Farmers Market & W. 3rd Street Food Tasting Tour

This was the most interesting and fun part of our trip to LA. You could enjoy the farmers market without a guide but you get so much more out of it with the extra info and structure. You also get to try more foods through the tour than buying on your own. Initially I thought the tour was a little expensive when I booked it but you really get your moneys worth! The 3rd st part was great too discovering places that I probably would have just walked by without the guide. Really really tasty food and a variety as well. Our tour guide far exceeded my expectations. She had given tours in Europe and worked for Rick Steves even! Her excitement for the food was contagious. We ended the tour wanting to come back to LA just to do another melting pot food tour! Highly recommend.

One of the best tour we have ever taken. Informative about historic market and fun culinary tour and highlights of adjoining 3rd Street. Our guide Renee was enthusiastic, extremely well informed and a delight to spend time with. Would recommend to anyone. We had a teenager on our tour and 3 foreign visitors and all seemed to enjoy immensely.

We went on the tour last Friday and just had to return before leaving LA to try some of our favorite places again and try some new ones mentioned but not tasted. The Farmer's Market is so wonderfully overwhelming that having a guide made all of the difference. Renee, our guide, obviously appreciated the history and uniqueness of the market and was able to convey that passion. What made the 3rd street part of the tour stand out were the hidden gems along that street that you would never know unless you had the inside scoop provided by Melting Pot Tours. This was our second tour with Melting Pot and they continued to provide the foodie/local cultural experience we were looking for.

Farmers market a place to go.

We had so much fun on the MELTING POT TOUR with Lisa. Her knowledge of the area, the history, the vendors added greatly to our enjoyment and in addition the food with fabulous. Would go again in a heartbeat!!

We really enjoyed hearing all about the Farmer's Market, its history and all about the food. Lisa was so informative both in the Market and when we were on 3rd St. The samples were generous and some in our group ate items they never thought they would and found that they liked the food, not that it was unusual. I would recommend this to anyone, whether local or on vacation. It was fantastic!! Thanks, Lisa, for being so wonderful to all of us.

My guides name was Lisa and she was very sweet and knowledgeable. My date and I were running a bit behind and she was still very accommodating and we didn't miss much! I would definitely go do another tour. The weather was nice and it wasn't crowded (morning session).

A great way to get acquainted with Farmer's Market. Plenty of samples at the tastings, did not eat another meal until several hours later. We definitely enjoyed having some LA history brought to life and look forward to enjoying all the FM has to offer many times in the future.

The Farmers Market complex is big and can be overwhelming. THe tour which also includes nearby Third Street shops and restaurants helps you to appreciate the general layout, the options available, and gets you launched on further visiting which could easily occur over a couple of additional visits to the area. The food choices were yummy and the volume of just a taste from many sites is perfect so you can sample many things before you are obscenely full and can't eat another bite. We had a small group and were lucky because it meant we could hear everything that was said, had more than enough of everything to eat. Tour guide Summer Davis is a true pro and was very well informed, friendly, had lots of interesting tidbits. Great way to introduce yourself to the Farmers Market. It's truly a multicultural experience so everybody is going to find much they like and likely to find something they totally didn't know before the tour. What more could you want?!

Lucked out: tour led by owner of the tour company. Great fun seeing the different shops and stalls in the market. Would never have discovered all its charms on my own. Lots of great tastings, too. Highly recommended.