Boston Food Tour: Iconic Dishes and History

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Experience the iconic flavors of Boston on our Classic Bites of Boston Tour. Taste lobster, chowder, baked beans, and Boston cream pie while learning about their history and exploring downtown Boston.

Duration: 3 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Granary Burying Ground - Enjoy Boston Baked Beans and Brown Bread with an optional beer tasting.
Faneuil Hall Marketplace - Discover the history of Faneuil Hall and taste Boston Clam Chowder at the marketplace.
Haymarket - Explore a historic Boston Tavern and savor a lobster roll, with an option to try local beer.
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What's Included

Savor tastings from 4 local taverns, pubs, and restaurants - a fulfilling lunch
Engaging experience with food, facts, and fun
Included all fees and taxes
Learn rich food history about Boston’s iconic dishes
Enjoy a 3-hour guided tour through Boston’s Downtown

What's Not Included

Gratuity for your tour guide is not included.

Additional Information

Sample and savor iconic Boston dishes as you visit the city’s top spots for Lobster Rolls, New England Clam Chowder, Boston Baked Beans, and Boston Cream Pie.
This tour takes place in Downtown Boston and includes multiple stops along The Freedom Trail, where fascinating and lesser-known food history is shared! It’s a unique twist on The Freedom Trail and…

Location

Beantown Pub

Tremont Street

Please plan to meet your guide right outside the Beantown Pub.

Cancellation Policy

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

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Sscpgh

Dec 15, 2024

Fabulous food tour of Boston classics! - Katie was our guide for what turned out to be a private tour as my husband and I were the only two people. She was very warm, friendly, knowledgeable, and informative. We had done a Freedom Trail tour prior, yet she had additional information to share and showed us different things along the way which we really appreciated. It was interesting to hear the background behind the Boston classic foods we tried, and they were all delicious! This food tour gave us the opportunity to eat at the places renowned for these foods and the insights Katie had (such as the portraits in the Bell in the Hand Tavern) were things we wouldn’t have learned otherwise. The amount of food and the pacing turned out to be more than enough for a meal. Highly recommend this experience!

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807amyd

Dec 13, 2024

Great Food Tour with History of Boston! - We schedule a food tour in every new city we experience to taste local flavors and learn the history of that city. Bites of Boston delivered on both fronts. Katie was an excellent guide and provided visual aids (laminated maps of the city and more), great historical knowledge, and had a warm personality. She explained the history of the food we were having as well as other not-so-well-known-facts of Boston. We learned more from her in three hours than we did from another tour we took while visiting. Here is what we ate on our tour: Baked beans and brown bread, clam chowder, a lobster roll, and Boston cream pie. All of the places we experienced these foods had a unique history of their own. Our favorite was the clam chowder. The lobster roll was stuffed with lobster and came with fries. The beans were heavy on molasses, and the Boston cream pie was okay...not what we thought it was going to be. But it sure was pretty! We highly recommend this tour if you visit Boston. Ask for Katie as your guide!

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839deniceg

Nov 27, 2024

A great Boston Tour - It was a great tour!! Our guide Sean did an awesome job; I had the best lobster roll ever and was impressed by the pizza choice. I have done many walking food tours probably over 30 and this was one of the best.

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Edward_m

Sep 20, 2024

Fun way to see Boston and taste of Boston - With Judy as our tour guide, we learned a little about Boston and the freedom trail as we tasted iconic Boston foods. Great choices from baked beans to original Boston Cream pie. The 3 hours went by really fast. We were full and had fun. Definitely would recommend!

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Flysaroundtheworld

Aug 16, 2024

Excellent Food Tour - What a great tour--the food was delicious, especially the lobster roll at Bell In Hand. We had to leave the tour early and Judy brought our Boston cream pies to us at the hotel--thank you, Judy!

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Brad_s

Jul 16, 2024

If in Boston, Katie is a must! - Katie was fantastic! I would suggest removing the baked beans with Italian food. Extremely knowledgeable!

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Hayley_b

Jul 13, 2024

The Food Tour You Need to Take - The leaders were great, friendly, fun and knowledgeable!! I would definitely recommend this tour to anyone!!

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Oonagh_c

Apr 14, 2024

Great tour - Judy was very informative and sweet. Loved all of the restaurant/bar options to try out Boston’s food culture.

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Christine_w

Dec 10, 2023

Excellent Iconic Food Tour - Judy, our guide, was excellent!! She had such a passion and was excited to share her love of Boston and its iconic food. We had such a great time and learned so much along the way.

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Robert_g

Nov 25, 2023

Informative, delicious, and fun - Judy was the perfect tour guide. We loved learning some Boston food history and trying the yummy foods. In our group the clam chowder was the winner. Very enjoyable way to spend the afternoon.

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