I recently had the chance to participate in a ‘Burgh Bits & Bites food tour and I must say, I have my mother’s and mother-in-law’s birthday gifts wrapped up for the year! (Along with those for all girlfriends, and visitors, and…anyone else) If you like food and don’t mind eating it, this is the tour for you.
I attended the Strip District tour which is held Thursday and Friday mornings, when the Strip is open and buzzing but the crowds aren’t packing the streets and stores. I should have known when the meeting point was Old St. Patrick’s Church that the tour would deliver on some unknown history and teach even me (a longtime Strip District shopper) some new things about an area I thought I had fully explored.
I found the tour to be thoroughly researched which is important for me as a history buff. One of my pet peeves is attending tours and museums where they either get the history wrong or their guides just don’t know enough. I can appreciate the level of work that is put into a detailed neighborhood history and was impressed by our guide’s knowledge of the Strip as well as her ability to handle general Pittsburgh questions with confidence.
I felt the tour was well paced in its combination of talking and eating, and the flow of the establishments we visited was also nicely arranged. We hit the must see places (Penn Mac) along with some smaller gems I hadn’t visited before.
At its heart, this is a food tour and I felt it more than delivered on the food promise. In terms of value for experience the cost of the tour is very reasonable and I highly recommend it.
In addition to the Strip District tour, ‘Burgh Bits & Bites also offers a Strip District TGIF Tour and a Little Italy Tour in Bloomfield. There are plans to expand to other well-known neighborhoods in the future. Whichever tour you attend, plan on doing some serious food shopping afterwards, because you’ll want to go back and get more of what you’ve tasted; I guarantee this.
Please visit the ‘Burgh Bits & Bites website for detailed information on pricing, length of tours, and when they run. They can also be found on Facebook and Twitter under burghfoodtour.
SPECIAL NOTE: We had a brief glimpse of some of the stops on the Strip District TGIF Tour that is run one Friday evening per month. This would be a great way to spend a Friday night with your friends or a date (I’ll be dragging my husband, aka Your Active Husband, on the tour soon).
OTHER SPECIAL NOTE: More of a warning really, I already had enough must eat places in the Strip before taking this tour, the only downside to the experience was that I have now added even more places to that list. I guess I’ll just have to keep eatingJ
LEVEL OF EFFORT: This tour includes approx 1.5 hours of walking although there are opportunities for sitting in some of the stores. ‘Burgh Bits & Bites offers this tour to kids and school groups as well, and can modify it slightly for the group’s needs.
I attended the Strip District tour which is held Thursday and Friday mornings, when the Strip is open and buzzing but the crowds aren’t packing the streets and stores. I should have known when the meeting point was Old St. Patrick’s Church that the tour would deliver on some unknown history and teach even me (a longtime Strip District shopper) some new things about an area I thought I had fully explored.
I found the tour to be thoroughly researched which is important for me as a history buff. One of my pet peeves is attending tours and museums where they either get the history wrong or their guides just don’t know enough. I can appreciate the level of work that is put into a detailed neighborhood history and was impressed by our guide’s knowledge of the Strip as well as her ability to handle general Pittsburgh questions with confidence.
I felt the tour was well paced in its combination of talking and eating, and the flow of the establishments we visited was also nicely arranged. We hit the must see places (Penn Mac) along with some smaller gems I hadn’t visited before.
At its heart, this is a food tour and I felt it more than delivered on the food promise. In terms of value for experience the cost of the tour is very reasonable and I highly recommend it.
In addition to the Strip District tour, ‘Burgh Bits & Bites also offers a Strip District TGIF Tour and a Little Italy Tour in Bloomfield. There are plans to expand to other well-known neighborhoods in the future. Whichever tour you attend, plan on doing some serious food shopping afterwards, because you’ll want to go back and get more of what you’ve tasted; I guarantee this.
Please visit the ‘Burgh Bits & Bites website for detailed information on pricing, length of tours, and when they run. They can also be found on Facebook and Twitter under burghfoodtour.
SPECIAL NOTE: We had a brief glimpse of some of the stops on the Strip District TGIF Tour that is run one Friday evening per month. This would be a great way to spend a Friday night with your friends or a date (I’ll be dragging my husband, aka Your Active Husband, on the tour soon).
OTHER SPECIAL NOTE: More of a warning really, I already had enough must eat places in the Strip before taking this tour, the only downside to the experience was that I have now added even more places to that list. I guess I’ll just have to keep eatingJ
LEVEL OF EFFORT: This tour includes approx 1.5 hours of walking although there are opportunities for sitting in some of the stores. ‘Burgh Bits & Bites offers this tour to kids and school groups as well, and can modify it slightly for the group’s needs.
I recently took the food tour of the strip and I couldn't agree more with your review. It was unexpectedly wonderful and I left completely full with a renewed interest in the strip. There were so many hidden gems pointed out that I knew nothing of. I left stuffed and happy. A good sign of a good food tour. :o)
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