Top Destinations You Shouldn’t Miss When Planning Food Tours in Seattle

From wondrous Pike Place Market filled with local foods and produce to the quaint Snoqualmie Falls with marvelous views and wine, Seattle is a city filled with numerous food destinations that you cannot miss out on. 

No matter what type of food tours Seattle you choose, there are a few local places that guarantee insight into local culture and cuisines. Here are some of the top destinations that you should not miss while planning food tours in the city. 

1. Pike Place Market

Pike Place Market is one of Seattle’s most famous landmarks, a part of almost every food tour in Seattle and a must-visit hotspot filled with local recipes and food. 

In case you choose the chef-guided tour, you will have an exclusive experience visiting the chef’s shops and other famous local hangouts. Pike Place Market houses different shops offering diverse tasting recipes. Don’t miss out on places like Britt’s Pickles, Local Color Coffee Shop, Beecher’s, and Ellenos Real Greek Yogurt. 

Some of the must-visit places and must-taste food at the Pike Place Market are:

• Pike Place Chowder
• The oldest spice store in Seattle, Market Spice
• Pure Food Fish Market
• Beecher’s  Handmade Cheese
• Piroshky Piroshky 
• Chukar Cherries

Tag along with the chef to the Pike Place Market and experience the taste of Seattle’s local food and culture.

2. Woodinville Wine

If you are a wine connoisseur, you surely cannot miss the Woodinville wine country located at the mesmerizing Sammamish River Valley, thirty minutes from Seattle. Woodinville is home to more than a hundred wineries and tasting rooms. 

At Woodinville, you can visit boutique wineries like Kestrel Vintners and Lauren Ashton Cellars for a wine tasting along with local cheeses, meats, and crackers. Besides tasting some of the best wine in Washington, you can also experience having lunch at beautiful rural settings near the grapevines. 

3. Starbucks Reserve Roastery

The tour to the roaster at Starbucks, the humongous facility in Seattle that deals with processing raw beans into coffee, is another famous must-visit place in the city. Here, you can learn about Starbucks’ behind-the-scenes processes, how the beans are sourced and processed to the cup. 

You can also indulge in master-tasting coffee brewed from some of the rarest beans in the world. Enjoy private tasting exclusive blends and learn about pairing coffee with different food and cuisines. 

4. Fran’s Chocolate Factory

Choose a food tour that takes you for coffee and chocolate tasting on the same day. Who can say no to a sweet-filled day in Seattle? Once you treat your senses to aromatic coffee at Starbucks Reserve Roastery, you can move on to treat your sweet tooth at Fran’s Chocolate Factory.

It is Seattle’s most known and world-renowned chocolate factory producing endless sweet treats. You can visit the factory at Rainier beer brewery and indulge in a chocolate tasting with a chocolate expert. The staff at Fran’s will make your day memorable by taking you around for tasting and checking out the production factory. 

As Seattle’s food scene can become overwhelming with the sheer number of restaurants and cuisines, planning a schedule for a food tour with the best destinations on the list makes it easy for you to eat your way through the city.