The Original Santa Barbara TACO Tour (created before 2021)

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Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
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Duration
3 hours 30 minutes
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Number of Guests
1 - 4 guests
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Language
English
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Explore Santa Barbara's best tacos on a local-led tour. Enjoy diverse tacos downtown with up to three drinks included. Limited to 14 guests for an intimate experience.

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

Experience Details

Perfect for taco lovers!


We created this tour, so everyone can experience a variety of different types of tacos all in downtown Santa Barbara.


Created by a local company that LOVES Santa Barbara. We love food. We want to feed you tacos from our specially created guided taco trail tour.


Up to three alcoholic beverages are included in the price.

All public tours are kept small, there are no more than 14 guests on tours.

Sample Menu

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Queso Birria Taco, Potato Taquito and cocktail
Start your tour off on the right foot and get a delicious queso birria taco, potato taquito and a drink...
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Cocktail
Margs or other options (non alcoholic options available).
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Crunchy Taco Time
Some like them crunchy, some like them soft, you get them both on this tour!
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Street Tacos and Marg
Street tacos paired with a marg at one of our fave downtown dive bars! Under 21? Sorry, you have to stay outside.
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Fish Taco
Fabulous fried fish taco! Don't like fish? No problem, we have a meat and a vegetarian option available.

What You Get

Lunch
A large variety of local tacos. 2 alcoholic beverages. Led by knowledgeable, local, fun guides. 3.5 hours of awesome. Enough food for lunch or linner (for most).
Alcoholic beverages
2 alcoholic drinks included on tour
Snacks
Chips and salsas!
Gratuities for the guides are not included in the ticket price

Good To Know

  • Kids - we have kids and love them. You know your kids best, if you think they will do well on the tour. If small children are crying or distracting we do request guardians to step outside. Please note, owner has 2 small kids and does not bring them on tours even though they are cute.
  • Animals - we do not suggest brining animals on tours as we cannot guarantee outside seating. If a furry friend has to come & seating is indoors, please be prepared to stay outside with them. Please contact us in advance if an issue arises and a furry friend has to accompany you.
  • Food allergies/restrictions - we do our best to accommodate, please alert us ahead of time. but we must know about them ahead of time and we will do the best we can. Cannot guarantee no cross contamination.
  • We do not recommended public facing tours for guests who have health or mobility complications - we can create a private tour to fit your needs!
  • Health or mobility issues in your group? Please consider a private tour experience so we can better cater to your needs.
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

What You’ll Experience

Spend some time with the original creators of the downtown Santa Barbara taco tours. All tours are led by friendly, informative and fun guides. They will lead you to some of the best taquerias in downtown SB. Enjoy a variety of tasting locations & a variety of different local & delicious tacos. Wash the tacos down with 3 alcoholic beverages (non alcohol are available) Eat, drink, local SB What's Included: 3 alcoholic beverages included, non alcohol options available 6+ tacos Enough food included for lunch, linner or dinner for most A great time A variety of tacos Tours run about 3.5 hours Tours start & end in different locations Tastings and locations vary depending on availability

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

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

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End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

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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Earliest available date: May 12, 2026
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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals
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