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U Street Food Tour

Quick Details

  • Location: Fork Food Tours
  • Duration: 2.5 - 3 hours
  • Distance: About 1 mile of walking
  • Tastings: Plenty for lunch
  • History: Learn unique facts about the neighborhood
  • Ages: Good for all ages with an appetite for food & history
  • Photos: We'll send you pictures of your tour
Adults
$105
Vegetarian Adults
$105
Private Tour Starting Price for 2 people
$449

Eat at our Favorite U Street Restaurants

Connect with DC’s jazziest community on our stroll through the U Street corridor. Discover the foods that repaired a rioting city, and sample diverse cuisines of cultures that have come to call DC home. If you listen closely, you might even hear some tunes from DC’s own Go-Go music!

Sample the classic flavors unique to the district and discover the new tastes that are shaping its culinary evolution as we continue down the street while stopping to hear stories behind local murals, buildings, and sculptures that define the city’s heritage. Explore some of the best places to eat on U Street.

Taste the local bites

Don’t know what a half smoke is? Don’t worry. We’ll explain it along the way, and you’ll be glad we did! After all, this is a food tour. And we believe the best way to connect to a city is through its cuisine!

Aside from carefully curated tastings and fascinating history, your experience includes custom photos of your tour. A portion of each tour ticket is donated to our charity partner and is enough to feed a local resident in need for the whole day, three full meals.

Book flexible

Book your U Street Food Tour now and stay flexible. If you chose the option to make your ticket refundable for just $5 per person when you check-out, you will have the ability to receive a full refund (Less the $5 per person charge) up to 24 hours prior to your tour start time.

Committed to local Community

Join our Tour and Have Confidence That You Are Exploring Responsibly! 

Blue Fern Travel is committed to supporting our local community and our partners. When you join a tour with us, you are directly contributing to our mission. Your tour dollars are helping in several different ways:

  • A portion of your ticket price is donated directly to Bread For The City; you are responsible for feeding a DC resident in need THREE MEALS.
  • Our restaurant partners are small local businesses, predominantly minority and/or women-owned.
  • Some food tour companies negotiate tasting prices at restaurants they visit. Blue Fern Travel considers our restaurants to be our partners and we pay full price and tip your server 20%.
  • We pay our guides a living wage.

Thank you for participating in our tour, supporting the local community while you taste and learn, and traveling in a responsible and sustainable way!

a group of people standing in front of a store
a woman sitting at a table with a birthday cake
a plate of food
a close up of a plate of food and a glass of beer
a group of people posing for the camera
a group of people sitting at a table
a group of colorful graffiti

Here's What Past Guests Have Said!

Great food paired with good company

My children and I had a great time during the U Street Food Tour hosted by Mary and Jason. My children and I had some time to spare during our flight layover in DC, so I researched activities we could do during our brief time in DC. Mary was very responsive to my e-mails before I booked the tour, and she answered all of my questions. The tour was great! Jason was very knowledgeable about the history of U Street and its food scene. The food selections we tasted were great, and the samples were plentiful. My family and I will not hesitate to book future food tours with Blue Fern Travel if we are in the DC area again.

– ujm367 · Tripadvisor
An absolute must in DC

Amazing! Book this and I guarantee that you will not be disappointed....Do not eat breakfast before your go! That will be your breakfast, lunch, and probably your dinner. Besides the food, the culture, history, and street art portion was eye-opening, insightful, and inspiring. Wear your walking shoes and get ready to fill up with food and knowledge!

– Deb · Tripadvisor
Do this tour for something different and delicious

Mary was such a great guide. There is so much history in the U Street area and it was just wonderful to taste a part of that. Mary was such a delight. Wonderful personality. Knowledgeable and Funny yet chill and warming. The food was great. Such a variety of different tastes. Everyone in the group had a different favorite dish. I recommend this for anyone looking to get a different view of the city than the usual monuments and memorials.

– Adrian. · Tripadvisor