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Experience North Carolina’s best restaurants and food shops in the most unique way, on a guided walking tour of the city. Go behind the scenes to chat with chefs and artisans, and enjoy their delicious food. We’re located in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill/ Carrboro, Hillsborough, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Wilmington, Charlotte, and Asheville.

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I hereby declare the summer of 2014 my Summer of the Food Tour.

I just completed my third walking food tour and it was fantastic.

Triangle Food Tours’ Downtown Chapel Hill & Carrboro Food Tasting & Cultural Walking Tour is a great taste trip around the world of food in what Bon Appetite Magazine calls “America’s Foodiest Small Town.”

Why Take A Food Tour?

Besides the food, there’s a multitude of reasons for going on a food tour.

1) You’ll learn the different restaurants and cuisines of an area.

2) A food tour takes place in the middle of the afternoon when restaurants are usually between meals. This affords time with the staff and chefs to ask questions.

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3) A food tour is an out-of-the-ordinary way of entertaining out of town guests, exploring a new city or learning the restaurants in your own hometown.

4) It’s a wonderful way to meet people.

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  The Franklin Hotel on Franklin Street is where the tour originates.

What To Expect

Undaunted by the smoldering July heat, we walked close to two miles while learning a bit about the culture of the area.  We took in the sites and made seven stops, trying some of the finest food and beverages at Chapel Hill/Carrboro offers.

As our tour guide, Sarah put it, “a food tour is like speed-dating for restaurants.”

Before taking a food tour it’s important to be sure you’ve come prepared with comfortable shoes and your appetite. Bring an open mind as Triangle Food Tour’s website says, be ready to “Walk, Talk, Taste, Sip.”

Why Chapel Hill & Carrboro?

Chapel Hill is home to the University of North Carolina. It’s a bustling college town with a vibrant, ever-changing population. Along with the University dynamic comes a splendid mixture and diversity of culture that’s easily experienced by walking down the main thoroughfare of Franklin Street.

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As a result of these two unique municipalities in such close proximity, the Chapel Hill & Carrboro Food Tasting provides a wide variety of cuisines and flavors.  It’s a veritable trip around the culinary world; Irish, Indian, French, Greek, contemporary American, beer, wine and oh yes, dessert.

Our Line Up For The Day

Triangle Food Tours partners with an array of restaurants to present its tasting tours. Though the lineup may change from week to week or with the season, each partner welcomes the food tourists by serving tasty representations and providing insights into the foods these establishments serve. ( Update July 30, 2018 : A few of the restaurants we toured that day are no longer in business.)

Our tour included;

Fitzgerald’s Irish Pub

CholaNad – Contemporary South Indian Concept

Glasshalfull – Contemporary American

Provence – Regional French and Mediterranean cuisine

Carrboro Beverage Co. a Bottle Shop – NC brews on tap for sampling

Kipos Greek Taverna – robust Greek Fare

Gigi’s Cupcakes of Chapel Hill -cupcakes, cheesecakes mini cupcakes, and cookies

Take Away From Our Triangle Food Tour

Yes, the weather was a tad warm for our culinary journey but the delicious food, cool beverages, and good company made for a happy and fun tour of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. We departed our tour feeling full, but wanting more and vowing to return to these marvelous restaurants.

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We’ve been on a few walking tours (Italy and London) and loved them both. Always way too full afterwards (particularly the London one!). It’s a great way to get some great food while seeing the area.

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Chapel Hill & Carrboro Walking Food Tour

Join us as we explore the tastes, sights, and culture of the “Southern Part of Heaven” and the “Paris of the Piedmont.” 

Recently named “America’s Foodiest Small Town” by Bon Appetit Magazine, Chapel Hill & Carrboro offer a diverse array of excellent restaurants, in addition to their historic architecture, funky arts scene, and natural beauty. On our three-hour walking tour, we will experience the vibrant downtown neighborhoods of Chapel Hill & Carrboro through their unique food culture.

We will visit a hidden gem in Carrboro that effortlessly combines small plates and wines, a Mediterranean restaurant that is authentic from top to bottom, a contemporary restaurant that totally redefines Indian cuisine, a long-standing west end eatery that locals never overlook, and much more. And no matter how you may feel about UNC basketball, we are sure this walking tour will have you cheering! 

