Historical Food Tour: Taste Local Cuisine & Culture

Throughout this journey, you’ll gain insights into the vibrant past, customs, and design of the region from our well-versed guides. Sample and delight in unique meals prepared at local eateries. The exploration extends over a duration of 3 hours.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Little Italy - Little Italy is a chic, pedestrian-friendly neighborhood, packed with trendy cocktail bars, brewpubs and restaurants with bustling patios. Upscale clothing boutiques, indie music venues and quaint piazzas dot the area, while the weekly Little Italy Mercato Farmers’ Market draws crowds to its mix of produce, gourmet food and craft…
What's Included
  • All fees and/or taxes
  • Dinner
What's Not Included
  • Guide Gratuities
  • Drinks, unless specified
Location
1918 India St
India Street
We meet in front of M Winehouse, located at 1918 India St. This is located right next to Influx Cafe. Guests should arrive 20-30 minutes before the tour to secure parking.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Susan_m
Feb 12, 2025
Great tour, highly recommend! - Adriana was a great tour guide! She delved into a lot of the local history, which was very interesting. We ate family style at two different restaurants and it was a lot of food so go hungry. We had one vegetarian in our group and they were able to accommodate that person with delicious options. All of the food was tasty. The Veterans Memorial was touching and glad Adriana made time to show us that. We finished with dessert at the oldest market and restaurant in Little Italy - an Italian cookie and gelato, both were excellent. Highly recommend this tour and Adriana as a tour guide! Lots of fun and really good food!
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Marcy
Feb 9, 2025
Tour Little Italy- It's much bigger than good pasta! - We anticipated some good Italian food with this tour but the food selections exceeded our expectations. And our guide, Adrianna, shared a wealth of information about the history of Little Italy and brought it to life with personal stories of some of the founding families. We are absolutely stuffed and couldn't be happier with this tour!
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Cynthia
Jan 29, 2025
Delicious food and knowledgeable tour guide! - Adriana was a fantastic tour guide, she taught us so much about the history of little Italy and picked dishes that we normally wouldn’t order in our own and I loved everything she picked! She was also super accommodating to my dairy allergy which I appreciated! We’re locals and got this tour as a Christmas gift and it was so fun to be a tourist in our city and learn about a neighborhood we often visit. It was really nice meeting new people as well since we did a lot of family style dishes we got to chat a lot with other guests! Highly recommend this tour!
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Darla
Jan 29, 2025
Yum! Yum! Yum! - Our tour guide, Anthony made this tour an adventure through time. Taking us back to 1050 AD through food; describing how foods became what they are today. Weaving stories of the Italian settlers to the current Little Italy. All of the food was fabulous and not your average fair. I felt like these were foods that were special and would have been served for celebration. Everything was delicious and Anthony made sure that everyone was comfortable and connected (probably his super power). Take the tour. You will Thank yourself.
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Elainevy2512fh
Jan 28, 2025
Little Italy Food Tour in San Diego - Anthony was an excellent and knowledgeable tour guide of Little Italy! He brought us to delicious restaurants and shared wonderful historical stories of the families, food traditions and more. A 10/10! Would highly recommend!
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Samantha_c
Jan 27, 2025
Great Time in Little Italy - Adriana was excellent. She was very knowledgeable and shared some fun stories about the neighborhood. The food we ate was remarkable. Everything was so good.
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Deborah_m
Jan 24, 2025
First time food tour - We went into this tour with no expectations as it was the first good tour we have ever done. We left the tour saying we are going to look for many other food tours in the future. Adriana, explains a lot of the history behind Little Italy, with some stories that only someone with a deep understanding of the people of the area would have. We left with what we felt was a very good understanding of history of the area. That would have been enough to make the tour a success, but when you add the food portion of the tour it became an incredible tour. Not only did Adriana pick some more unique dishes that had a deeper meaning to the area, she picked dishes that were absolutely delicious! You will not leave this tour hungry! I very highly recommend this tour if you want to enjoy delicious food and gain a deeper understanding of the Little Italy area!
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Evelyn_g
Jan 23, 2025
Little Italy San Diego - The guide was excellent and took us through the friendly Italian neighborhood and stores. The food tasting was excellent and authentic. The guide was engaging.
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Jaclynna2020
Jan 22, 2025
Great girls night out - We all had a great time and tried so many foods we wouldn't have thought to order if we went on our own. We all learned so much history of the neighborhood. We all left well fed and making plans to come back with others.
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N964bucesarp
Jan 21, 2025
Real Italian experience - My partner and I decided to take this tour for our one year anniversary. This was the absolute most amazing tour we have been on in San Diego. We are locals and let me tell you…. Anthony was the best host and made us all feel the Italian experience! We 💯 recommend this experience. 10/10.
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