A unique and delicious walking tour where you’ll taste the foods, sip the drinks, meet some artisans & vendors in their shops - while exploring the lively Pearl District. If you watch the Food Network or consider yourself a "foodie," this is the adventure for you. On recent tours, we have sampled over 25 food and drink items in just over 3.5 hours. And it's not just about hitting those numbers.; it's all about slowing down and understanding what makes up the food that we cherish.

No matter what time you join us, we always feature the best of Oregon--trust us to deliver the best pinot noir wines, local produce, cheeses, teas, mustards, jams and jellies, beer, pizza, coffees, sorbettos and gelatos, chocolates, artisan breads and breakfast pastries, and much more. We recommend that you only have a light breakfast or lunch before the tour!

Even though we serve over 20 samples on each tour, it's not about volume. Along the way, you'll achieve a diploma of culinary knowledge as you learn about local goods, sustainable practices, and the truth behind organic products. Most important, we'll slow you down and guide you experience the smells, textures, tastes, after-tastes that every item brings. You'll have so much fun, you'll forget you're leaning something.

Tour Dates & Times

Fridays and Saturdays at 10:00 a.m.
Note: Do not wear open-toed shoes to this tour as we will be in places where a brewer, baker, or chef might give you the evil eye. This tour regularly sells out (since each group is limited in size), so buy your tickets now.

Starting Location:

Meet your guide INSIDE and upstairs in the mezzanine library at the Heathman Hotel at 1001 SW Broadway at Salmon.

Tour duration:

Under 4 hours
Less than 1 ½ miles (no hills, 15 steps)

$59 all inclusive
(one price for all ages)

Note: Do not wear open-toed shoes to this tour as we will be in places where a brewer, baker, or chef might give you the evil eye. This tour regularly sells out (since each group is limited in size), so buy your tickets now.

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• Bottled rain water
• Dairy and wheat-free energy bars from a James Beard award-winning chef
• American Pale Ales, India Pale Ales, Amber Ales, Blond Ales
• Locally roasted Guatemalan, Honduran, Indonesian, and Columbian coffees
• Real Hops and Chocolate Roasted Barleys for beer making
• Baguettes, Levains (sourdough), croissants, breakfast pastries with anise seed and a hint of orange-blossom water
• Deep, dark green olive oils
• Fragrant jasmine pearl green tea, smoky oolong, and sweet black tea flavored with lychee fruits
• Authentic tea cookies
• Roasted cacao and nibs that chocolates are made from 78% bittersweet chocolates, 60% dark chocolates, 45% milk chocolates
• Fine french roast italian coffees
• Tomato-orange soup
• Flax seed crackers
• Cashew Hummus that is not cooked at high temperatures so as to retain nutrients
• Real soda that is made with fresh pressed local berries and fruits and real cane sugar
• Pizzas with local and seasonal ingredients, including mushrooms, roast red peppers and goat cheese with cilantro pesto or how about broccoli, hazelnuts, cheddar cheese with squash sauce
• Marionberry and other all-fruit sorbettos
• Hazelnut, pistachio, pumpkin, Amaretto and other gelatos
• Pinot Nior and Pinot Gris wines from the Willamette Valley
• Berry jams, preserves, and jellies
• Simple and exotic mustards
• Dill sauces and marinades
• Much, much more to suit all tastes

These are the things you'll discover with us:

• The F.L.O.S.S. philosophy - Fresh, Local, Organic, Seasonable, and Sustainable.
• Portland’s Liquid Assets (microbrews, teas, olive oils, wines, sodas, coffee, and, of course, rain).
• Slowing down to experience and relearn how to interpret and enjoy appearances, smells, tastes, mouthfeels, and aftertastes - Like a wine tasting, we'll guide you through the process of renewing all five senses with food and drink.
• Slow Food Movement - why Portland is the U.S. epicenter of this worldwide movement
• The inside story of the Pearl District - from how it was named two times by the same person to it's transformation from an unattractive industrial area into an eclectic blend of condominiums, galleries, boutiques, cafes, and restaurants.

"We hadn't eaten large amounts, yet after the parade of small bites, beer, wine, tea and coffee, no one left hungry."

- Seattle Times Newspaper

"Taste what the city has to offer."

- Cooking Light Magazine

"To my delight, not only did I savor the food and drink along the way, I learned a lot, too."

- Everett-Herald Newspaper

"Top 10 Things to Do This Summer"
"Top 10 Things to Do This Fall"

- Citysearch

"It seemed kind of pricey at $59 per person, but it's totally worth it - it's basically a tour, which is probably going to cost half that much anyway, PLUS a moving feast and 4-hour brunch as you wander around the Pearl District, sampling food and drink from different places along the way."

- Stefanie, Seattle, Washington USA

"If you love food, this is the best walking tour you can find!"

- Eileen, Los Angeles, California USA