Maine Foodie Tours are now offered as a package option with the
Portland Harbor Hotel who were recently reviewed in the
Montreal Gazette

Pursuitists suggest a “Taste of Maine” 2-night culinary getaway, staying at the beautiful Inn by the Sea in Cape Elizabeth with dining at the Sea Glass restaurant and a walking tour with MFT. A foodie summer

Thank you Keep Me Current.com for writing, “Maine Foodie Tours will bring out the food lover in everyone. They specialize in showcasing all the award-winning, nationally recognized food that Maine has to offer.” 10 Things to Do

Maine Foodie Tours is amongst the top 9 Foodie Walking Tours in the U.S according to AOL Travel who just made the announcement. Thanks to all the talented guides, artisans, brewers, and merchants who made this happen.
AOL Travel News

Thanks to Eat,Drink, and Be Merry for including MFT in the blog for the 20-something sect. Our tour guest, Sabrina took some great photos to share.
Check it out

We could not have chosen a better weekend here in Portland to begin our “culinary delights” trolley tours with Portland Discovery. Tours are offered every Tuesday/Thurday/Friday/Saturday 1:30-3:45 in July and August, and feature 6 delicious tastes and tours around the city. Guests learn and taste what makes Portland the culinary hotbed it is today!

A special thanks to Ed Wetschler, Executive Editor at Tripatini.com for joining us on a culinary walking tour then writing such a nice story on Portland! It’s great to see our friends at Lucky Catch, the Inn by the Sea, Horton’s Gourmet Foods, Gritty’s, and the Salt Exchange all receiving such glowing remarks. We are glad he experienced the real Portland on his visit to Maine. Check it out

Founder of WeekendWalk.com, Jamie Stringfellow, travels to her home state of Maine to share three car-free ways to explore the coastal city of Portland. Thank you for including Maine Foodie Tours in your top 3, Jamie. Check it out

Maine Foodie Tours has teamed up with Portland Discovery, Land and Sea Tours, the Inn on Peaks Island, Diamond’s Edge Restaurant and the Chebeague Island Inn for a special event: A Progressive Dinner on Three Islands in Casco Bay offered June 3, 2011. This event sold out so we plan to offer more such fun evenings in the future. Plans are underway to create more “progressive dinners” around the state of Maine.

Thanks again to the USA Today Travel Tips for including Maine Foodie Tours. This article sites Portland as the “Best Summer Vacation” according to the top 2011 readers of “Yankee” magazine. The L.L. Bean’s flagship store, Portland’s nightlife and harbor views and a multitude of outdoor activities all add to the region’s appeal. Check it out

We would like to thank Ellen Albanese from the Society of American Travel Writers. Ellen wrote a story on New England food tours in the Boston Sunday Globe on March 13, 2011, and was kind to include Maine Foodie Tours.
Read the article

USA Today Travel Tips offers some great “Maine State Vacation Tips” including MFT when in the Portland area. Read the article

Visit Epitourean.com to read about exciting cooking classes, tours, and culinary vacations to enjoy around Maine.

Reviews from MFT guests are now live on tripadvisor.com, yelp.com, and cruisecritics.com Thanks to all our customers who were kind enough to post reviews and give us some press on these sites.

MFT has teamed up to offer live ticketing with Vervacious, located at 227 Commercial Street in Portland’s Old Port Guests interested in purchasing tickets in person may now do so at the Vervacious shop, offering voyage inspired fancy foods and free tastings. Vervacious is often a featured stop on the culinary walking tour.

Maine Foodie Tours has teamed up with Stonewall Kitchen to offer a new “Farmer’s Market Tour” this Summer, 2011 This unique tour will feature a shopping spree at the Farmer’s Market where guests learn as they buy native Maine produce. Then the fresh ingredients are used in a cooking class with lunch at Stonewall Kitchen. Tours will run Wednesdays when the Farmer’s Market is being held in Portland’s Monument Square.

Down East Magazine September, 2010
“45 FANTASTIC FALL TRIPS” includes a culinary walking or trolley tour from Maine Foodie Tours amongst their top list including Lighthouses, Lobsters, and Leaf Peeping

Maine Foodie Tours is nominated for a 2010 Indie Biz Award with the Portland Buy Local Campaign. Thank you to the anonymous souls who recommended us for consideration.

