Top San Diego Street Food Tours

With an abundance of restaurants in San Diego’s Little Italy, it can sometimes be hard to differentiate between the tourist traps and the authentic local gems. Avoid the guesswork and get great local advice with this guided food tour. As well as having delicious tastings along the way—the tour is also a great way to learn about the architecture and history of the local area.

Get your fiesta started in San Diego on a food and walking tour through historic Old Town. Visit some of the district's finest Mexican restaurants to sample tasty dishes, tequila cocktails, and hear mariachi music. Learn about the history of California and the Native Americans, Spanish, Mexicans and gold rush prospectors that influenced Old Town's growth. You even hear some ghostly tales at Whaley House and an old cemetery. Get insider tips from your guide about authentic Mexican cuisine and other great places to visit on this fun tour.

Learn all about San Diego’s food scene in the Gaslamp District in the downtown area of the city. Your guide will take you to five different places to try five different large-size portions of local foods. You’ll learn about the history and culture of the area, too, and how that relates to food. Make sure to wear comfortable shoes, since you’ll be walking for around three hours.

Get to know the wide world of beer in San Diego's hip North Park neighborhood. You'll be guided by a local beer expert to learn about different styles of beer, how to properly pair foods and beer, what it takes to start a successful brewery, and the brewing process. We'll walk into about 3 or 4 craft breweries to taste local beers, have some snacks, and talk beer. This tour is open to anyone, beer nerds or not.

Explore Tijuana, Mexico, without getting lost on this day trip from San Diego, a great choice for first-time visitors. Visit cultural attractions, sample authentic Mexican street food at a sidewalk taco stand, and do some shopping and sightseeing. Opt to walk or take public transportation and experience the city like a local. Your guide can suggest stops and adapt the itinerary to fit the needs of the group.

Street food in Tijuana means, fat, salsa a quick service but mainly a bunch of flavor. Imagine being a student and in your way from the school to your work you don’t have time but a food truck can save you a give you the meal you need to keep going. That kind of experience is in our tour, walk and eat. In the Mexican street food you can find snacks like fresh fruit with lime and pepper who will refresh you in a hot summer day, boiled corn with a little of butter, lime and also salsa you can keep chatting with your friends and exploring the streets. The taco it’s the king of the streets, and there's many presentations  from the simple beans taco to the taco al pastor (asada pork with spices),  put a lot of wacamole and lime and the right salsa to take it to another level. At the end we should look for a good tap room to try craft beer. If you are more like to taste something sweet maybe a margarita in a authentic mexican cantina will be the option. During the tour and tasting the street food you will build your own opinion about mexico, come with us to cross the border.

On our Secret Food Tours: San Diego, you'll see the downtown area and walk right into Gaslamp while enjoying dishes with influences from Mexico to the Far East. Your guide will take you on a mouth-watering food journey exploring diverse cuisine that has evolved over generations. Feast on the freshest fish Taco, the Melt Burger, sweets and of course our delicious Secret Dish! At the end of your tour, you'll have sampled some of San Diego's most delicious dishes and gained a better understanding of our culture and history.

Celebrate Taco Tuesday authentically, any day of the week, in Tijauna, with this small-group tour from San Diego. You'll head south of the border, where your guide will show you around town and take you to try birria, carne asada, adobada, and seafood tacos with. You’ll also make stops for craft beer along the way.

San Diego has a new culinary scene heating up on its East Side, where warehouses and factories are becoming the newest foodie hotspots. Your local guide is in tune with San Diego's underground culinary scene and will take you to 4-5 local eateries and bars as you taste your way through the area. Try the newest cocktails, sip on local brews, and savor the eclectic, global cuisine on offer.

Taste your way around Tijuana on a day tour from San Diego—ideal for first-time visitors and foodies. An in-the-know guide whisks you around the city to local-approved eateries. Sample street food and craft beer against the backdrop of Tijuana's bustling downtown, and get the inside scoop on the city’s food scene. Since this is a small-group tour, you’ll have plenty of time to ask questions, too.

Get to know a side of Tijuana that many tourists miss on this private cultural day tour. You'll visit the market to check out local produce and chat with the vendors and everyday folk. Stop by the museum and the botanical gardens, sample authentic tequila and mezcal, and enjoy Mexican tacos or lunch, plus much more. You'll get to know Tijuana on this off-beat tour.

Access Foodie presents a hilariously entertaining walking tour of Little Italy dedicated solely to Pizza and Gelato. It is the only tour where you are more likely to get fat than learn anything! Join us as we explore the only way we know how: eating! We have been eating for as long as we can remember, and in that time, we've never met a pizza we didn't like. As a dedicated team of professional foodies with over 25 years of restaurant and tour experience, we are thrilled to take people of all shapes and sizes to have the best pizza and gelato in San Diego. This laid-back, family-friendly walking tour takes you to Two Pizzerias and Two Gelato shops over 2 hours. You will sample two to four pizzas and gelatos. Don't worry; no one has ever left our tour hungry! The Pizza and Gelato tour is curated by CEO Beau La Fave, a lifelong passionate foodie who grew up in Pizza kitchens in the Northwest.

Delve into the craft beer scene in Tijuana on a full-day tour from San Diego. Inspired by renowned breweries in southern California, brewers in Tijuana have created great beers that you can discover. Your guide provides an introduction to Mexico’s craft beer scene and its development in Tijuana. Your tour includes lunch, tacos, beer samples, and round-trip transportation from San Ysidro.

Just some miles away from San Diego, you will find the hoppy town of Tijuana. As sister cities Tijuana has learn and absorb the big influence of the California craft beer scene. Making a scene of our own we are proud to said that craft beer has been Tijuanalized.