Pike Place Market: Original Food Tour - Tips Included!
Description
This isn't just a food tour. It's the bites AND the stories behind them. You'll meet the vendors, learn the history, and discover the quirks that make Pike Place Market unlike anywhere else. Savor is the Market's original food tour, led by professional storytellers who know this place like a local. They don't point at things. They invite you to meet the producers and craftspeople who make Pike Place Market what it is. Three things we do that nobody else does: - Guide Guarantee. Love your guide or your next tour is on us. - Tips included. Your gratuity is built into the ticket. No math at the end, just a great experience. - Professional storytellers. We know a guide makes or breaks your experience and it's why ours aren't just enthusiastic locals. They're trained professionals who earn All-Star status annually through continual education, rigorous training, and 5-star review achievement. We are officially authorized to conduct tours inside the Pike Place Historical District.
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Itinerary
Kick off your tour at Savor Headquarters! Browse local goods and get into the spirit of the experience with a few fun activities before we hit the road.
You'll get to taste the best fresh donut in Seattle. Tasting: Legendary Cinnamon-Sugar Mini Doughnuts
Learn why the BEST New England Clam Chowder in the country is right here in Seattle. Tasting: Award-winning clam chowder
Tasting: Original or Seasonal Ginger Beer
Tasting: Dried Northwest cherries and chocolate confections
Learn how the “Original” Starbucks was founded right here
Tasting: Handcrafted frozen greek gelato made with local milk
Tasting: Try three different season and local fresh fruit.
- Understand why Anthony Bourdain called Pike Place one of his favorite places - Experience the rich history and vibrant culture that make the market a must-visit
Tasting: Blue North Cod Fish and Chips
- Explore hidden corners and learn insider tips from expert guides - Discover why fish famously fly at the market - Hear the story behind the beloved pig mascot
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Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Due to space constraints and uneven roads, strollers and wheelchairs are difficult to accommodate on the tour. Please plan that you will be walking about one mile and standing for the majority of the tour and possibly in direct sunlight or rain. We recommend comfortable footwear, appropriate clothing for the weather, and a bottle of water. Water will also be for sale at the meeting location
Reviews(643)
Savor Foods provided a terrific food tour with the best guide - Tessa - who was upbeat and had tons of knowledge about the different foods and market owners and the market itself, very informative and fun! Best was the fired fish at MrFish and Hellenika Creamery!
Tessa will be so happy to hear this! She brings so much energy and knowledge to her tours, and we’re glad she made the experience both informative and fun. And it sounds like the fried fish at Mr. Fish and Hellenika Creamery were the standouts! We love hearing when guests find a couple of new Market favorites along the way. Thanks for joining us and for the great recommendation!
Our guide was Katherine and she was OUTSTANDING !! Gave us tips for future exploring on our own a wide variety of food samples and cultures, great with history of each place as well! A natural with people!
Thank you, Karen! Katheryn will be thrilled to hear this! They have such a natural way of connecting with people, and we’re glad they made the tour both informative and fun. We love that you enjoyed the variety of foods and cultures, along with the history behind the places you visited. And hopefully those tips came in handy as you continued exploring Pike Place on your own! Thanks for the wonderful review and for spending part of your Seattle visit with us.
We would recommend this food tour as we had a great experience with many stops throughout the Pike Place market. Our tour guide Tessa was fantastic as she was informative, upbeat and enthusiastic. She made the tour fun and interactive and kept all of us engaged.
Jim, thanks so much for the recommendation! We’re glad your Savor Food Tour kept the whole group engaged while giving you a chance to experience so many different corners of Pike Place Market. Tessa brings such great energy to her tours, and we’ll happily pass your kind words along to her. Thanks for spending part of your Seattle visit with us!
This is a must do for us. Very informative and great food choices. Mark was an awesome guide. We enjoyed everything.
We’re so glad the tour earned a spot on your Seattle must-do list! Mark will be happy to hear you enjoyed his stories and guidance around the Market, and we’re especially glad the food choices were a hit. Thanks for spending a couple of hours with us at Pike Place and for the kind recommendation. We hope to see you again on a future Seattle visit!
