Local Culture Tour: Explore History & Cuisine

Embark on a 3.5-hour walking food tour in downtown Sarasota. Discover unique culinary experiences, enjoy a romantic night out, and have fun socializing with friends and family.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Sarasota, Florida Relocation - This tour is for you if you are looking for a unique culinary experience, a romantic night out, or to just have fun socializing with friends and family. Our 3.5-hour walking tour of Downtown Sarasota is focused for our foodies at heart intertwining local history, art, and culture, along with 8-10 diverse menu items creating a culinary journey to remember!
What's Included
  • Personal Tour Guide
  • Scenic Walk
  • Dinner
  • Stops at 4-5 different stops
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities for your tour guide (recommend 10-20% of purchase price).
  • Alcoholic beverages not included
  • Parking fees
Additional Information

This is our most sought-after tour and it frequently sells out! Led by a local expert, participants will delve into the intriguing history, folklore, culture, notable founders, and current residents, as well as the vibrant food scene and ongoing events. This tour is perfect for locals, newcomers, tourists, corporate retreats, birthday celebrations, and…

Location
State Street Parking Garage
State Street
We will end at the meeting point.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Joan_a
May 18, 2025
Our guide was personable... - Our guide was personable and knowledgeable. The food portions were a good size and tasty. It was a great way to learn about the area and experience the different types of food at each restaurant.
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Anndeek2023
May 17, 2025
Food tours are our favorites - We look forward to food tours at each city we visit during our girls trips. This was fun and covered different types of dishes.
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Patricia
May 4, 2025
A Taste of Sarasota - It was a beautiful May afternoon to do a walking tour in downtown Sarasota. It was easy to sign up for the tour and information was very clear on parking and meeting location. Parking was a breeze. We enjoyed meeting Kelley and the other tour participants. We had a variety of food and ended with 2 flavors of gelato. My husband and I both commented how full we were as we walked back to the car. We had good food, good drinks (additional cost), and good company in a wonderful city. Kelley told us a lot of information and showed us historical pictures. All in all I would say it was less than a 2 mile walk total. Our group was all older and we had no problem.
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Marlene
Apr 30, 2025
Informative and tasty - The tour was Very very informative. There was Plenty of food to eat. More information than expected throughout the tour.
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Gail_k
Apr 4, 2025
A fin time. - Our guide, Kelly, was so informative and such a pleasure to be with. The first two stops and the last were great. I did not like two Italian restaurants in a row. Should have had maybe Peruvian instead of the 3rd stop.
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Susan_m
Apr 3, 2025
Great trip - Coleen was very knowledgeable and we had a great experience. The organic farmers table restaurant was our favorite.
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Jon_t
Mar 28, 2025
Absolutely amazing - This is the first time we have ever done a dinner tour and we are hooked. Our guide, Kelly, was fun and knowledgeable. She was down to earth and knew a lot about the town. I wish we had planned this on our first day in Sarasota and not on our last day. She gave us some great recommendations which means we need to come back. We plan on doing this again. It was nice to meet some other fun folks and walk around. We got plenty of food and enjoyed a variety of tasty treats. I highly recommend this.
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Tim_h
Mar 27, 2025
Fun experience - Easy parking and we met our guide early. We had a small group and visited 3 restaurants and enjoyed learning about the area and going to some out of the way places live a rooftop bar and a building with historical photos. Damon was a knowledgeable guide. A good variety of restaurants. We recommend it!
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Jamesfo2018gy
Mar 19, 2025
Fun food sampling while learning about Sarasota - This was a really nice tour as my wife and I were able to enjoy some great food and learn about the history and culture behind Sarasota. Christine was awesome, she knew tons about the area and even several of the owners where we sampled some delicious foods. She got us in some really nice restaurants. I Highly recommend this tour!
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Sherrim554
Mar 20, 2025
Beautiful Downtown Sarasota - More History and Food Variety - The food was certainly a large part of the tour but we wished there had been more information about the history of the city and its inhabitants. Also wished there were more variety of foods - perhaps a type of soup or small sample of seafood common to the Sarasota area. We appreciated learning about the local restaurant scene but the names became overwhelming couldn’t really remember all of them, maybe send us an email with them listed instead. Our tour group was only us and another couple. The conversation was awkward many times as we didn’t have much in common with one another. Our Guide was friendly and kind, no complaints about her attentiveness.
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From $119
up to 12 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).