Award-Winning Nashville Food Tours
You came all the way to Nashville.
Discover it.
The downtown Nashville walking food tour · six locally-owned restaurants · three hours
From $125 · ★ 5.0 / 2,700+ reviews · Top 1% worldwide
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Choose your food tour experience
Downtown Food Tour
Six locally-owned stops, live honky tonk music, a whiskey cocktail at a downtown distillery. Small groups, max 14 guests.
Private Food Tour
The same six stops, exclusively for your group. Custom routes, themed cocktails, cheeky toasts. Built for celebrations.
Corporate Events
Team offsites, client entertaining, conference groups. Trusted by Amazon, American Express, and Deloitte.
Corporate events for up to 300
What you'll actually taste
The dishes worth crossing the country for
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The idea behind our Nashville food tours
You don't eat your way through Nashville.
You discover it.
Every stop on the tour reveals something new. An unforgettable dish, a chef who knows your name by the end, a hidden room off Broadway, a story you can't Google. By the last bite, you don't just know where to eat in Nashville. You know the city, and you're already planning what to come back for.
There's a Nashville beyond Broadway.
We'll take you there.
★ 5.0 · 2,700+ five-star reviews · 23,000+ guests · $1.4M to local restaurants
The Route
Six stops through downtown Nashville. Zero compromises.
A chicken & avocado sandwich at a James Beard Semi-Finalist bakery. A quarter rack of downtown's most celebrated ribs. Shrimp & grits made from scratch at a Nashville landmark. Live music at a downtown honky tonk. Hand-pulled candy from a century-old family recipe. And your choice of two infused whiskey cocktails at a downtown distillery.
Walk the full route →2,700+ five-star reviews
Don't take our word for it.
“Do not think a better food tour exists in Nashville.”
“The best food and history in the world.”
“Before this tour, I wasn't loving Nashville. After, I wanted to stay.”
“It was the talk of the conference.”
“In my opinion the best walking eating tour in the US.”
“A backstage pass to Nashville's best.”
From the founder · Est. 2018
Why every detail is on purpose
I spent years as an engineer before I started A Little Local Flavor. It is the reason nothing on this Nashville food tour is left to chance. Memorable experiences don't happen by accident. They are designed: which locally-owned restaurants earn a place, what you taste and in what order, where you slow down, and how the afternoon ends.
We've put more than $1.4 million into Nashville's locally-owned restaurants and hosted 23,000 guests. I have celiac disease, which is exactly why every restaurant on the tour prepares specific gluten-free, vegetarian, and allergy-friendly options, by design, not as an afterthought. Come hungry. We have planned the rest.
The City
The Nashville locals keep for themselves.
Eight years. One founder. Every restaurant locally owned, every story first-hand, every guide a Nashville local who knows the chefs by name. This is downtown Nashville beyond the pedal taverns and the chain bars on Broadway.
Meet your guides →Why us
What makes this the best food tour in Nashville
The only tour with live music
We're the only Nashville food tour that includes live honky tonk music, plus the story of how the music business on Broadway actually works.
Founder-led since 2018
The only Nashville food tour still run by its original founder. The relationships with the chefs are real, and so are the stories.
Top 1% worldwide
A perfect 5.0 across 2,700+ reviews, and a two-time TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Best of the Best winner.
$1.4 million to local restaurants
Every stop is locally owned. No chains, no tourist traps. Every ticket puts money into Nashville's independent restaurants.
Dietary needs, guaranteed
Our founder has celiac disease. Gluten-free, vegetarian, dairy-free, and allergy-aware options are planned into every stop.
Small groups, real conversations
14 guests maximum on the public walking food tour, so it always feels like exploring downtown Nashville with friends.
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Nashville food tour questions, answered
What is the best food tour in Nashville?
A Little Local Flavor is Nashville's highest-rated food tour, with a perfect 5.0 across 2,700+ reviews on Google, TripAdvisor, and Yelp. We're a two-time Travelers' Choice Best of the Best winner, in the top 1% of attractions worldwide, and the only Nashville food tour with live honky tonk music.
How long is the walking food tour?
Three hours, covering just over one mile through downtown Nashville at a comfortable pace, with six locally-owned restaurant stops.
How much does it cost?
The Downtown Nashville Food Tour starts at $125 per person. Private and corporate tours are quoted by group size and date.
Can you accommodate dietary restrictions?
Yes, fully. Vegetarian, gluten-free, and dairy-free diets and food allergies are built into how we plan every stop. Our founder has celiac disease.
Are kids welcome on the tour?
Yes, kids are welcome. We recommend ages 8 and older, but we've had kids of all ages who could handle and enjoy it. Anyone under 21 takes the tour without the alcohol pairings.
What is your cancellation policy?
The public Downtown Food Tour offers a full refund up to 48 hours before your tour. For private and corporate tours, the 20% deposit is non-refundable but transferable to a different available date.
Come hungry.
Leave a local.
From $125 · Downtown Nashville · 615.815.1388 · info@alittlelocalflavor.com