You get some of the best food in Pike Place market and great stories to go along with it. A fantastic way to spend two hours.
Food and stories are a pretty great way to spend two hours at Pike Place! We’re glad you enjoyed getting a taste of some Market favorites while hearing the stories that make the place so special. Thanks for joining us and for the kind words, Brian. We hope you’ll come back and explore a little more of the Market next time you’re in Seattle!
Katheryn was our guide - she did a great job of being fun, keeping us on point, but also infusing some incredible history into the tour. My hubby and I really appreciated the thoughtful detail and approach to sharing great facts about the market. The food tastings were just the right amount so we could get a sense of the market's plethora of offerings!
Thank you so much for the review! Katheryn has a wonderful way of balancing the fun and energy of the tour with the history and stories that make Pike Place so special. We’re glad you appreciated the thought she put into sharing the Market’s history and giving you a taste of its incredible variety. And it sounds like the tasting sizes hit the sweet spot for you! With so much to discover, we love giving guests a chance to sample a variety of Market favorites while getting a feel for just how much Pike Place has to offer. Thanks for joining us!
I was in Seattle vacation with family, and booked this food tour so that we could learn about restaurants and stores that we wouldn't be able to learn about on our own and the stories behind them. We really enjoyed our tour - both the food and the stories. Mila was an excellent tour guide. She was able to not only tell us what's available in the market but also tell stories about the market and the places inside the market that we visited.
There’s so much to discover at Pike Place Market beyond what you see on a first walk through, so we love hearing that the tour helped your family find some of those stories and hidden gems. Mila’s knowledge of the Market and the businesses within it made her a great guide for your group, and we’re glad you enjoyed both the food and the stories along the way. Thanks for choosing to explore the Market with us while you were in Seattle! We hope you found a few favorite spots to return to during the rest of your trip.
My work team and I attended a private original food tour with Savor and had a blast of a time!! The Savor crew were super helpful and kind throughout the booking process - they were quick and informative at responding to any questions I had, and each interaction even before the tour felt like it had a personal touch. Then the tour itself was so great! It is chock full of facts about the Market's origins, the vendors and farmers that sell there, and of course, beautiful, plentiful, yummy samples to eat at each stop. Come hungry, because it's definitely enough to satisfy you by the end. They also are very good at coordinating with any dietary needs, and the alternatives offered were just as delectable. Kacey is an awesome storyteller and guide, and weaves the whole experience of eating + info at each stop together well. She knows her stuff! And her enthusiasm contributes to a really engaging tour. After the tour, everyone in our group couldn't stop talking about how much we learned, and many jotted each restaurant down so they could come back again sometime. One coworker is saying she's "planning to make this tour mandatory for everyone visiting us from out of town + family in Seattle" :) You can tell that everyone at Savor is passionate about what they do. The history, community, and deliciousness of the Market can't be beat, and we're so glad we could experience it through Savor!
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a wonderful review! It was a pleasure working with you to get everything set up, and we loved hearing how much the whole team enjoyed exploring Pike Place Market together. Knowing everyone was still talking about the experience afterward, and that we might even become “mandatory” for visiting friends, family, and coworkers, is about the best compliment we could ask for! We’ll absolutely pass all the Kacey love along to her. We’re so glad Savor Food Tours could be part of your team’s time together in Seattle, and we hope we get to welcome some familiar faces back to the Market again soon!
Bring water be ready to have fun be ready to try new things. Be ready to meet new people. Would do this again, tour guide was fantastic
Bennie, thank you so much for sharing this! We love your advice for future guests, come ready to try something new, meet new people, and yes, staying hydrated is always a good idea! We're so glad you had such a great time exploring Pike Place Market, and hearing that you'd do it again is one of the best compliments we could receive. We hope to welcome you back the next time you're in Seattle!
Highly recommend! Love all the food we sampled from donuts, to fruit, to clam chowder, to ice cream. Delicious!!
We're so happy you enjoyed all the tastings! From fresh donuts and seasonal fruit to clam chowder and ice cream, there's something for everyone, and we're glad you loved the variety. Thanks so much for the recommendation! We hope to welcome you back for another delicious adventure at Pike Place Market someday.
