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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
Meeting and pickup
Meet your guide in Moore Square across from Market Hall at 209 E Martin St, Raleigh, NC 27601
The tour ends at Raleigh's Warehouse District, outside the final stop
Itinerary
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1Moore Square
The tour starts in this four-acre park, one of only two surviving from the five public squares drawn into Raleigh's original 1792 plan, and a gathering place ever since.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2City Market
The Mission-style market house on the square's southern edge opened in 1914 and pulled farmers and grocers into the district. Its cobbled side streets are the first thing guests walk through.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3
Along the northern edge of the square, this stretch was known as Raleigh's Black Main Street in the 1920s, home to more Black-owned businesses than anywhere else in the city.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
The route crosses downtown's main spine, with the North Carolina State Capitol closing the view at the northern end.
Admission ticket free -
Nash Square (Pass by)
The other survivor from the 1792 plan, passed on the walk west, and a useful bookend to the square where the tour began.
Admission ticket free -
4
A converted warehouse marking the start of the Warehouse District, where the second half of the tour takes place.
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
5
The rail heritage the whole district was built around. The tour finishes a short walk away, in the head house of the city's original depot
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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