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Get a taste of Portland and Oregon on a variety of food tours focused on specific ingredients, venues or neighborhoods.
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In a city as renowned for food as Portland, of course, there’s a wide range of food tours to help you taste what the buzz is all about. Some tours focus on specific ingredients, like chocolate; others feature venues, like food carts; and still, others highlight specific Portland neighborhoods. (Thirsty? See our separate lists of beer tours and wine tours.)
Know Before You Go
All details are subject to change, so please get in touch with tour operators for the latest information.
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.
Portland Food Trucks, Carts & Pods
Portland has 500+ food carts and a legendary street food scene — use our Food Cart Finder to filter carts by cuisine, offerings, special diets and more.
Lost Plate PDX offers a morning tour featuring coffee and doughnuts as well as an afternoon tour of food cart pods and patios and a weekend tour that includes 10+ Oregon wines paired with small bites.
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.
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 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 ride pairs well with delicious food samples over the 3.5–4-hour tour.
Cycle Portland’s Foodie Field Trip encourages you to arrive hungry for the 7–9 mile ride that includes coffee, entrée, beverage and ice cream.
Food Tours Outside of Portland
The Coastal Exploration Tour heads to the Oregon coast for fresh seafood and breathtaking views, while the Taste of Willamette Valley Tour showcases the incredible products in this region from cheese and fresh vegetables to olive oil, as well as the dedicated farmers that make them.
If you’re feeling a little adventurous, Black Tie Tours is now offering rustic and “bougie” truffle tours that include truffle hunting and lunch with fresh truffle recipes and more.
Portland Food Tour Operators
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