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Awaken your senses and tickle your taste buds on this culinary journey through San Francisco's famous Ferry Building! Sample San Francisco's bounty of local, seasonally grown food products including meats, cheeses, breads and chocolates, on this 90 minute tour that will delight foodies of all ages. The shops of the Ferry Building and adjoining thrice-weekly Ferry Plaza Farmers Market are revered by locals for their seasonal, sustainable produce and a tempting array of sweet treats. Join your epicurean concierge to discover the quality and cultural diversity of San Francisco's artisanal food community! Please note that the Farmer's Market is active on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Tours on all other days will spend more time and visits inside the building.
Dating back to 1898, San Francisco’s iconic Ferry Building is a transportation hub and a landmark location for the Bay Area’s best food artisans, boasting three weekly farmers’ markets and dozens of nationally-acclaimed vendors and restaurants patronized by over 300 of the City's best chefs and restaurants.
Join the original Ferry Building Tour established in 2004 with a food industry professional as your knowledgable and engaged guide. Guests will sample handmade chocolate confections from Recchiuti and French macarons from Miette, named one of the top ten pastry shops in the world by Conde Nast Traveller. An offshoot of the high-end Slanted Door, Out the Door’s legendary Vietnamese spring rolls are a crowd favorite. Award-winning Mt. Tam cheese from Cowgirl Creamery, paired with sweet and sour loaves from Berkeley’s Acme Bread are always a hit. Additional stops may include Chez Panisse-inspired Japanese delicatessen, Delica, Humphry Slocombe, or Frog Hollow farms organic fruit stand.
This tour also includes the history of the stunning waterfront building, and it's an ideal choice for guests with limited mobility or who don't want a lot of walking. With pre-arrangement, we can arrange for any special dietary needs.
San Francisco Food Tour: Ferry Building and Ferry Plaza Farmers Market lasts about 1h 30min. The itinerary has 3 stops.
Prices start at $17 per person for this San Francisco experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There are 2 booking options, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
The meeting point is We will meet in front of the historic steps in the front of the ferry building, under the clock tower. Your guide will be holding a canvas tote with Edible Excursions printed on it.. Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
The experience is available in EN, FR.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 10 participants.
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Wheelchair accessible Transportation options are wheelchair accessible All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Definitely go on a Saturday when the market is in full swing, it was pretty amazing! Food stops were great, make sure to ask about spice level of food before you bite in lol. Great location for a food tour!
Dan, thank you so much for joining us on tour. We love being able to share our passion for the SF food scene, and specifically the Ferry Building, with our guests. We hope you'll join us again someday.
Adrian was lots of fun. He is very knowledgeable about this tour and San Francisco. After our cruise we came back to one of the tour stops - Senior Sisig for another one of their sandwiches. Good food.
Thanks so much for joining us, Jim. We love to hear how much our guests enjoyed the experience and our restaurant partners.
What a great day!! We met our tour guide, Paul, in front of the Ferry Building and he already had our first little snack waiting for us. Paul shared some of the history of the ferry building and San Francisco. We met the farmers and chefs at several booths and heard their remarkable experiences. We ate farm fresh tomatoes, freshly made tacos on handmade tortillas and then we went inside the ferry building. Inside the ferry building we had frozen hot chocolate (yum) and Arabian Street Food wraps. Delicious!!! We finished our food fest with Jamaican patties which are similar to an emapanada. It was a great day and we highly recommend this tour. We hope you get Paul as your guide!
Thanks so much for the wonderful review! We are so glad you joined us and we hope to see you again on one of our other tours. We love sharing our Edible Excursions with our guests.
Fantastic experience. Your was easy to book and they were super responsive. Lisa, our guide, was amazing, knowledgeable, and great to hang with. The food recommendations were spot on and even made some recommendations for exploring further after the tour. Highly recommend
Thanks so much for the great review, Rick! We had a great time with your group, and hope you'll join us again someday. Check out our other tours as well. Happy Birthday to the birthday girl!
It was a great tour with our guide, Joshua. I was surprised how much food was included. I will be back for more!
Thank you for the great review and for joining us on tour. We love sharing our passion for the local food scene with our guests. Definitely come back for more!
I organized this event as a team building activity and we had the most incredible time. It was seamlessly organized and just the right balance of information with all the delectable foods. We work right across the street from the Ferry Building and yet many people mentioned that they hadn’t tried some the spots that we visited. It was a casual, low-key way to connect with my colleagues and wonderful exposure to the gems hidden within the Building. I will definitely recommend this tour and especially Tori (she made everything come alive).
We enjoyed this food tour – especially meeting the strawberry grower and tasting the different varieties. Overall, we felt there were too many sweet tastes and not enough savory items. We did a bit of shopping in the Ferry Building after the tour.
Lisa was a great tour guide. I enjoyed learning the history of the Ferry Building and info about the foods we ate.
Thanks so much for joining us, Robin!! We love sharing our passion for all that San Francisco has to offer. We hope to see you again someday.
Many delicious samples of local cuisine! Our tour guide was very friendly & highly informative! We highly recommend this tour when visiting the Ferry Building!
Thank you for joining us! We love sharing our passion for the San Francisco food scene and the history of the Ferry Building with our guests. We hope to tour with you again someday!
I worked with Edible Excursions to schedule our staff post-holiday party. Amy was our contact. She was so helpful, great communication & timely. Amy took care of all the details which made it perfect & easy for me to work with. Joshua was our tour guide for the SF Ferry Building. He was so delightful, knowledgeable & FUN our entire group couldn't stop talking about how much fun they had! I plan on scheduling another tour with Edible Excursions very soon!
Thanks so much for joining us, Diane! We had a great time with your group and look forward to the next adventure with you all.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Food Tour: Ferry Building and Ferry Plaza Farmers Market | 1h 30min | 4.7 (92) | $17 | |
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