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  • Time Required: 03:30 Hrs
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Want to explore the heart of Chapel Hill, take the taste Carolina Gourmet Food tour and you’ll be more than happy! Taste the best and most unique restaurants of Chapel Hill, learn about the history and architecture that shaped up the city and be delighted with the warm hospitality.

Best way to explore Chapel Hill like an insider! 

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  • For drinks + culinary tour: 65.99 Per person.

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The Triangle’s original walking food tour. There are several different delicious, food tasting, walking tours — Downtown Raleigh (the original), Chapel Hill & Carrboro, Downtown Durham, and Downtown Cary.

Explore and discover a culinary and historical perspective of downtown Raleigh, Chapel Hill & Carrboro, Durham, and Cary that only an insider might know.

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"I highly recommend the walking food tour! Everyone was very knowledgeable & the food was unique & delicious."

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We enjoyed the energy of the tour guide. That can really make or break these adventures that we soo love to take. We will definitely check out the tour they have in Durham. I so look forward to it!

We had such a wonderful tour with Jacquelyn. She was so informative and took us to the most wonderful restaurants. The food was delicious and so much of it, we were so full we had to put some in doggy bags. We will definitely call again when we are back in Raleigh, can't wait!!

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My husband and I did the Durham Food Tour in early December and had a blast! Our guide, Jennifer, was well versed in Durham history. There was one other couple on the tour which made it especially fun and intimate. All of the food was delicious and the restaurants were accommodating to my dietary restrictions (which I had notified Triangle Food Tours of at the time of booking). I highly recommend the tour and look forward to doing more tours throughout the area.

"ll of the food spots were delicious not so hidden gems. The host Jacquelyn was super knowledgeable about the food spot and the history of the town. I most definitely will check out another tour maybe Durham or even Chapel hill."

"We had a wonderful afternoon with Victoria. The restaurants they use change each time but we really enjoyed the places we were taken. "

"I found that extremely helpful. Every place we visited was ready for our group @ very welcoming. I absolutely would do this again. The food was delish in all restaurants.."

Had a fabulous time on the Raleigh Food Tours. What a great way to spend a Saturday with friends. We learned about new restaurants, tried interesting foods and enjoyed great service. Our guide was terrific and incorporated a lot of interesting history and fun food facts. I highly recommend.

Wow Jacquelyn, what a sweet, gracious, easy-going and knowledgeable woman!!! She is awesome. What a trooper… I am writing to let you know what a great time I had on the tour. She did an amazing job dealing w/ the dynamics of the event, the group, and the rainy weather… I just wanted to take a minute to let her know how much I appreciated her and her care of us on this fateful night… It was great!!!! I was the volunteer for her as she spoke of the past hangings in Moore Square. Thank you for choosing her to help me and my friends have an amazing time together in downtown Raleigh.

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A Spanish Crucifix is illuminated as visitors pray at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, April 5, 2024. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

It’s a blustery spring afternoon in San Francisco, and we are gathered for one of the first-ever behind the scenes tours of that Gothic wonder, Grace Cathedral .

It may look like a grand flourish sitting atop Nob Hill, but the cathedral is still under construction — as you’ll discover now that these tours have opened to the public. Built in 1862, the original structure was destroyed during the 1906 earthquake and ensuing fire. Construction began on the current cathedral in 1927.

Today, the vaulting near the ceiling is unfinished and some statue niches remain empty. “It has been said that a great cathedral is never finished, words that echo the unfinished work of the Spirit,” says Julie Knight, director of cultural membership and visitor experience. Grace will one day be completed, but in the meantime it holds all sorts of neat fundraising activities. There are concerts devoted to the music of Nintendo and Hayao Miyazaki movies , yoga atop its labyrinths, sound baths and now, architectural tours like this new exploration of historic rooms, hidden passageways and ancient artifacts.

A view of the altar of the Chapel of Grace which was made in 1521 A.D. shown during a behind the scenes tour of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, April 5, 2024. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

Our guide today is Kenn Sparks who, with a trimmed beard and rumbling basso, has the presence of an Orson Welles.