Sun journal, Lewiston, Maine, Sunday, July 11, 2010 Go & Do: Maine Foodie Tours-Good food, history and fun…on the walk
Read the Article
“Funny man Randy Judkins and other guides bring entertainment to Portland culinary scene” by Ruth DeCoster. Ruth took a culinary walking tour with us and we thank her for this glowing review!

Nomming thru Maine: Portland Day 2
Sara from NYC recently took the beer tour and shares her photos on her blog:
click here for Sara’s Blog Sara writes, “The beer tour was excellent and a lot of fun. It really opened our eyes to how great craft beer is in Maine? we used this knowledge throughout the trip!”

Portland, Maine- Today, Its Ship Has Really Come In
by Norman E. Hill and Maralyn D. Hill, travel writers for Global-Writes, International Food, Wine and Travel Writer’s Association. Norman and Maralyn wrote about their food adventures on the culinary delights trolley tour in June, 2010 as well as their fabulous meals and lodging while in Portland. Click here to read more

Tourific Ideas: 13 Ways to Get Out and See the Sights
Thank you to the Greater Portland Visitor’s Bureau for including MFT in their new 2010-2011 Visitor’s Guide. “Stroll the streets of Portland’s quaint Old Port with Maine Foodie Tours and sample delectable Maine-inspired foods while visiting behind-the-scenes with the artisans who craft these culinary delight.”

101 Maine Things To Do now promoting Maine Foodie Tours
Maine Things To Do is an exciting new resource to find fun statewide with contests to win an adventure, like gift certificates to enjoy a Maine Foodie Tour.
Read about it here

Join us on our new blog
MFT is now posting amusing “Questions/Answers from our guests on the Tours” We are sharing a few highlights, some humor, even a few facts here and there. Tell us what you think, ask us your foodie questions, join us at: Visit our Blog

Maine Office of Tourism Highlights Maine Foodie Tours
MFT receives a strong endorsement/great promotion in this month’s Maine Tourism Association newsletter, read about us on pg 1 & 4: click here to download a PDF of the newsletter.

Twitter and Facebook
Maine Foodie Tours is now on Facebook and Twitter! Become a fan and/or follow us to stay up to date on new tour offerings and to receive special discounts.

Maine Foodie Tours on TV
Maine Foodie Tours was featured on Portland Mayor Jill Duson’s live TV show, “Call-In Portland,” back on August 13th, 2009. Unfortunately, the show is no longer available for viewing on their site.

The Maine Switch
The “Date Night” column recommends Maine Foodie Tours as “our choice for your best night out” (July 23,2009)

Portland Press Herald
Meredith Goad admits to learning a lot in her review of Maine Foodie Tours On the Trail of Something Tasty in the new “Food and Dining” Section now published each Wednesday.

Portland Food Map
Maine Foodie Tours just listed on the Portland Food Map and getting a great response…
read more

Great Tours of Maine
Maine Foodie Tours listed as one of the great tours of Portland and Maine by
The Convention and Visitors Bureau

Maine Foodie Tours Launches New Website!
Maine Foodie Tours is pleased to launch its new site, designed by
Visit T.Doc Creative

Jan Ross,a frequent travel blogger, wrote about her experiences, Eating Our Way Around Portland, Maine with Maine Foodie Tours. Check out her blog on The Travel Bloggers Guide to Maine

Seems the Washington Flyer is recommending folks get on a plane, visit Portland and take a Maine Foodie Tour. Thanks for including us with such good company,like a visit to Browne Trading Co for wine lessons and dinner at the Corner Room or Sonnys. http://www.washingtonflyer.com/departments/issue-theme/fall-weekend-getaways

Maine Foodie Tours are now available as a package with a reservation at the Portland Harbor Hotel. http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/centre+Portland+charming+Port/5449462/story.html

We could not have chosen a better weekend here in Portland to begin our “culinary delights” trolley tours with Portland Discovery. Tours are offered every Tuesday/Thurday/Friday/Saturday 1:30-3:45 in July and August, and feature 6 delicious tastes and tours around the city. Guests learn and taste what makes Portland the culinary hotbed it is today!

