Downtown Sacramento: Historical Gourmet Food Tour
4.8
102 Ratings
Sacramento
Experience the gourmet delights of Downtown Sacramento on a historical food tour. Discover the city's rich history, architecture, and farm-to-fork cuisine in a small group setting.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Local Roots Food Tours - Downtown Sacramento is experiencing a 21st century renaissance! Tour guests will be guided down Sacramento’s original main street while learning about the area’s rich history and architecture, from the mid-1800s through today.
What's Included
- Local guide
- Beverages
- Local taxes
- Food tasting
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Transportation to/from attractions
Additional Information
Explore the finest in culinary delights in one of Sacramento’s most vibrant and historical neighborhoods: Downtown.
Downtown Sacramento is currently undergoing a modern-day revival! Visitors on the tour will be walked through Sacramento’s original high street, gaining insight into its rich history and architecture, dating back to the mid-19th century.
Experience why Sacramento is known as the Farm-to-Fork Capital of America, sampling famous dishes from varied menus filled with ingredients sourced locally.
The group size for each tour organized by Local Roots Food Tours is restricted to a maximum of 14 people. Accommodations for specific dietary requirements can be arranged with prior notification.
- Minimum drinking age is 21 years
- Dress code is smart casual
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Location
Sacramento
Please meet your tour guide **INSIDE** the Hyatt Regency Hotel at 1209 L Street in Sacramento. Your tour guide will be waiting INSIDE the hotel lobby right outside the entrance to Hyatt Regency's 1819 bar (directly across from public restrooms) It is towards the right after entering the hotel's front entrance. Please arrive 10 minutes prior to the tour start time.
Public parking is available at the Hyatt Regency on 12th Street and L Street (entrance on 12th Street). It is the more expensive parking option but also the most convenient due to its proximity to the tour's starting location. If you don't mind walking a couple of blocks, we recommend parking at the public garage on the corner of J Street and 10th Street on Saturdays. Fee is $5.00 all day.
Hyatt Regency Parking
$5.25 1st hour
$1.75 each additional 1/2 hour
$20 maximum
Capitol Garage: Weekday Rates (6 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
$1.50 each half hour
$18.00 daily maximum charge
10th & J Street: Weekend Rates - Saturday
$5.00 daily maximum charge all day
#Meeting Address
1209 L Street, Sacramento, CA, 95814
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(102 Ratings)
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Jjulagay
Mar 14, 2024
Amazing Food Tour - This was an absolutely amazing food tour. I've done one before - and this blows that one out the water, primarily because of our awesome tour guide Dawnie. Thank you so much for taking us around- she is an absolute treasure trove of information both of the city, food, and of many other things you might want to chat with her about. Super personable- and really made us comfortable walking around the city and trying all the delicious foods.
Food-wise- everything was a hit. We had a multi-cultural cuisine (Mexican food, Indian food, American foods, some coffee/tea, and dessert) as we enjoyed learning about the history / art / and buildings of downtown Sacramento. Experience was worth every penny. Highly recommended and if possible, try to request for Dawnie. Will be doing this again, A++
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Athinao710
Oct 22, 2023
Wonderful activity! - Such a fun time! Every restaurant we visited was wonderful. We learned so much about Sacramento history.
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Kris_k
Oct 1, 2023
Fun and Interesting Food Tour! - I am in Sacramento visiting my adult son who moved here three months ago. We were originally scheduled for the downtown tour but that changed to the mid town food and arts tour. We were not disappointed! The tour was fun and informative. We both learned much about Sacramento and the mural art in midtown. Dawnie was an amazing guide-personable, fun and very interesting. She clearly loves this city and the food and arts scene that is thriving here! The food we tasted a a variety of restaurants was wonderful. I highly recommend this tour!
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Ron
Sep 27, 2023
Outstanding food tour - Dawnie did an amazing job of showing us downtown business and outstanding food. We loved her tour and will be back in the future.
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Melindag435
Sep 24, 2023
Treat your taste buds and learn along the way! - Our guide, Dawnie, was so much fun, sharing her knowledge of Sacramento history, murals and delicious food and drinks with our group. We visited a '70's record shop/deli, coffee bar, spice shop and Mexican restaurant while passing the cathedral, gardens/parks and the city's vast collection of murals. Highly recommend!
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Cindyk4849
Aug 30, 2023
Delightful tour with knowledgeable guide - We live about an hour away from Sacramento and had visited the city many times, but this food tour gave us an entirely new experience there. The comfortably-paced walking tour was loaded with interesting tidbits of the city's history that were new to us. We were taken to eateries that we had never tried, with a well-chosen variety of foods. Our tour had 6 participants: myself, my husband, our 2 adult daughters (all celebrating my birthday) along with another couple. Our tour guide, Dawnie, made us all feel so welcome to her home city and took the time to engage each of us individually during the delightful time spent on our tour. I must add that the booking confirmation included specific details on where to meet and how to get there, where to park, etc. We enjoyed this tour so much, we're going to book another one with Local Roots, to explore a different area of Sacramento.
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Crfowlkes-leahy
Aug 6, 2023
Well Worth the Price - Had such a great time on this food tour with Dawnie. As a newcomer to Sacramento, it was great to get a history of the place while enjoying delicious food. This was definitely well worth the money--waaaaay more food than I was expecting--I wish I could have taken leftovers! I plan to come back to Sacramento and bring another family member on one of these food tours.
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G5194eukathym
Aug 2, 2023
Sacramento Sunshine - What a delightful 3 hours of Sacramento history, a delightful guide, Dawnie, and of course our food and drink offerings.
It was a great time and I recommend any of the offerings by this company for a professional and quite enjoyable tour.
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Kyle_w
Jul 31, 2023
Awesome, and very... - Awesome, and very informative! Cool to learn about the city’s history & art, and the food choices were delish!
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Debra6465
Jul 23, 2023
Great experience - This was so much fun and we learned and ate along the way. Our tour guide Kevin kept us goin even in the 100+ heat so we didn't even notice the time until we were done.
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