Ebike and Eat Seattle Food Tour Curated by Kenji Lopez Alt

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4 hours (approximately)
Offered in: English and 1 more

E-Bike and eat your way through some of the city's unique waterways, nature, and neighborhoods on a special electric biking food tour. Created and curated by noted cookbook author, restaurateur, food critic, food lover and e-biker, Kenji Lopez Alt. Led by award winning educators and Seattle’s highest rated tour guides, David and Joe.

How long is the tour?
3.5 to 4 hours

How much food do we eat?
Picture a quarter to a third of a robust sandwich at each stop. Your goal is that no one leaves hungry but no one is too stuffed to enjoy every stop.

What dietary needs can you accommodate?
Vegetarian or Pescatarian? No problem. Just let us know when you register. Vegan, not quite as easy but let us know when you sign up and we will reply with what your options will look like on that day.

Do I get to meet Kenji?
Kenji’s schedule does not have room for personally hosting these tour dates. Kenji does plan to do an occasional drop by. Those, however, will be rare and special events.

What's Included

We provide water bottles. All food sampled at the food stops is included on the tour.
We provide the RadPower Electric Bikes. They are class 2 bikes and come with pedal assist and a throttle. Helmets with an intercom are included. Also a carrying bag for personal items.
Additional beverages such as Agua Fresca or Horchata or many of the brews are not included.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Nearby the large blue Kadampa Meditation Center.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 4 hours (approximately)
  • 1

    Your first food stop is at Un Bien. The Caribbean Roast Sandwich is often picked as Seattle's, Washington State's, and the country's best sandwich. It's roast pork and grilled onions makes for a memorable experience. Just a side of grilled onions is worth a visit. We eat the sandwich at a hidden beach, even most locals don't know exists. Here we can provide a intro to Seattle's waterways, Puget Sound, islands and Olympic Mountains.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 2

    Everyone calls it the Ballard Locks. We walk the bikes through here while visiting the botanical gardens. We take time to see the Locks in action and observe adult migrating salmon. We frequently see harbor seals, herons, osprey, and kingfishers. We exit over a wooden pedestrian bridge over a ravine.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 3

    We stop at the Fishermen's Terminal where the Alaskan Fishing Fleet store their boats in the off-season. They let us ride the bikes down the docks and see first hand how at least a quarter of the total seafood harvest in the U.S. is associated with this terminal. The Deadliest Catch boats are also here in the off-season.

    20 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 4

    Your second food stops may happen in the Fremont neighborhood. Many choices here, we can stop at Tivoli for the famous Tomato Pie with Calabrian Chili Crisps; or check out why Teriyaki is a signature dish in Seattle and go to I Love Teriyaki. Kenji visited nearly every Teriyaki restaurant in Seattle and selected four outstanding places, I Love Teriyaki is on the list. There's also Frelard Tamales with the best Tamales in Seattle, order any tamale. There's also Outsider Barbeque, best brisket in Seattle.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 5

    Passing by Gasworks Park we sometimes head to The Wayland Mill for an The Egg Sando and nut pie. If we have time we stop at Gasworks and see one of the best view of Seattle while seaplanes land on Lake Union.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 6

    Often your final stop is Mean Sandwich home of the Mean Sandwich and Oyster Po'Boy. It's full of character, situated nearly under the Ballard Bridge. Dan, the owner, always stops by to give riders a quick overview of his restaurant.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • You need to be a confident biker. We will teach the unique parts of operating an electric bike. You should know how to start, turn and stop on a bike.
Supplied by Seattle Rider Tours

Tags

Mountain Bike Tours
Half-day Tours
Seasonal
E-Bike Tours
Small Group
Food & Drink
New Product

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