Taste of Downtown Memphis Food Tour

Overview

There’s no better way to get acquainted with Memphis than by tasting some of its most acclaimed foods. You’ll sample the very best of Memphis cuisine from BBQ nachos to southern tamales to delectable desserts. Memphis offers a plethora of choices from delicious and historic family-owned, local restaurants to trendy award winning Chefs. We provide a local, sustainable experience tasting a variety of foods, allowing you to feel like a native Memphian. Your guide will provide a sampling of culture and history sprinkled throughout this walking tour. 2 person minimum per booking

City: Memphis

Tue 22 Apr

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Starting at $75.00

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Tue 22 Apr

Starting at $75.00

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What's Included

Local taxes

Food tasting

Local Memphis guide

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
2 person minimum per booking
Children must be accompanied by an adult
This tour is wheelchair accessible
Please let us know ahead of time if you are celebrating a special occasion.
Alcohol is not included with the ticket price but is available for purchase from each venue. Please have proper identification should you wish to make a purchase
Please alert us to any known allergies
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately

What To Expect

Tastin' 'Round Town

Our Memphis Food Tours provide visitors and locals alike, a variety of unique food tasting and culinary excursions at the birthplace of the blues and the soul of barbecue. The Bluff City offers a plethora of choices from delicious and historic family-owned, local restaurants to trendy award-winning chefs. Tastin’ Round Town provides a local, sustainable experience tasting a variety of foods, allowing you to feel like a native Memphian. Each tour is designed to include delicious food tastings from specialty eateries as well as an off-the-beaten-path glimpse of the history, culture, architecture, and entertainment offerings of the Mississippi Delta.

Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (824)

fostercollection

Sep 2011

I had the opportunity of tagging along on the Memphis tour and the BBQ tour as a photographer and the experience gave me a new sense of Memphis as a recent resident. The guides acted more like gracious hosts and relayed information about Memphis as if they were my family members showing off their new home. During the BBQ tour we saw all sides of Memphis, from a family run BBQ joint off the beaten path to the downtown hotspots of BBQ to the famed best in Memphis BBQ Nachos (which I must say won me, the former vegetarian, over). Tastin' 'Round Town is perfect for the culinary student, the food curious, or anyone hoping to learn about Memphis in a new way. The time wasn't only spent chowing down, but also learning about why certain areas of Memphis are important, cultural and landmark history, and what felt like an afternoon with family and close friends I had known for years. Well worth the money. Other tips: The tour is an afternoon, so dedicate the afternoon to it. Try everything. It's just a taste (though some tastes are more like 1/4 a meal), so it won't kill you. Tell them ahead of time for dietary restrictions. Moderate amount of walking is done - less on the BBQ tour since most are far away and the group is moved from place to place in a van. The Taste of Memphis is mostly walking within the downtown area, but not so much that it would be limiting to those who have trouble walking.

AnneliseM

Aug 2011

Decided to take this tour on a weekend visit to Memphis. It exceeded my expectations! This would be great for a couple's weekend getaway, if you are staying downtown and want to explore, or if you are foodie and want to find out about the city's food culture from a local expert. We met in the early afternoon to do the Taste of Downtown Memphis Tour (I think there is also a Memphis BBQ tour) and was met by our guide, a former chef from Louisiana and current instructor at one of the local universities. She took us to six different restaurants in the Beale St. and Main St. area, where we got to sample a variety of southern -- especially Memphian dishes. Among the foods we sampled were shrimp with grits and greens (outstanding), BBQ nachos, regional tamales, burgers and fries from Dyers (ask a Memphian about the secret to those burgers, or the guide will tell you), macaroni with truffle oil, some surprises from the kitchen staff, and I haven't even gotten to the dessert...I think they mix it up. I think you can tell them in advance if you have food allergies or that sort of thing. What I liked best was our guide was so passionate and really knew about the food culture of Memphis. You could tell she really loved Memphis and talking about it with people. I couldn't really say there was anything I didn't like, but I would recommend that you NOT EAT if you don't have to before this tour! I would put this experience right up there with the Memphis Back Beat Tour, where you learn about Memphis through miusic -- I loved that also. You can learn so much about a local culture through its food, and this was a great way to learn about Memphis's history.