Grant Park Food and Cemetery Tour

Overview

Delve into the future of Southern cuisine while exploring Atlanta's deep past in this delicious food tour through Victorian Grant Park and Oakland Cemetery. You'll try 8 or 9 modern Southern and Southern fusion tastings from 3 locally owned restaurants and food shops on this 2.5-hour small group tour, including a jaunt through Oakland Cemetery, while being entertained by our knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide. You'll learn about the founding of Atlanta, from tiny railroad town to the capital of Georgia, while trying delectable samplings, including shrimp and grits at the city's favorite seafood spot and southern pastries from a James Beard-nominated bakery. Discover why Atlanta is a city built on food on this unforgettable food tour, a must for food and history lovers! The afternoon food tour includes a full-size specialty peach cocktail!

City: Atlanta

Fri 04 Jul

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Starting at $95.00

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Fri 04 Jul

Starting at $95.00

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What's Included

Alcoholic Beverages

A friendly and insightful food expert who will guide you through the history of Southern food and Atlanta

Dinner

Small group tours

Walking and historical tour through Oakland Cemetery and Grant Park

8 or 9 food tastings and one alcoholic beverage from 3 locally-owned restaurants

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult
A moderate amount of walking is involved. The tour is over 1 easy miles through Grant Park with plenty of rest stops. Please wear comfortable shoes and bring a bottle of water!
Operates in all weather conditions, rain or shine; please dress appropriately and carry an umbrella.
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Any food restrictions must be put in your booking notes or customers must contact us 24 hours before the tour for any menu changes to be acommodated.

What To Expect

Grant Park

Discover Victorian houses and learn history of the city on our way to Oakland Cemetery. This does not go to the park in Grant Park neighborhood.

Oakland Cemetery

Discover the early notables of Atlanta, now the residents of Oakland Cemetery, and how food impacted the growth of the city during this 40 minute guided tour of Oakland. Your ticket price includes a donation to the Historic Oakland Foundation, dedicated to preserving the historic cemetery.

Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (664)

Barb K

Apr 2016

My family and I enjoy taking culinary walking tours when we visit new cities. We have taken tours in Savannah, Charleston and now Atlanta. Thanks to Akila and Joy, our tour guides, this tour has by far been the best! Their knowledge of the history and passion for the food were evident. We loved the way they wove the history of the area into every bite. There were so many amazing taste sensations through out the tour it is tough to choose a favorite. My son loved the fried chicken, our daughters were wild about the banana pudding and my husband and I ate every morsel of the BBQ. We all agreed that the hugs and pralines at Miss D's were the best in the nation. This tour is an excellent way to learn more about Atlanta. It also allows you to treat yourself to local cuisine that you would not have discovered if you weren't willing to take the road less traveled by. Thank you Akila and Joy for sharing such an amazing day with us and for helping us create amazing memories!

Response from Host

Jul 2023

Thank you for your kind words, Barb! We're thrilled to hear that you and your family enjoyed our culinary walking tour and that our guides, Akila and Joy, made it a memorable experience for you. We're glad you got to discover and savor the flavors of Atlanta through our tour!

Peaches0422

Apr 2016

Went yesterday with my daughter and that is what made things great. Time spent together. She is 24 and I am her mother and I am a Georgia born girl although I have lived all over the world. My girl was born in South Carolina where we lived for 10 years in Charleston so we do know Southern cuisine. Avila (the tour guide and Joy ), the other guide) are intelligent and articulate story tellers. We learned everything needed to know about the civil rights movement which was so informative. Atlanta has a lot of other history as well and much of it was left out. No Olympics, no Jimmy Carter...well, I could go on and on, but I understand that you can only say so much in a limited amount of time. I actually lived during these times and could have disclosed a lot about sitting at the lunch counter as a white woman, but they had the speech down to a fine art and I did not want to interrupt the flow. I think your tour's success has a lot to do with the group you are with and our group were completely non verbal. No amount of attempted engagement would get these people to speak. Nobody's fault. Paschall's was the best food and the only hot dishes we had all day. Everything was good although I thought a fried okra or black eyed pea, fried green tomato or succotash would have been a better representative of true Southern food, but hey, this isn't my tour. Every other place served cold food and try eating cold collard, mac and cheese, hoe cake and navy beans. Just not good. Tasty, but so cold that most of the tour didn't eat much. The guides leave you alone while you are eating so they don't really know what, if any was eaten. Get it hot and I think you will have a big hit on your hands. My only real complaint is when we went to the Alden Juice place on the tour. What it had to do with Southern Food, I don't know, but am open to anything. The guides stood up and gave a lecture on the importance and health benefits of these juices and while I am positive they are correct, I just didn't choose to partake. I am a health professional and an over 21 year old adult who paid for this tour and a "no Thank-you" should have sufficed. Instead they singled me out and repeatedly badgered me about not trying them. Really? I am not five years old. I tried to use humor to blow them off, but they would not give it up. They singled me out and embarrassed me in front of the entire group. I laughingly said "I don't do shots" and they explained to me like I was an idiot that there was no alcohol in them and I then said I don't do little sips in small glasses and these ladies kept on and on and on like I was just ignorant. I just wanted them to get away from me. I tipped them 20 bucks and didn't see anyone else do so (hope they did), but it has been a long time since I have been so annoyed. In my day, nobody would have treated an elder that way. Give it up ladies. I don't drink coffee, or soda either. I believe I can make my own drink choices without a lecture. Having said that, the moonshine cocktail at Smoke Ring was the best thing I had all day. It's good history tour, the food need some tweaking.

carolmwright

Mar 2016

This was such a pleasant experience with friends! The food was southern good and the history of the foods as well as the parts of Atlanta covered were interesting and informative! Akila was an amazing tour guide!!!