A special thanks to Ed Wetschler, Executive Editor at Tripatini.com for joining us on a culinary walking tour then writing such a nice story on Portland! It’s great to see our friends at Lucky Catch, the Inn by the Sea, Horton’s Gourmet Foods, Gritty’s, and the Salt Exchange all receiving such glowing remarks. We are glad he experienced the real Portland on his visit to Maine. Check it out

Founder of WeekendWalk.com, Jamie Stringfellow, travels to her home state of Maine to share three car-free ways to explore the coastal city of Portland. Thank you for including Maine Foodie Tours in your top 3, Jamie. Check it out

Maine Foodie Tours has teamed up with Portland Discovery, Land and Sea Tours, the Inn on Peaks Island, Diamond’s Edge Restaurant and the Chebeague Island Inn for a special event: A Progressive Dinner on Three Islands in Casco Bay offered June 3, 2011. This event sold out so we plan to offer more such fun evenings in the future. Plans are underway to create more “progressive dinners” around the state of Maine.

Thanks again to the USA Today Travel Tips for including Maine Foodie Tours. This article sites Portland as the “Best Summer Vacation” according to the top 2011 readers of “Yankee” magazine. The L.L. Bean’s flagship store, Portland’s nightlife and harbor views and a multitude of outdoor activities all add to the region’s appeal. Check it out

We would like to thank Ellen Albanese from the Society of American Travel Writers. Ellen wrote a story on New England food tours in the Boston Sunday Globe on March 13, 2011, and was kind to include Maine Foodie Tours.
Read the article

USA Today Travel Tips offers some great “Maine State Vacation Tips” including MFT when in the Portland area. Read the article

Visit Epitourean.com to read about exciting cooking classes, tours, and culinary vacations to enjoy around Maine.

Reviews from MFT guests are now live on tripadvisor.com, yelp.com, and cruisecritics.com Thanks to all our customers who were kind enough to post reviews and give us some press on these sites.

MFT has teamed up to offer live ticketing with Vervacious, located at 227 Commercial Street in Portland’s Old Port Guests interested in purchasing tickets in person may now do so at the Vervacious shop, offering voyage inspired fancy foods and free tastings. Vervacious is often a featured stop on the culinary walking tour.

Maine Foodie Tours has teamed up with Stonewall Kitchen to offer a new “Farmer’s Market Tour” this Summer, 2011 This unique tour will feature a shopping spree at the Farmer’s Market where guests learn as they buy native Maine produce. Then the fresh ingredients are used in a cooking class with lunch at Stonewall Kitchen. Tours will run Wednesdays when the Farmer’s Market is being held in Portland’s Monument Square.

Down East Magazine September, 2010
“45 FANTASTIC FALL TRIPS” includes a culinary walking or trolley tour from Maine Foodie Tours amongst their top list including Lighthouses, Lobsters, and Leaf Peeping

Maine Foodie Tours is nominated for a 2010 Indie Biz Award with the Portland Buy Local Campaign. Thank you to the anonymous souls who recommended us for consideration.

Sun journal, Lewiston, Maine, Sunday, July 11, 2010 Go & Do: Maine Foodie Tours-Good food, history and fun…on the walk
Read the Article
“Funny man Randy Judkins and other guides bring entertainment to Portland culinary scene” by Ruth DeCoster. Ruth took a culinary walking tour with us and we thank her for this glowing review!

Nomming thru Maine: Portland Day 2
Sara from NYC recently took the beer tour and shares her photos on her blog:
click here for Sara’s Blog Sara writes, “The beer tour was excellent and a lot of fun. It really opened our eyes to how great craft beer is in Maine? we used this knowledge throughout the trip!”

Portland, Maine?Today, Its Ship Has Really Come In
by Norman E. Hill and Maralyn D. Hill, travel writers for Global-Writes, International Food, Wine and Travel Writer’s Association. Norman and Maralyn wrote about their food adventures on the culinary delights trolley tour in June, 2010 as well as their fabulous meals and lodging while in Portland. Click here to read more

Tourific Ideas: 13 Ways to Get Out and See the Sights
Thank you to the Greater Portland Visitor’s Bureau for including MFT in their new 2010-2011 Visitor’s Guide. “Stroll the streets of Portland’s quaint Old Port with Maine Foodie Tours and sample delectable Maine-inspired foods while visiting behind-the-scenes with the artisans who craft these culinary delight.”

