Downtown Santa Barbara Food Tour in Santa Barbara booking from $150.00

Downtown Santa Barbara Food Tour

Overview

Eat delicious lunch food, drink great drinks and learn about downtown Santa Barbara on this 3.5ish-hour walking tour. Indulge your palate for a few hours with sipping, sampling, and savoring. You will enjoy food from 5-6+ local eateries, 1-2 wine tastings or 1 wine tasting plus another alcoholic beverage (depends on the day, it could be wine, beer or a cocktail). Go where locals like to go. This fun, informative and local walking lunch tour is sure to pleasantly fill you up and entertain the whole family. Great for a daytime activity and awesome way to learn about other places to eat and drink on your visit!

IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE WALKING OR HEALTH ISSUES, please consider a private experience for your group.

TOURS CAN EASILY BE MADE PRIVATE - please email, call or text us for more information regarding private experiences.

City: Santa Barbara

Thu 24 Oct

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What's Included

Beverages (water and one non alcoholic drink)

Local guide

Additional alcohol tasting (including wine or beer)

Food and wine tasting

Guaranteed to mostly skip the long lines

Local taxes

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Specialized infant seats are available
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Minimum drinking age is 21 years old
Please note: restaurants and tastings are subject to change
Walking is involved
Most restaurants are wheelchair accessible
Kids - parents you know your kids best, kids are welcome, if you think they will have fun with the groups.
NOT recommended for toddlers
FOOD ALLERGIES/AVERSIONS: Vegetarian, dairy free and gluten free (not celiac) option are available, we will do our very best to accommodate you BUT if we don't know about your food allergies/aversions ahead of time, we cannot accommodate them. Please advise at time of booking if required - add your food requirements in the Special Requirements field upon booking.
Special requirements other than food i.e. wheelchair or stroller - please add your requirements in the Special Requirements field upon booking.
A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
Currently, masks are not required in CA. If you would like to wear a mask, please feel free. If you do not feel well please do not come. Private tours available.

What To Expect

El Paseo Building

Wine tasting at one of the wonderful tasting rooms in El Paseo! During COVID-19 we visit 5-6 different tasting locations (food from 6-7 local spots), which also includes 1 wine tasting room and an alcoholic beverage l at another location. Tastings and tasting locations are subject to change.

Santa Barbara County Courthouse

Visit the outside of the Courthouse and if there is time, The Sunken Gardens

Arlington Theatre

Learn about the history the The Arlington Theatre. We do NOT go inside the theatre.

The Granada Theatre

Learn about the history of The Granada Theatre. We do NOT go into the theatre.

The Historic La Arcada Courtyard

See and sometimes walk through the Plaza designed by famous Architect Myron Hunt.

Casa de la Guerra

If there is time, hear some interesting history about Casa De La Guerra and possibly De La Guerra Plaza

Show 3 more stops

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (479)

Tracy S

Jun 2016

We've lived in Santa Barbara for 29 years, so I was surprised at how much I learned. I've read a lot about the history of Santa Barbara, but almost every piece of local information that Evan and Victoria shared with us was new to me! Also, I'd only visited about 1/4 of the food and drink stops that we made prior to the tour, so I was very happy to learn about some new favorite places to go on my own, or to share with visiting family and friends. Several of the food vendors also had very interesting information to share about their offerings (history, process, etc.), and for those stops where the restaurant owner or staff wasn't available to talk to us, Evan always had some engaging background about the food to tell us as we ate. Even though the tour is 3 hours, the stops break up the walking, so shouldn't be a problem for most people. Also, Evan keeps you laughing, so even should your feet start to hurt, you won't notice. Lots of fun, and you leave comfortably full, but not overstuffed!

Ana D

Jun 2016

I don't have enough great things to say about this tour! It is a MUST-DO if you're visiting Santa Barbara...or, heck, even if you live there! Evan and her team are incredibly knowledgeable about the city of Santa Barbara and made the entire tour a fun, tasty, learning experience. The TSBFT team takes you around the city (which is extremely walkable and cute) and introduces you to different restaurants and cuisines (that are popular local hot spots) all while giving you interesting trivia facts about SB. My favorite part was that, despite stopping in so many different places, we didn't leave the food tour uncomfortably full. We left feeling so great and with big smiles on our faces! Our group was filled with people of all ages and backgrounds and we all got along really well. I can't wait to take this tour again when I head back to Santa Barbara in the future to see what new places they add to the list! Thank you so much Evan & team for making this an incredible experience!

Desmond M

May 2016

The guide was very knowledgeable. Small but fun group. Went to places I have never been to on my many trips to Santa Barbara. Every place was outstanding. Glad we were walking because it was a lot of food. Worth every penny.

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