Cool Seattle Tours for Foodies

Fun Things to Do in Seattle WA, Walking Tours and Local Stories

May 26, 2009

Here are some cool Seattle tours for foodies. Most are walking tours and entertain with history and local stories. There are many fun things to do in Seattle WA.

Seatown is known for coffee, but there's more to the story. Fresh seafood, James Beard talent, energetic and creative minds, and an infusion of worldly people have made this little burg into something unique. There are many fun things to do in Seattle WA, but take a sniff of these cool Seattle tours for foodies. They are mostly walking tours and they come with local stories (gossip?).

Cool Seattle for Foodies: Seattle Food Tours

“Our insider tours take you off the beaten path, to experience the Pike Place Market like a local.”

Vital Tea Leaf, De Laurenti’s Specialty Food & Wine (yesssss), Bottega Italiana for gelato, Pink Door Restaurant, and more. This tour is supposed to be great, and gets people really involved in the history, the personalities, and the food of the Pike Place Market. Only 16 people at a time, so it is like a private tour. Recommended by locals for locals.

Oh, this sounds amazing. The restaurants include Lola, Queen City Grill, Txori (authentic Basque tapas), Lampreia, Shiro’s, Branzino, Macrina Bakery, Local Vine. Some of these are local hideaways. Many of these places are James Beard winners. Why are the people of Seatown letting everyone in on their secrets? Only 12 people per tour.

Space Needle, Monorail, and Good Seattle Food: Savor Seattle Tours

This tour includes, the monorail, some excruciatingly yummy sounding bites….oooh… Mochaccino cheesecake, and at the end mocha-braised short ribs paired with wine and dessert, served at the top of the Space Needle.

Good for Seattle newbies. Gourmet clam chowder, handmade artisan cheese, alderwood smoked salmon, cherry inspired treats, and so on.

Exotic foods which are more like Pike Place Market 201, including Spanish cheeses and Bavarian sausages, from a tiny market where someone’s grandfather used to shop in the 1960s. Sausages are like those in Stuttgart and may make Europeans homesick.

James Beard would love these decadent chocolate truffles, seared duck cake, handmade Italian gelato, and more. This Seattle tour is yummy.

Eco Factory: Theo Chocolate Factory Tour

This is the only organic, fair-trade chocolate factory in the country. Theo’s has public tours 7 days a week, with great stories of cacao, and social and environmental issues relating to cocoa and cocoa farmers. Try these amazing, quirky, and out-of-this-world, unique chocolates on the tour.

Area: Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, not Downtown Seattle, but not as far away as the Fremont Troll.

Pike Place Market: Seattle Bites Food Tours

That's a cheeky name. Smoked Salmon Flatbread with Crème Fraîche, Truffle Butter Adorned Fresh Popcorn, Cuisine-Inspired Boutique Sodas paired with your bites, and more. This tour gives back to the Pike Place Market Foundation. There are raves about the guide and locals who live by the market gave it high marks. Limited to 14 people.

Another Fun Thing to do in Seattle WA: Seattle Coffee Crawl (Seattle by Foot)

Try the brew at several cafes in Seattle. Yes, Matilda, there is more to life than Starbucks. Tour includes lots of coffee history, facts and culture, along with local gossip and info on architecture. Find out what made Seattle the Capital of Coffee. Gossip? 15 people per tour.

When travelers come to Seattle they should look around. LA likes skinny women. Seattle likes food. And, that's not to say that Seatown women are fat. They're just not consumed with dress size. Pun intended. Try these cool Seattle tours for foodies. They are near most hotels in Seattle, and are mostly walking tours, so dress accordingly. These tours just scratch the surface of the fun things to do in Seattle WA.

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Oct 16, 2009 2:01 PM

Guest :

Thanks For this article.
At Fox Rent A Car Blog, we just wrote a similar post on the best tours of Seattle. We mentioned as well the Food Tour and Coffee Tour. We try to find off the beaten path, and original things to do in different cities to inform travelers about all the attractions they can find. I really enjoyed how you presented a very complete information about each tour.
Thanks again for sharing.