The ORIGINAL Downtown Santa Barbara Walking Food & Drink Tour

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Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
Where to Meet
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Duration
3 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 4 guests
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Language
English
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Discover Santa Barbara through local flavors on a 3.5-hour guided food and drink tour. Enjoy intimate group sizes, taste popular dishes, experience wine tastings, and explore downtown delights.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Taste Santa Barbara Food Tours began over 10 years ago out of one local ladies love of Santa Barbara, food and feeding people without having to cook.


Our DT SB walking food & drink tour is a passion and a love and a small local business. We are delighted to have you join us in our guide led tour. You will taste some of our local favorite daytime food places and partake in local wine tasting.


Group sizes are smaller then pre covid, offering a more intimate experience.


Learn some fun information downtown SB while talking and taking in some beautiful views.


A few items to note:

3.5 hours flies by

Tours do not start and end in the same location

We can accommodate a variety of food allergies and aversions. Please alert us in advance.


If you or anyone in your group has health or mobility issues, please consider a private experience so we can accommodate you the best we can.


Corporate and private experiences are available.

Tasting and tasting locations vary depending on availability.

What You Get

Beverages (water and one non alcoholic drink)
Local guide
Additional alcohol tasting (including wine or beer)
Gratuities for your guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Good To Know

  • Animals: we love them AND it's best to not bring them on tours. If for some reason you have to bring a gurry friend, please let us know and be prepared to stay outside with them. Please also refrain from trying to feed them anything at any restaurant tables.
  • We love Kids and you know your kids best, if you think they will enjoy, please bring them. We do ask if they are screaming to take them outside. (The owner has 2 small kids and does not bring them on tours because she gets annoyed haha)
  • Food Allergies/Aversions: We can accommodate a lot, please alert us ahead of time. We cannot guarantee there won't be cross contamination.
  • If anyone in group has any health or mobility issues, please consider a private tour experience to best accommodate you
  • There is enough food for lunch to carry you over to dinner for most people.
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

What You’ll Experience

1

El Paseo Building

El Paseo is more than a building, it is a vibe and a mini neighborhood. When you walk in from State Street there are a couple path ways leading into a lovely courtyard. The buildings surrounding the courtyard are filled with local businesses, a lot of local wine tasting rooms and a couple of restaurants and a lot of history dating back to the early 1920's. Our tour will visit one of the local wine tasting rooms to enjoy a wine tasting of 3-4 wines and eating a shared grazing box (shared only with people from your group).
40 minutesAdmission Ticket Included

Casa de la Guerra (Pass By)

Most tours will walk into the grounds and talk about Casa De La Guerra. We do not enter the home (museum) but do encourage guests to go back and check both Casa De La Guerra and Presidio out!
2

Arlington Theatre

We pass by and near the Arlington Theatre, talking about some of it's long SB history. We generally do not enter the theatre on tours.
15 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
3

Santa Barbara County Courthouse

We love all the beauty & history our courthouse has to offer. When available, we do like to take guests inside, but it is not always time permitting. Metal detectors have been added to the courthouse entrance. Please leave anything at home that could be perceived as a weapon ie pocket knife, mace, etc
30 minutesAdmission Ticket Included
4

The Granada Theatre

We have to stop and talk about the Granada theatre in all it's glory. Sadly, we are not able to enter it on tours at this time.
15 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
5

The Historic La Arcada Courtyard

Downtown offers random walkways and arcadas. Time permitting we like to weave through them stopping to look at and take pictures with famous statues (window washer) and look at the adorable and totally random turtles in the turtle pond.
20 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park (Pass By)

Not all tours will pass by El Presidio. Time and route permitting we will stop and talk about it.

Santa Barbara (Pass By)

Tours weave on and off of State Street in Downtown Santa Barbara.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

814 State St, State Street, Santa Barbara County California, United States, US, 93101

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Please plan to meet your guide in front of the stores 33 jewels and Bryant & Sons. They are on the State Street side of El Paseo Shopping Center across from the mall.
End Point

Santa Barbara Downtown, Santa Barbara County California, United States, US

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We rotate the end of the tour. It will end within 6 blocks of the start location.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals
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