Top Washington Culinary Tours

Even a forecast of rain won’t keep a smile from your face during this gourmet food and cocktail tour of Seattle. It’s an edible Emerald City experience that gives you a mini-tour of downtown and a whole lot of menu options. Bring your appetite for visits to three popular restaurants, each with a unique local taste of the Pacific Northwest’s flavors, and an included cocktail.

Pike Place Market is one of the oldest and most storied food markets in the US, and this tour takes you through it the right way. Your local guide knows the stalls, the vendors, and the stories behind them, leading you past the crowds and into the parts of the market most visitors never find. Along the way, you'll taste what makes this place worth the trip: iconic clam chowder, local sweets, and a Secret Dish revealed only on the day. You'll meet the producers behind the food, hear how they work, and understand why this market has been feeding Seattle since 1907. The tour also takes you downstairs into the Downunder, a quieter stretch beneath the main market floor where the daily rhythm of local life and the traditions of North Pacific fishermen have played out for generations.

Seattle Small-Group Donut Tour Explore Seattle's sweet side with a local guide, by taking a walking donut tour of the city. You'll hit up some of the best donut shops in town, including Top Pot Doughnuts, Doce Donut Co., Dahlia Bakery, and Daily Dozen Doughnuts, where you’ll get to sample some of the city’s sweetest offerings.

Make navigating through Pike Place Market’s many delicious options easier on this gourmet food tour of the century-old farmers market. Your guided tour includes a full meal worth of tastings. Menu items may change by the season, so prepare for a variety of Seattle’s best seafood, fruits, and baked goods. After dining, you’ll learn about the market’s longtime vendors as you stroll through the food stalls.

Experience the food and culture at one of Seattle’s most famous landmarks, Pike Place Market, on this 2-hour, chef-guided food tour. See where chefs shop and locals hang out and enjoy diverse tastings at several different stops — places such as Beecher's ‘World's Best’ Mac and Cheese, Pike Place Chowder, local artisan chocolate shops and more. Feel like a market insider on this behind-the-scenes adventure to savor the flavors, as well as the sights and sounds, of this historic attraction.

Seattle has no shortage of food tours or cocktail bars — Market-to-Glass Cocktail Adventure is unlike anything else you’ll find in the city. Guided Market Discovery – You’ll shop Pike Place Market with our world-famous cocktail designer, meeting the vendors whose ingredients make Seattle’s flavors unforgettable. With a Master – You’ll explore and learn with a true Market insider — and learn the Four Families of Cocktails, the foundation every great drink belongs to. Your ticket includes admission to a private cocktail class that begins with a guided Pike Place Market ingredient walk and concludes with an instructional cocktail session in a private setting. Guests explore the four foundational cocktail families through four Pike Place–inspired designer cocktails, each crafted using ingredients sourced directly from the Market and sampled as part of the class. Cocktail samples are complimentary and included. Alcohol is not sold separately.