Annapolis Food Tours

Advance purchase
recommended, tours do
sell out in advance.

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(800) 979-3370
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(212) 209-3370

Your guide will share toasts of yesteryear while perhaps engaging you in a peek of a wine cellar where today's merriment is aging!

The tour starts with a wake-up of Kona coffee. Once we have your attention, we start right in discussing money; or is that tobacco? It was all one in the same back in the 18th century. Speaking of the 18th century we stop at the same tavern George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin frequented and try some crab. If you don't like crab, perhaps the ice cream or gelato on tour will move you. Yes, we will keep moving -- to the Sands house. This family hasn't moved in a long time. This house has been in the family some 239 years and is a repository of things left behind by six generations. You will be welcomed to this private home of the Sands family by Ann Jensen, great-great-great-great-granddaughter of John and Ann Sands. Before too many sands slip though the hour glass we will continue onto, into, and around some other greats:

• We will go into the kitchen of the Hammond-Harwood House, a grand Anglo-Palladian house built in 1774 by one of the America's first true architects, William Buckland.


• Maryland's State House is the oldest state house in continuous legislative use in the country and the old senate chamber where George Washington resigned his commission from the Continental Army.


• The Maryland Inn, started in 1772, is the first structure in Annapolis designed to be a hotel, and not just a house that could serve interchangeably as a residence, shop or tavern. We won't leave here before having a taste.


• A wine Cellar will be explored, and sampled. But not too much; after all, we are walking! As they say -- "Temperance ... in moderation!

When the whining is over (or before), we'll go to an Irish Pub for cabbage rolls and luck, of course. And luck we will need to keep some of you out of the boutiques and specialty shops we will encounter on our journey. The journey will end (as all good things do) where you can look at pictures and video of old Annapolis. Your guide can tell you where you can imbibe on genuine British grog, or even embark on a sailing adventure.

The amount of food consumed in total at all taste stops is enough to be considered lunch for the average person. All food costs and historic venues are covered in your tour ticket. A bottle of water will be provided for each patron along with a map of the tour stops so you can find you way back to your favorites. Value added discounts for shops in town are included for all participants. Comfortable walking shoes are suggested.

We recommend taking our food tour at the beginning of your stay in Annapolis so you can return to these wonderful eating establishments and historical sites to enjoy them at your leisure. This is the best introduction to Annapolis, Maryland offered!

Come join us, won’t you?