Local Tastes of the City Tours

Local Tastes of the City Tours

Local Tastes of the City Tours
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Top 10 walking tours for globetrotting foodies - Lonely Planet (April 2013). Same Day Reservations. Explore the history and culture of local neighborhoods, including Chinatown and North Beach/Little Italy, as "We Eat Our Way Through San Francisco." Voted Best City Tour by San Francisco Bay Guardian 2011. Named "Best City Tour of 2006 and 2007" by CitySearch.
San Francisco, United States

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3 hours
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4 hours
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5.0
1,968 reviews
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Leslee D
Chino Hills, CA3 contributions
Mar 2023
What a great tour with Brian and Local Tastes of the City. The highlight was tea tasting at Vital Tea and watching the local Lion Dancers practice. Truly a great way to see and learn about SF's China Town and North Beach (with a fantastic cheese burger sample on the way to North Beach).

We purchased this tour for our son for Christmas and flew up to enjoy it with him. The company was really accommodating in pulling up the gift certificate and helping us find a tour that fit our schedule. We will definitely go back!

And, thanks again to Brian the Tour Guide -- you will not go hungry on this tour!
Written 25 March 2023
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Megan P
Seattle, WA127 contributions
Mar 2023 • Couples
Brian, our tour guide, was witty and he made the history fun. He told 2 secrets: how to tell if the cannoli are fresh, and exposing the San Francisco wannabes.

The food was great (pizza, cannoli, fudge, arancini, espresso…).

It was a tie for my favorite … the mini cannolis were great and the arancinis were superb. (We went back the next day for some more. )

We also went to Al’s Attire, a bespoke shoe and clothing business. Al makes shoes and clothing for rock groups, musicals and opera.

It was really fun, and we were a congenial group. I highly recommend it.
Written 23 March 2023
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Sunshine13736287702
1 contribution
Mar 2023
Great tour, we enjoyed it a lot. Good food, beautiful people and places. Our tour guy Brian was great, we had a great time with him.
Written 23 March 2023
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melthomas0
North Bethesda, MD10 contributions
Very worthwhile tour and good sampling of foods. The tour guide's enthusiasm was an added perk. The weather was terrible but doesn't reflect on this tour; it may have received an even higher rating.
Written 22 March 2023
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Amanda L
7 contributions
Mar 2023
This is an awesome tour. We enjoyed it so much I am planning a future return trip to San Francisco to go on longer individual tour(s) of North Beach and Chinatown. Brian was an amazing guide, knowledgeable as well as respectful of culture. Additionally he was funny with interesting stories and anecdotes. Rather than spend hours trying to identify which items to sample at which shops to get a good introduction to these amazing neighborhoods, book a tour! Oh and come hungry, the portions are good and lots of samples are provided!
Written 20 March 2023
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Deepak S
10 contributions
Mar 2023 • Family
Brian was a great storyteller and led us through a very enjoyable and fun food tour through Chinatown and North Beach. He’s fun and really enjoys his job. Lots of great food and drinks along the way. Highly recommended.
Written 19 March 2023
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Food Trends T
1 contribution
Mar 2023 • Solo
History, flavours and an opportunity to meet local people - highlight of my trip to San Francisco. Met nice people as a solo traveller, too
Written 19 March 2023
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Jose J
1 contribution
Mar 2023 • Family
We had a very good time. Our daughters 20 and 17 also enjoyed . Brian our tour guide really made the tour. He knows a lot of history of the area and really enjoyed talking about it. He took us into restaurants that were deceiving from the outside. We had walked around Chinatown previously but saw things in the tour with a new understanding.
Written 14 March 2023
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blue48Florida
florida3 contributions
Mar 2023 • Solo
The tour guide Brian was very knowledgeable, charming and nice. He made the tour very enjoyable. The food was all very good, but do not expect fine dining food. It is great sandwiches, pastry, and pizza.
Written 12 March 2023
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Elyse K
Phoenix, AZ28 contributions
Mar 2023
Like the other reviews have said about this tour, the amount of food you receive is quite a lot. I expected like a bite size sample everywhere we went... well I was wrong. I think we mightve had a bit extra to eat as well since it was a very small group (just 3 of us). The tour took us into places that I would never have stopped in otherwise. We stopped by a butcher shop, a cobbler place, some delis, sweet spots, it was a lot. The great thing about the tour is that it really acclimates you to North Beach so after the tour if you want to walk around you at least have an idea of what's around. Lauren did a great job telling us about the history and you can tell she's happy to be there and talk about the food.
Written 10 March 2023
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