This was the worst food tour I have ever taken and the highlights on Trip Advisor are not accurate. Stay away from this one - just walk around Merchant Square yourself and save over $60. Our tour included 2 restaurants, 3 retail stores and a coffee chain and the total food provided was barely an appetizer. We did not visit 8 food places and certainly did not see anything behind the scenes. Restaurant 1 provided us a kids menu Mac n ($7.95) to be shared by two people - each of us getting 12 ziti noodles. Thankfully I was with a person I knew - or I’d be sharing it with a stranger. Restaurant 2 gave us a ham board to be shared by 3 people ($6 pp) - strangers with no serving utensils and 2 biscuits - really? We each had 1/2 biscuit and probably an ounce of ham and teaspoon of cheese spread. Both restaurants seemed surprised when we showed up and gave us no information about the place, other than passing around a menu, so we could see what they offer in case we came back. Store 1 was a tea/spice shop that gave a 1/2 ounce of Toscany spice, a 10% coupon and not a drop of tea. Store 2 was a peanut shop that gave us a small candy bar made in Minnesota ($3) and a 10% off coupon. Store 3 was a candy shop that gave us a small bag with 5 small pieces of candy and a 20% off coupon - see the pattern? In each store, we were basically ignored by the shop employees, heard nothing about the store, other than what the tour guide likes to buy there and were left to roam around on our own, or stand outside waiting for the next stop. We also went to a chain coffee place where we were asked to choose between 1 scoop of gelato or a cup of coffee ($3). I learned nothing other than colonists bought spices and peanuts are grown in Virginia. This was a sorry excuse for a tour, seemed very as hoc and to ask strangers to eat from the same plate is awful!