We stand in the cavernous central hall of the cathedral, which has massive organ pipes in front and also in back. If it didn’t, there’d be a quarter-second sound delay, and the front part of the congregation would be singing earlier than the back rows – presumably annoying god.

Tour group visitor Kelly Huibregtse, of San Francisco, stands on a balcony overlooking the indoor labyrinth during a behind the scenes tour of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, April 5, 2024. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

Up on a mezzanine is what looks like a child’s toy piano. If a child actually played it, though, the results might cause a public emergency. The keys link to dozens of bells in the tower, including a six-ton one that rings the hours. The bells clang to celebrate World Series and Super Bowl wins and other commemorations. Sometimes after service, musicians like to noodle on the keyboard, playing popular songs like “Over the Rainbow” and “I Left my Heart in San Francisco.”

We enter an ambulatory or hidden passageway located behind the altar. Clergy use this shadowy hallway during services to scurry from one side of the church to the other. A number of beautiful stained-glass windows point toward the Anglican Churches of the Pacific Basin, from New Zealand to Taiwan to Japan.

Now we’re inside the vestry, which is paneled entirely in ornate walnut and smells like a classy antique shop. This is where the California bishop (currently Marc Handley Andrus) keeps a private camp to pray and store liturgical vestments. We observe a bible open to Ezekiel: 35 (“I lay your towns in ruins; you shall become a desolation, and you shall know that I am the LORD”) and run our fingers through the bishop’s cloaks – not sure if his eminence would approve of this, but he’s not here right now. The vestments are all hand-sewn, and a member of our group jokes she has a friend who became a bishop “only for the clothes.”

A view of the bishop's vestry seen during a behind the scenes tour of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, April 5, 2024. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

Next up is the Chapel of Grace. This small chapel is normally closed and has Spanish-style wrought-iron gates barring passage from the outside. William Randolph Hearst’s body was laid in state here, and Bill Clinton booked it in 1994 to pray during a trip to San Francisco — just him, his thoughts and the Secret Service lurking in the background.

The cathedral holds all manner of unexpected artifacts. There’s a circa 1521 stone tomb from France with a coat of arms from the monastic-military Knights Hospitaller, Order of Saint John of Jerusalem. According to legend a Crusader knight was interred here but no longer, as French revolutionaries scattered his bones. A Romanesque limestone credence table for the host and wine likely dates to the 12th century; it’s the oldest furnishing in the church.

The next large room is filled with art and furniture, including the bishop’s chair, carved from redwood with armrests shaped like an owl (wisdom) and lion (strength). A hallway holds Ansel Adams photographs and an oak eagle carved by Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of Mount Rushmore. It served as the cathedral’s lectern up until the 1960s. Lit from below is a brilliant, colorful portrait from photographer David LaChapelle of a Haitian model as the Virgin Mary; it was gifted a couple years ago and consecrated as an icon of the cathedral.

Docent Joe Garity gives a tour of the columbarium located inside the Chapel of St. Francis during a behind the scenes tour of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, April 5, 2024. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

The cathedral’s crypt is unusual in that it’s above ground. There’s room for 3,000 souls, and it’s only half full, so get your plans in order today and you can spend the afterlife here for $8,000 . (Though $10,000 will get you a space at a more desirable “eye-to-heart” level.)

We climb into the upper recesses of the cathedral and, crossing a catwalk, encounter E=MC2, the stained-glass Albert Einstein tribute. A glassy version of astronaut John Glenn is nearby. Our guide cautions us to tighten our hardhats, lest they fall off while we’re looking around and bonk the noggins of the faithful below.

Tour group visitor Kelly Huibregtse, of San Francisco, smiles as she ducks down to enter a small passage way inside the south tower during a behind the scenes tour of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, April 5, 2024. The passageway allows visitors to view the stained glass window of Albert Einstein located 174 feet above the floor of the cathedral. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

The final stretch takes us up multiple levels of stairs to an open-air observatory protected by pigeon netting. Bells crash and powerful winds blow, as we take in the cathedral’s nearly 250-foot-tall spire, called Le Fleche, because it represents an arrow shooting prayers directly up to god. There are no gargoyles on this steeple, but there are grotesques, in this case wyverns that look like fire-breathing dragons with scorpion tails. They’re meant to ward off evil from not just the church but also the city.

