<p>When you’re travelling, you likely have a bucket-list of restaurants, cafés and pubs you’d like to check-out. But, maybe you aren’t very familiar with food and drink places nearby. Or, maybe you end up going to the same places over and over again.</p><p>Taking a food tour through your own city will allow you to broaden your culinary horizons, help support the local economy, challenge you to try some new-to-you places, and allow you to provide recommendations to your friends and family when they visit. You may just find a few more favourites to keep visiting.</p><p>The possibilities are endless, as tours can be customized to your preferences. Make a date night out on the tour with your significant other, gather a few friends in your bubble together, or enjoy a food-focused outing with your family. We've shared some of our favourites below, but to find food tours in other places, just search for your destination on <a href="http://www.toursbylocals.com/"target="_blank">ToursByLocals</a> then select "Food and Wine" as a tour category.<h2>Nine foodie tours we highly recommend</h2><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/tblv3_bucket_us/blog/2020205090508340.jpg" alt="">Customize your <a href="http://www.toursbylocals.com/best-of-toronto-food-tour-private-driver-and-sightseeing"target="_blank">Best of Toronto Food Tour</a> by focusing on Ethnic Specialties of Toronto, as guide Mackenzie suggests. You’ll feel like you’re travelling overseas while staying close to home.<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/tblv3_bucket_us/blog/20202050903452861.jpg" alt="">Learn why "The Village" has been referred to as the culinary and cultural capital of the world on the <a href="https://www.toursbylocals.com/privategreenwichvillagefoodtour"target="_blank">Greenwich Village Private Food Tour</a> in New York City with guide Robin.<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/tblv3_bucket_us/blog/20202050903452862.jpg" alt="">With so many different cuisines and food product options, the choices can seem overwhelming! Let guide Joshua direct you to the best foodie spots on <a href="https://www.toursbylocals.com/the-boston-food-tour"target="_blank">the Boston Food Walking Tour</a>.<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/tblv3_bucket_us/blog/20202050903452863.jpg" alt="">Explore the past and present during a <a href="https://www.toursbylocals.com/Vancouver-Gastown-Gastronomy-Private-Walking-Tour"target="_blank">Gastown Gastronomy Tour</a> with guide Alexandra in Vancouver. This high-end culinary experience is a fun way to treat yourself by visiting places you may not have known about.<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/tblv3_bucket_us/blog/2020205090627260.jpg" alt="">Guide Ashton shares his love for and the history of New Orleans from a culinary perspective as he takes you to some locally favourite spots on the <a href="https://www.toursbylocals.com/new-orleans-city-culinary-tour"target="_blank">New Orleans City Culinary Tour</a>.<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/tblv3_bucket_us/blog/2020205090627261.jpg" alt="">Go ahead and indulge! Take the <a href="https://www.toursbylocals.com/guilty-pleasures-tour-sanfrancisco"target="_blank">Guilty Pleasure Day: A Gastronomic Tour of North Beach</a> with guide Ader in San Francisco. Ader has been in San Francisco for over 45 years and is happy to show you his favourite restaurants in North Beach, many of them not known to tourists.<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/tblv3_bucket_us/blog/20202050908464300.jpg" alt="">From famous sites to famous foodie locations, where even celebrities have to wait in line, <a href="https://www.toursbylocals.com/seeandtastela"target="_blank">The See and Taste Los Angeles Tour</a> has local favourites that guide Emily will introduce you to.<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/tblv3_bucket_us/blog/20202050911124570.jpg" alt="">This food tour is focused on Jewish food found in Montréal. The <a href="https://www.toursbylocals.com/montreal-jewish-private-food-tour"target="_blank">Montreal Jewish Food Experience</a> by guide Mélissa will open your eyes to what she describes as the third solitude (English and French being the first two).<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/tblv3_bucket_us/blog/20202050908464302.jpg" alt="">Experience five different historic areas in Washington D.C. as you taste food and drink in restaurants and taverns on this <a href="https://www.toursbylocals.com/DC-history-restaurant-pub-private-tour"target="_blank">DC History, Restaurant and Pub Tour</a> delivered by guide Thomas.</p>

When you’re travelling, you likely have a bucket-list of restaurants, cafés and pubs you’d like to check-out. But, maybe you aren’t very familiar with food and drink places

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