Baltimore Food Tour: Fells Point & Little Italy, 7 Tastings

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Duration3h

GroupUp to 14

LanguagesEN

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Taste your way through two centuries of Baltimore's food history

This guided food tour walks through Fells Point and Little Italy in Baltimore, stopping at seven different spots to taste Maryland crab cakes, pierogies, cannoli, a potato knish, arancini or meatballs, and a surprise stop revealed on the day. A local guide shares the neighborhood's history—from the Polish dock workers who settled here to the Italian families who opened restaurants generations ago—while you stroll cobblestone streets and waterfront landmarks over three hours.

Step-by-step itinerary

Baltimore food tour in historic neighborhoods

Meet local guide
Visit Baltimore's oldest public market
Taste mixed pierogies at Polish deli
Walk waterfront and learn Frederick Douglass history
Taste Maryland crab cake at harbourside spot
Explore Italian immigrant rail station
Taste classic Little Italy plate
Enjoy surprise culinary stop

The Experience

The tour starts at Fells Point, Baltimore's oldest neighborhood, where your guide orients you at a landmark that has anchored the area for 250 years. From there you walk to the historic market that opened in 1786, where a Polish deli that's been running since 1985 serves mixed pierogies—the soft dumplings that fed generations of dock workers. Next is the crab cake: at a harbourside seafood counter, you taste the Maryland benchmark, sweet lump crab meat with barely any filler, the way Baltimore has made it for generations. The guide walks you past the Fells Point shipyards where Frederick Douglass worked and tells the story of the first African American-owned shipyard in the country.

Little Italy sits a few blocks from the rail station where Italian immigrants first arrived in the late 1800s. The neighborhood is a handful of narrow streets lined with multi-generational family restaurants, and at one of them you taste a classic plate—arancini, meatballs, or pizza—the deep, comforting flavors of Italian-American home cooking that these families have served since their grandparents opened the doors. You also stop at a century-old deli on Corned Beef Row for a homemade potato knish, split to share, and at a Little Italy pastry shop for a mini cannoli. A surprise tasting at a secret stop—revealed on the day—rounds out the seven tastings. The guide shares the story of Old Bay seasoning at its Fells Point home, a detail that ties the whole route together.

What’s included

Seven tastings including Maryland crab cake at a waterfront seafood counter, mixed pierogies at a traditional Polish deli, a homemade potato knish at a century-old deli on Corned Beef Row, a classic Italian plate at a family restaurant in Little Italy, a mini cannoli at a pastry shop, the story of Old Bay seasoning at its Fells Point home, and a surprise tasting at a secret stop; a local guide in English who shares neighborhood history and insider stories throughout the three-hour walk.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Secret Food Tours

Is this one for you?Book this tour if you want to taste the food that shaped Baltimore's neighborhoods rather than just pass through them—the guide's stories about the Polish dock workers, Italian immigrants, and Frederick Douglass turn each stop into a piece of the city's history, not just a meal.