“I think we might need more dragons,” rumbles our guide Sparks.

The tower offers nearly 360-degree views of the expansive city below. Our attention is caught by a building in a park across the way. It’s the Pacific-Union Club at the top of Nob Hill, one of the largest men’s-only clubs in the U.S. The motto, our guide intones, is rumored to be “No women, no journalists, no Democrats.”

A view of the Albert Einstein stained glass window can only be seen during a behind the scenes tour of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, April 5, 2024. The window is located almost 200 feet above ground. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

Details: General admission to San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral, located at 1100 California St., is $12. Behind the scenes tours are $27 to $30. Reserved a timed entry ticket at gracecathedral.org .

A pedestrian walks past Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, April 5, 2024. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

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    Welcome to Taste Carolina! Join us for the tastiest tours in North Carolina. Experience North Carolina's best restaurants and food shops in the most unique way, on a guided walking tour of the city. Go behind the scenes to chat with chefs and artisans, and enjoy their delicious food. We're located in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill/ Carrboro ...

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    Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours - Chapel Hill/Carrboro. 101 S. Greensboro St. | Carrboro, NC 27510 9192372254 SEND EMAIL ... Details Go behind the scenes in Chapel Hill and Carrboro where traditional and modern farm-to-table cuisine comes to life. Tours by request and subject to availability, please check website for full details. ...

  3. THE 5 BEST Chapel Hill Food & Drink Tours

    These places are best for food & drink in Chapel Hill: Top of the Hill Distillery (TOPO) Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours; C'est si Bon! Cooking School- Taste the Adventure for Teens; Lee's Healthy Cooking Classes; Rock + Acid Wine Shop; See more food & drink in Chapel Hill on Tripadvisor

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    Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours. 57 reviews. #1 of 6 Food & Drink in Chapel Hill. City ToursWalking ToursSightseeing ToursPrivate Tours Food Tours. Closed now. 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM. Write a review. See all photos. About.

  5. Take A Culinary Trip Around The World In Chapel Hill

    I hereby declare the summer of 2014 my Summer of the Food Tour. I just completed my third walking food tour and it was fantastic. Triangle Food Tours' Downtown Chapel Hill & Carrboro Food Tasting & Cultural Walking Tour is a great taste trip around the world of food in what Bon Appetite Magazine calls "America's Foodiest Small Town.". Why Take A Food Tour?

  6. Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours

    Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours. 57 reviews. #1 of 6 Food & Drink in Chapel Hill. City ToursWalking ToursSightseeing ToursPrivate Tours Food Tours. Open now. 10:30 AM - 9:00 PM. Write a review. See all photos. About.

  7. Triangle Food Tours

    Jun 2013 • Friends. Thank you Triangle Food Tour, and a special thanks to our guide Sara for a fantastic walking tour, sampling some great food in Chapel Hill and Carborro. Sara provided an ongoing, fun dialogue about the cities history and the background behind many of the murals adorning the buildings.

  8. The Ultimate Foodie Trip to Chapel Hill

    The Ultimate Foodie Trip to Chapel Hill. Monday, January 8, 2018 8:00 AM by Visit Chapel Hill/Orange County. There are many things that keep people coming back to Chapel Hill and neighboring Carrboro—the friendly people, the great weather, the unique history of the area. But the most drool-worthy reason is all of the tasty and one-of-a-kind ...

  9. Chapel Hill & Carrboro Walking Food Tour

    Join us as we explore the tastes, sights, and culture of the "Southern Part of Heaven" and the "Paris of the Piedmont." Recently named "America's Foodiest Small Town" by Bon Appetit Magazine, Chapel Hill & Carrboro offer a diverse array of excellent restaurants, in addition to their historic architecture, funky arts scene, and natural beauty. On our three-hour walking tour, we ...

