Raleigh: Warehouse District Food Tour with 5 Tastings & BBQ
Overview
Downtown Raleigh packs three centuries of food history into a three-hour walk, and no two stops taste alike. Start with a steamed Char Siu Bao, a Cantonese barbecue pork bun, inside a downtown brewery that's part bookshop, part flower stall. Move on to a Lebanese family kitchen for hummus, baba ghanouj, fattoush, shawarma, and kibbee mikli, recipes carried across a century. Then it's whole-hog barbecue, chopped fine and sharpened with vinegar the eastern North Carolina way, at a Warehouse District pit room. Somewhere along the route, your guide hands you a Secret Dish, revealed only on the day. Finish with a three-bar chocolate flight at a bean-to-bar factory inside an old railway depot. Your guide lives here and will explain the barbecue rivalry between eastern and western Carolina, what East Hargett Street meant to Black Raleigh in the 1920s, and where they take their own family to eat.. Come hungry, leave with a downtown Raleigh you actually know how to eat your way through.
What's Included
- Chopped barbecue plate with two sides at a Warehouse District pit room
- Plus, our Secret Dish!
- Three-bar chocolate tasting flight, 70% classic dark, 70% sea salt, and 75%
- A Lebanese tasting of hummus, baba ghanouj, fattoush, chicken shawarma, kibbee mikli, and cheese
- Char Siu Bao, a Cantonese barbecue pork bun, at a downtown brewery and dim sum house
Meeting Location
209 East Martin Street
Raleigh, NC 27601, USA
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
327 West Davie Street
Raleigh, NC 27601, USA
The tour ends at Raleigh's Warehouse District, outside the final stop
What To Expect
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Moore Square
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
City Market
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
East Hargett Street
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Fayetteville Street (pass by)
Nash Square (pass by)
CAM Raleigh
1 hour Admission Ticket Free
Raleigh Union Station
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Please note: the itinerary and menu is subject to change, based on the locations' availability, weather, and other circumstances.
- Please ensure to contact us in advance of the tour for any dietary requirement, to ensure we can cater for them the best we can.
- This tour involves a fair amount of walking; comfortable shoes are recommended.
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 14 travelers
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (EST).
- Chopped barbecue plate with two sides at a Warehouse District pit room.
- Plus, our Secret Dish!.
- Three-bar chocolate tasting flight, 70% classic dark, 70% sea salt, and 75%.
- A Lebanese tasting of hummus, baba ghanouj, fattoush, chicken shawarma, kibbee mikli, and cheese.
- Char Siu Bao, a Cantonese barbecue pork bun, at a downtown brewery and dim sum house.
There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Raleigh: Warehouse District Food Tour with 5 Tastings & BBQ is as follows:
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Please note: the itinerary and menu is subject to change, based on the locations' availability, weather, and other circumstances.
- Please ensure to contact us in advance of the tour for any dietary requirement, to ensure we can cater for them the best we can.
- This tour involves a fair amount of walking; comfortable shoes are recommended.
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Raleigh: Warehouse District Food Tour with 5 Tastings & BBQ will be included in your confirmation email from City Balloon Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Chopped barbecue plate with two sides at a Warehouse District pit room
- Plus, our Secret Dish!
- Three-bar chocolate tasting flight, 70% classic dark, 70% sea salt, and 75%
- A Lebanese tasting of hummus, baba ghanouj, fattoush, chicken shawarma, kibbee mikli, and cheese
- Char Siu Bao, a Cantonese barbecue pork bun, at a downtown brewery and dim sum house
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Please note: the itinerary and menu is subject to change, based on the locations' availability, weather, and other circumstances.
- Please ensure to contact us in advance of the tour for any dietary requirement, to ensure we can cater for them the best we can.
- This tour involves a fair amount of walking; comfortable shoes are recommended.
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 14 travelers
