Neil’s recent post about North Beach in San Francisco had me reminiscing about my favourite neighbourhood in my favourite American city. I’m usually not a big fan of organised walking tours, but a guided walk discovering the food traditions of North Beach was actually one of the best things I’ve ever done.
Tom Medin from Local Tastes of the City Tours is an incredibly proud resident of San Francisco and for around three hours led me on a tasty trek around North Beach. Between great focaccia sandwiches at Mario’s Bohemian Cigar Store and terrific chocolate at XoX Truffles, we found time for sampling from 30 different sausages at Little City Meats and luscious canolli at the Victoria Pastry Company. The day ended with a few wines at Francis Ford Coppola’s Cafe Niebaum-Coppola and then a poetry reading by Beat icon Lawrence Ferlinghetti at the City Lights Bookstore. Just maybe the best day’s travelling I’ve ever had.
Local Tastes of the City also run tours in San Francisco’s Chinatown, The Haight and Golden Gate Park.
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