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Food Tours in and Around Portland
Get a taste of this renowned foodie destination on the best Portland food and beer tours.
In a city as renowned for food as Portland, naturally there’s a wide range of food tours to help you taste what the buzz is all about. Some tours focus on special ingredients, like chocolate; others feature certain styles of eateries, like food carts; and others highlight specific Portland neighborhoods.
Of course a city as beer-centric as Portland (or “Beervana,” as it’s lovingly known) offers abundant beer tours too, helping you explore the city’s 80+ craft breweries. There are also unique booze tours you could only find in a city as eclectic as Portland, letting you imbibe aboard an open-air tiki boat or roam neighborhood watering holes with a “fanatical local.” (More of a wine person? See our separate list of wine tours.)
Whatever your preferred libation, one thing’s for sure: Portland food tours are a top-notch way to indulge in the best the City of Roses has to offer.
Portland Food & Beer Tours by Foot
Covering downtown Portland and beyond, the food-focused routes of Forktown Food Tours explore several different neighborhoods, making seven stops along the way at food carts, restaurants and kitchens.
Portland by Mouth offers culinary walking tours in several of Portland’s eastside neighborhoods, including Mississippi, with five or six stops on each tour.
BeerQuest Walking Tours offers a Haunted Pub Tour for anyone who prefers some “boo” in their beer. With less than a mile of walking, tours visit several locations and include five craft beer samples. Non-alcoholic beverages available upon request.
Third Wave Coffee Tours offers four regular tours dedicated to Portland’s lauded coffee scene. Each tour visits five or six micro-roasters and cafés with an emphasis on education and plenty of samples.
Lost Plate PDX offers a variety of Portland food tours, including a morning tour featuring coffee and doughnuts, an afternoon tour of food cart pods and patios, and a weekend tour that includes 10-plus Oregon wines paired with small bites.
First Nature Tours offers customizable private day tours that allow visitors to sample coffee and food carts, visit urban farms and cooking classes, or explore garden markets and neighborhood favorites.
Underground Donut Tour caters to fans of that delectable Portland classic: the mighty doughnut. You’ll visit a variety of doughnut shops across downtown Portland — what a delicious way to spend a morning.
Portland Food & Beer Tours by Bike
Around Portland Tours showcases Portland’s thriving food cart scene with its Food Carts of Portland bike tour. The 6–10 mile (10–16 km) ride pairs well with delicious food samples over the 3.5- to 4-hour tour.
Cycle Portland’s Foodie Field Trip encourages you to arrive hungry for the 7–9 mile (11–14 km) ride that includes coffee, an entrée, a beverage and ice cream. They also offer 2.5-hour, easy-paced Brews Cruise bike tours that make stops at two local breweries. Along with a knowledgeable guide discussing Portland and its beers, the tour comes with a pint glass to take home, rain gear if needed, and a third pint of beer upon return. Expect up to 6 miles (10 km) of leisurely riding along with plenty of sipping of local brews.
Food Tours Outside of Portland
If you’re feeling a little adventurous, Black Tie Tours offers rustic and “bougie” truffle tours that include truffle hunting with a real truffle dog team followed by lunch with fresh truffle recipes. Weather permitting, a master local chef will prepare the meal over a fire on-site, while a guest winery pours fine local wines.
Portland Beer Tours by Bus
The Portland Microbrewery Tour from EcoTours of Oregon visits three popular craft breweries, with plenty of time for tasting, brewery tours and a brewpub dinner.
The Gold Medal Beer Tour from Oregon Tour Co. visits three Great American Beer Fest gold-medal-winning breweries for tours, tastings and brewer meet-and-greets.
City Brew Tours lets you “create your own dream tour” with customizable bus and walking tours to local breweries, meaderies, cideries, wineries and roasters.
Unconventional Booze Tours
Sip beer, wine, tropical cider and other beverages aboard open-air tiki boats with Island Style Charters. You’ll cruise the Willamette River while enjoying city views and laid-back vibes. Options include a happy hour outing, a sunset cruise, a “Tiki Nights and City Lights” tour, and more.
What better way to experience the City of Roses than exploring unique, only-in-Portland bars with the city’s “biggest fan”? Throw Snakes Tours lets you do just that, drinking your way through neighborhood bars and beloved local watering holes on a “weird-bar crawl” with host Dresden.
Portland Food Tour Operators
- Around Portland Tours
- Black Tie Tours
- Cycle Portland
- First Nature Tours
- Forktown Food Tours
- Island Style Charters
- Lost Plate Food Tours
- Oregon Farm Loop
- Portland By Mouth
- Third Wave Coffee Tours
- Throw Snakes Tours
- Underground Donut Tour
Portland Beer Tour Operators
Portland Tour Options
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