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Founded in 2011 by cousins Kim and Tyler Malek, Portland’s Salt & Straw features fresh, local ingredients in hand-crafted, small-batch ice cream — enjoy the classics, or try inventive flavors like pear with blue cheese or strawberry honey balsamic with black pepper.
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Food Tours In and Around Portland

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.

Portland Food Tours by Foot

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.

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Popular Food Carts

Portland has hundreds of food carts serving countless cuisines — eat your way through breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert at some of Portland’s award-winning, popular food carts.

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.

Food Tours Outside of Portland

Farm 2 Fork Tours offers two culinary experiences originating from the Sunset Transit Center Park & Ride in Beaverton (accessed via the MAX Blue or Red Lines). 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.

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Portland is a renowned culinary destination, and Portland restaurants run the gamut — no matter your budget, your location or the cuisine you crave, your next great meal awaits you in Portland.

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Portland City Tours

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Portland Walking Tours

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Mount Hood Tours from Portland

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Portland Boat Tours

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Portland Outdoor Adventure Tours

Explore the great outdoors in and around Portland in any season with these tour operators.