Whether guests are looking to dine at a swanky restaurant or a local cheap-eats favorite, Miami Culinary Tours can deliver. The company offers guided food tours that also educate participants on local culture, history, and architecture. Private tours are customizable but typically last four hours and include five stops. Options cost between $59 and $79 per person and include the South Beach Cocktail Tour, the Wynwood, Midtown, and Design District Tour, the Cuban-Inspired Food Tour, and the Miami City Food Tour. Outings can be conducted by foot or aboard a festive Chiva bus, a colorful open-air form of transportation popular in Colombia and Ecuador.
Six Taste Food Tours in Los Angeles has relaunched, specializing in three- to four-hour guided walking tours of local neighborhoods for private groups of six or more people. Guests get the chance to sample popular dishes from as many as eight different restaurants while learning about the history and culture of areas such as Little Tokyo, downtown, Santa Monica, Hollywood, Arcadia, New Chinatown, and Thai Town. Itineraries are based on the group’s preferences and budget, which can range from $40 to $250 per person. Adding on a wine and dessert tasting at the end of the tour is an option, and all but the Delicious Dumpling and New Chinatown tours are vegetarian-friendly.
DC Metro Food Tours’ evening dine-arounds combine a multicourse, progressive meal set up with a historical and architectural walking tour of neighborhoods such as Old Town, Georgetown, Capitol Hill, Penn Quarter, and Loudoun. While private tours, which have room for more than 200 people, are customizable when it comes to the number and types of restaurants included on the itinerary, a standard three-hour tour has guests visiting two to three restaurants, including casual holes-in-the-wall and five-star eateries, with menus highlighting local specialties and ethnic favorites. Food-focused teambuilding challenges and scavenger hunts are also available. Evening dine-arounds start from $67 per person.
