2 hours (approx.)
Daily Tour
12 people
English
Delight your taste buds on a walking food tour of North Beach, known as San Francisco's Little Italy. The abundance of cafés and bakeries can make it hard to decide, but your guide will take you to some of the best loved by locals for authentic Italian pastries, coffee, garlic-infused dishes, pizza, and cocktails. Along the way, learn about the history of this vibrant neighborhood, from its Italian roots to Beat poetry legends.
Our first stop will be at the distinctive copper green Columbus Tower building that was completed in 1907, currently home to Zoetrope film studio since 1972, co-founded by Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas.
• Admission Ticket Free
Our second stop will be in the heart of San Francisco’s historic North Beach district at Saint Francis of Assisi Church. Your guide will explain the story of the exquisite murals executed by the Italian fin-de-siècle painter and illustrator Luigi Brusatori vividly portrays the life of Saint Francis of Assisi.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Your tour continues with a delicious stop at Stella Pastry, where you will get the chance to taste the Biscotti or Cookie of the day w/coffee or espressoBrief. Our guide will take the opportunity to explain to you all the different baking techniques used to create the various products displayed in the Café.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
While you are degusting the pasties and coffee of Stella Caffe, we will visit the surroundings of Washington Square where will talk about the history of the statues in the park our why we there are time capsules buried in the park!
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Our next stop will be at Golden Boy Pizza, where we will have the chance to grab a bite of one of the best pizza in town.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Enjoy the inside of this store and learn about rich “beat generation”, Jack Kerouac or Allen Ginsberg
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Have your camera ready to take pictures of the Jack Kerouac Alley, with its well-known murals and gratifies
• Admission Ticket Included
Be ready for our last stop at the Stinking Rose, a Californian-based restaurant known for its love for garlic: “We season our garlic with food.”
Take the chance to taste any garlic delicious or chose a cocktail or a beer to finish this memorable tour
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included