Downtown SB Walking Food & Drink Tour | 3 hours to 4 hours

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Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Beverages (water and one non alcoholic drink)
  • Local guide
  • Additional alcohol tasting (including wine or beer)
  • Food and wine tasting
  • Guaranteed to mostly skip the long lines
  • Local taxes
  • Gratuities for your guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off

Overview

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.

Meeting points

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

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

Itinerary

  • 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 minutes

  • 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!

  • 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 minutes

  • 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 minutes

  • 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 minutes

  • 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 minutes

  • 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.

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Additional Info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Please note that restaurants and tastings are subject to change
  • Walking is involved
  • Most restaurants are wheelchair accessible
  • Food Allergies/Aversions: We can accommodate a lot, please alert us ahead of time. We cannot guarantee there won't be cross contamination.
  • Tours do not start and end at the same location
  • Tours run about 3.5 hours
  • 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)
  • 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.
  • There is enough food for lunch to carry you over to dinner for most people.
  • If anyone in group has any health or mobility issues, please consider a private tour experience to best accommodate you

Free Cancellation

June 18100% refund
June 19No refund

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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526 reviews

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Wonderful Experience!

Published on Jan, 2025

Historical and delicious! Our guide Maddy was so fun and knowledgeable and we had an amazing day with so many varied and delicious food stops and great people!

Highly recommend this...

Published on Dec, 2024

Highly recommend this tour. Kirk was a knowledgeable, light-hearted, and kind host. We felt his passion for history and love for Santa Barbara. The variety of food on the tour was wonderful. We started off with wine tasting (with charcuterie), had pizza, salads, noodles, and excellent birria tacos. We discovered so much of Santa Barbara that we wouldn’t have thought to look up or research apart from this tour. Thanks Santa Barbara food tours!

Food and history walking tour of Santa Barbara

Published on Dec, 2024

All I can say is excellent, excellent, excellent!! My wife and I enjoyed every minute of the tour, food and the informative tour guide. I highly recommend this tour.

So much fun!

Published on Dec, 2024

My friends and I had such a great time on the tour. We learned so much history of Santa Barbara, the food and wine selections were such a treat. The time flew by so fast. I would do it again, if I come back to Santa Barbara and request Kirk our tour guide, he was the best!

Great tour for your first visit to Santa Barbara!

Published on Dec, 2024

We spent four hours learning about Santa Barbara's history while sampling some of the city's great food and drink. (Captain) Kirk was our excellent tour guide, offering fantastic personal stories to complement the city's history. We met some great couples that joined us on this journey, and we highly recommend this tour. But bring your appetite, as there is plenty of food and drink to share!

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