  10. THE BEST 10 Tours in Chapel Hill, NC

    Best Tours in Chapel Hill, NC - Free Walking Tours Chapel Hill, The Brothers Vilgalys Spirits, Triangle Food Tours, The Great Raleigh Trolley, Haunted Hillsborough Tours, Tour de Brew, Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area, Capital City Party Bus and Tours, Recognize The City, Brewed Clues

  11. Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours

    Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours. Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours are a fun way to explore each city in North Carolina and we've been lucky enough to join them. Not only does Taste cover the best restaurants in Raleigh, Greensboro, Carrboro/Chapel Hill , or elsewhere in North Carolina, but they also share the history and background behind ...

  12. Taste Carolina: Things We Loved in Carrboro and Chapel Hill

    If you join Taste Carolina's Saturday Morning tour (10:45, check here for availability), you'll get to visit the Carrboro Farmers Market. At this place, the food comes from 50 miles away (or less), and the actual farmers must be present during market hours. It was the first true farmer's market in the Triangle, and we've had a few ...

  13. Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours, Chapel Hill

    Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours Address: 501 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, United States. Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours Contact Number: +1-9192372254. Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours Price: 56 USD. Time required to visit Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours: 03:30 Hrs.

  14. Taste Carolina: Online Reservations

    Durham Downtown Dinner & Drinks Tour 3:00pm (3 hours) Charlotte Uptown Dinner & Drinks Tour 4:00pm. SOLD OUT Join Waitlist. Sunday, April 28: Monday, April 29: Tuesday, April 30: ... Please reply to let us know if you have any dietary restrictions or food allergies not listed on your registration. We are not able to change tastings during the tour.

  15. Triangle Food Tour

    There are several different delicious, food tasting, walking tours — Downtown Raleigh (the original), Chapel Hill & Carrboro, Downtown Durham, and Downtown Cary. Explore and discover a culinary and historical perspective of downtown Raleigh, Chapel Hill & Carrboro, Durham, and Cary that only an insider might know. Meet our partners!

  16. Taste: The Triangle's Ultimate Food Guide

    Taste: The Triangle's Ultimate Food Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS 6 EDITOR'S LETTER 8 DRINKS ALL AROUND A guide to 30-plus new and established breweries, distilleries and cideries in our area 18 MAKE A STIR Culinary experiences, shops, markets and more 46 MEANINGFUL MEALS Celebrate special occasions - or just make Tuesday night dinner extraordinary - … Taste: The Triangle's Ultimate Food ...

  17. Come Visit Us

    The UNC Visitors Center, located at 134 E. Franklin Street, is open to guests 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. We hope that you will find our Visitors Guidehelpful as you explore Carolina. If you have other questions, you may reach us 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, at [email protected].

  18. THE 5 BEST Chapel Hill Tours & Excursions

    2023. 1. Free Walking Tours Chapel Hill NC. 95. City Tours • Cultural Tours. By jenniel1211. Sally is a wonderful tour guide offering the history of the town of Chapel Hill and UNC and more recent events in the... 2. Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours.

  19. Guided Tours

    History, food, nature, farms? There's a tour for that! We have a rich cultural history here, award-winning chefs, and a bountiful of farms to explore. We have a cidery that loves to share their knowledge of ciders, wines and fuited sours at their farm. ... Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Toll-Free: (888) 968-2060 Phone: (919) 245-4320 Email: info ...

  20. Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill and the Triangle 410 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Open for catering all days of the week (scheduling during normal business hours) ... Feast your eyes during this 3 minute video food tour - a delicious variety from around the world awaits you. The latest. Featured. May 26, 2019. Video Food Tour.

  21. Grace Cathedral in San Francisco is now giving behind-the-scene tours

    Details: General admission to San Francisco's Grace Cathedral, located at 1100 California St., is $12. Behind the scenes tours are $27 to $30. Reserved a timed entry ticket at gracecathedral.org ...

  22. Dean E. Smith Center

    Visited the Dean Dome on a recent basketball trip. Was surprised at the size of the arena. The Dean Dome seems massive compared to Allen Fieldhouse or Cameron Indoor. The arena was built in the 1980s and certainly has a multipurpose arena feel to it. I would recommend buying lower level seats as the upper deck seems far away from the court.