Farmers Market & W. 3rd Street Food Tasting Tour

We loved our tour of the Farmers Market and surroundings! Our guide was lovely, very informed and so sweet and funny! After the tour we returned daily to the Market (sometimes even twice a day!) thanks to the tips we received during the tour. Thank you!

i AM VERY UPSET THAT I WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT DUE TO A FAMILY EMERGENCY, AND THE TICKETS WERE NON REFUNDABLE. WILL NEVER PURCHASE SOMETHING I CAN NOT GET MY MONEY UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES. ENJOY THE FREE MONEY I GAV TO YOU

Kendell our tour guide was great! She was very knowledgeable about the area and all of the food vendors. I went on this tour with my sister as a gift for her 30th birthday. It was a very special day and I am glad we chose to do the tour on this day because the tour was fabulous. The vendors were very friendly and we got to meet a lot of the owners. The food was great! I did expect more meal type food like the Churrascaria vendor but we mainly had snacks and light bites. The only thing I really didn't care for was the public transportation (bus) back to the farmer's market. They should really have a private van or shuttle, it was just weird taking the city bus back to your car. Other than that I would definetely do another tour.

Any tour that starts with donuts has to be good. But this tour was about so much more than the generous (and delicious) food samples. I really enjoyed hearing the history and stories behind the food market vendors, which I knew very little about prior to this tour. The tour itself was well-organized, with a relaxing pace and plenty of time to enjoy the food and company. I would take any tour this company offered!

My husband and I decided to treat my mom for her birthday to a Melting Pot Food Tour. It had been 3 years since our last tour, so we were pretty excited to see what had changed. We had the pleasure of having Lisa (we had her sister Diane on our previous tour) as our tour guide this time around. Lisa was just as fun and knowledgeable about the area, the history, and the businesses that we visited. My mom had a great time, and we are so thankful that we decided to try this tour again.

I really enjoyed the tour. It was something different for my husband and I. We recommend it highly. We found out about places that we will definitely revisit. We also have lots of new places to take visitors as we are always the designated tour guides for guests.

...would have taken much longer to get all those insights if not for this tour - an issue when you have limited time in town! Plus..we were stuffed at the end of it but more importantly, stuffed only with good food - not guaranteed if you are just wondering around and picking it by yourself. Also, Lisa was invaluable in pointing out which restaurants to get to whilst in LA - this made our trip even more memorable - thanks!

We loved the part at the Farmer's market and wished they would have stayed there and visited more food places. After we left the Farmer's market the walk was a tad long between the restaurants and it wasn't in the nicest area during parts of it. I don't know if it was due to having a large tour group, but the amount of food we ate was less than on the Pasadena tour. By the time we walked back to the Farmer's Market we were hungry again.

My husband and I had decided to take an in state trip and flew into Los Angeles from San Francisco. We wanted to do something out of the ordinary and since my husband is a executive chef we decided to take a food tour! I Googled food tours and found this company and perused through the wonderful reviews. Overall, we had a great experience with our tour leader on Sunday, January 22nd walking through the Farmers Market at Fairfax Avenue and Third Street and then walking along 3rd Street. The Farmers Market was built on land originally bought by Arthur Gilmore- a dairy farmer and developer-in the 1880s and opened in 1934. Our tour guide was quite informative, had a wonderful, bubbly personality, and kept us on our toes! I highly recommend this tour to others who are interested in The Grove, The Farmers Marke and a bit of Los Angeles history!

Kendall was a fantastic tour guide. We had a lot of fun, ate a lot of awesome food and met some great people. Highly recommend!! I love the Farmer's Market.