinatown local
- Tastes of dim sum (a type of Chinese cuisine) from Chinatown's oldest bakery
- Chance to watch how fortune cookies are made
- Visit to Chinatown markets to sample exquisite Chinese teas
- Stops at Beat generation hangouts and an authentic western saloon
- Delicious pizza and wine in North Beach
Details
People per Ticket:1 person
Check in Time: 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Meet Location: Grant & Bush in front of the Chinatown Gate
Itinerary: Start with Dim Sum (a variety of Chinese cuisine) at the oldest Chinese Bakery in San Francisco
Learn how fortune cookies are made at a fortune cookie factory
And, of course, while in Chinatown, do a tea tasting
Next explore the beat generation of North Beach and visit the bar where Francis Ford Copola wrote the Godfather screenplay and the comedy club where Bill Cosby and Steve Allen got their start
You'll stop for pizza and wine in North Beach
Finally, you'll mosey into an authentic Western saloon and snoop around the back alleys of San Francisco's North Beach
Insider Tip: The tour is about 7-8 blocks
What to Wear: Bring a light wind-breaker or jacket as San Francisco can get chilly even in the summer
Activity includes
- Walking tour led by a Chinatown local
- Tastes of dim sum (a type of Chinese cuisine) from Chinatown's oldest bakery
- Stops at a Buddhist temple and Chinese markets
- Chance to sample exquisite teas
- Viewing of authentic Chinese antiques, statuettes and ritual objects that are thousands of years old
- Visit to a fortune cookie company to watch how fortune cookies are made
Details
People per Ticket:1 person
Check in Time: 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Meet Location: Cross streets of Grant and Bush in front of the red Chinatown Gate
Itinerary: The tour begins with viewing of authentic Chinese antiques at one of the best places in Chinatown; You'll see statuettes and ritual objects that are literally thousands of years old
Next is a music center where you can see rare and foreign musical instruments
If you're hungry you can have a snack at the oldest Chinese bakery in San Francisco
Other stops include one of the oldest cathedrals in San Francisco, a fortune cookie factory, and a local Budhist temple
The final stop is a local Chinese market, where you can enjoy some wonderful teas
What to Wear: Bring a light wind-breaker or jacket as San Francisco can get chilly even in the summer
Insider Tip: The tour is about 7-8 blocks
Activity includes
- Walking tour of North Beach led by a local
- Tastes of cappuccinos, chocolates, breads, pastries, olive oils, authentic Italian pizza, and more
- Chance to watch family bakers kneading loaves of bread
- Visit to coffee shops and quaint shops with incredible crafts and ceramics
- Stops at Italian cathedrals
Details
People per Ticket:1 person
Check in Time: 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Meet Location:In front of Cinecitta at 663 Union Street, which is near the corner of Union and Columbus, in between Powell and Columbus Streets on Union, near Washington Square Park
Itinerary:Explore North Beach/Little Italy's Foods & History
Enjoy the best coffee and see how it is roasted
Savor award-winning chocolates and see how the chocolates are made
Enjoy fresh baked breads and watch breads bake in 130-year-old ovens
Taste local olive oils and relish a variety of local pizza
Explore the Beat Generation hangouts
Insider Tip: The tour is about 7-8 blocks
What to Wear: Bring a light wind-breaker or jacket as San Francisco can get chilly even in the summer
