Seattle’s food scene regularly sees it voted among the top foodie cities in the USA and these five tours are designed to show you why.
(Photo: Getyourguide.com)
Grunge music, Starbucks, Microsoft and Frasier are all reasons you may know of Seattle already, but the biggest city in the Pacific Northwest deserves some recognition for its food, too. Particularly when it comes to seafood, the shellfish and crab farmed around Puget Sound are a must try if your dietary preferences allow. These top food tours of Seattle take you to some of the best restaurants and cafes responsible for the Emerald City’s elevated culinary esteem, so that you can take the taste-test for yourself.
Pike Place Market Walking Food Tour
Quite possibly one of the best known farmers markets in America, Pike Place presents food with a side order of whimsy. The biggest entertainment draw are the fish mongers, who go about their business of selling and wrapping fish with a lot of gusto and plenty of airborne fish being flung around. And this tour is designed to root out all the other, less in your face aspects of the market, too. Expect tastings of Indian samosas, clam chowder, Italian truffles and four more samplings during two hours. From $46 per person.
(Photo: Getyourguide.com)
Seattle Pike Place Market Chef-Guided Food Tour
Another way to get a deeper appreciation of what makes Pike Place Market so great is to join a local chef on this hugely popular guided tour. Your chef guide will take you to the stalls that they frequent themselves when sourcing top quality produce for their own kitchens. During the walk, you will make nine stops, take 15 small tastings and learn inspirational tips to put into practice in your own kitchen at home. Tastings include mac n’ cheese, local yogurt and chocolate-covered cherries. From $64 per person.
Street Food Guided Walking Tour of Seattle’s South Lake Union
South Lake Union is Seattle’s buzzing tech central, where some of the city’s best eateries and trendiest bars can be found. This two-hour walking tour is the perfect way to unlock the area, through sights, sounds and, of course, tastes. Try Rachel’s Ginger Beer, Rubinstein sourdough bagels and work out exactly what Korean-Hawaiian fusion food entails. Middle Eastern mezze and BBQ round out this five-food-and-one-drink-tour with a local chef guide. From $65 per person.
(Photo: Getyourguide.com)
Pike Place Market Plant-Based Food Tour
You can always tell how evolved a city is by the quality and depth of its tour options. And while most food tours in the US and beyond head straight for the meat counter, this much-loved alternative tour of Pike Place Market in Seattle keeps things plant-based and completely delicious. You will visit eight different food purveyors along the way, treating your taste buds to 12 different vegan tastings from a variety of different culinary cultures. The perfect vegan food tour experience of Seattle. From $74 per person.
Seattle Coffee Culture Tour
A good alternative to the Seattle food tour is this excellent coffee tour. Whatever your opinions of Starbucks coffee, there’s no doubt that the global chain’s roots grew firmly in the grounds of an established coffee culture city like Seattle. This tour takes you to the places where it still thrives around the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Learn about how the culture grew and evolved through single origin beans to sustainably sourced coffee. Plenty of coffee is, understandably, included, with departures on most days at 10am or 1pm. From $54 per person.