101 Maine Things To Do now promoting Maine Foodie Tours
Maine Things To Do is an exciting new resource to find fun statewide with contests to win an adventure, like gift certificates to enjoy a Maine Foodie Tour.
Read about it here

Join us on our new blog
MFT is now posting amusing “Questions/Answers from our guests on the Tours” We are sharing a few highlights, some humor, even a few facts here and there. Tell us what you think, ask us your foodie questions, join us at: Visit our Blog

Maine Office of Tourism Highlights Maine Foodie Tours
MFT receives a strong endorsement/great promotion in this month’s Maine Tourism Association newsletter, read about us on pg 1 & 4: click here to download a PDF of the newsletter.

Twitter and Facebook
Maine Foodie Tours is now on Facebook and Twitter! Become a fan and/or follow us to stay up to date on new tour offerings and to receive special discounts.

Maine Foodie Tours on TV
Maine Foodie Tours was featured on Portland Mayor Jill Duson’s live TV show, “Call-In Portland,” back on August 13th, 2009. Unfortunately, the show is no longer available for viewing on their site.

The Maine Switch
The “Date Night” column recommends Maine Foodie Tours as “our choice for your best night out” (July 23,2009)

Portland Press Herald
Meredith Goad admits to learning a lot in her review of Maine Foodie Tours On the Trail of Something Tasty in the new “Food and Dining” Section now published each Wednesday.

Portland Food Map
Maine Foodie Tours just listed on the Portland Food Map and getting a great response…
read more

Great Tours of Maine
Maine Foodie Tours listed as one of the great tours of Portland and Maine by
The Convention and Visitors Bureau

Maine Foodie Tours Launches New Website!
Maine Foodie Tours is pleased to launch its new site, designed by
Visit T.Doc Creative

The following reviews were shared with our former ticketing agency that requested honest feedback after guests take the tours. You may also find reviews posted on tripadvisor, yelp and cruisecritics.com.

Very informative and fun!
Even though it was a cool, rainy day (complimentary ponchos available) the tour guide was upbeat and pleasant. Wear comfortable shoes and bring some cash (you will want to purchase items along the way). The shops we stopped in were expecting us and the samples were delicious. Portland has wonderful, tasty options for all pallets. I would take this tour again just for the history lesson!
-Local Couple on a Date
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Great mix of local history and foodie stops.
We’ve been on similar food tours in other cities. What we enjoy the most is having a wonderful food guide to show us where the great shops and markets are. Randy, our tour guide did just that! In a city that boasts so many delicious places to either dine or to shop for food, we found it extremely insightful that our tour and guide targeted some fantastic places that we’d probably otherwise overlook or miss all together. We’d highly recommend this Foodie tour to anyone wanting to learn a bit more about Portland’s cuisine.
-Group of Friends
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Lots of fun and great information
This tour offered a nice walk at an appropriate pace along with great food samples and foo/area history. Tour Guide was very enthusiastic and knowledgeable. I would have prefered a bit more time at most stops, particularly the cheese shop and fish market. Discount info and pamphlets from each stop were provided for later reference. These were a really nice addition. Good value for $ too (especially compared to cruiseline tour packages)
-Family Without Children
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We had a great time!
A group of us booked this tour while we were in the port of Portland on a cruise. I felt the tour was a great value for the price and we had a great time. John was an entertaining and knowledgeable guide who not only told us about the culinary history of Portland but also a lot of other general facts and stories about the area. The samples we tried were fantastic and all the shop owners were very gracious and helpful. My husband and I especially liked the whoopie pies at Two Fat Cats. We come from Pennsylvania and there are many places to purchase whoopie pies in this area, but those we tasted in Portland had a fantastic creamy filling that was much better than the ones we’ve tasted locally. The blueberry jam was excellent and of course the lobster was fantastic. We really liked visiting the fish market and seeing the fisherman down by the docks. I would highly recommend this tour to any “foodie” that would be in the Portland area. We had a great time.
-Group of visitors
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A fun afternoon!
The culinary tour was time well spent! Not only did we get to taste several delicious local foods, but we also learned a lot about the city of Portland from our fantastic tour guide John!
-Group of tourists
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Worth the money!
Our Tour guide was great…very friendly, enthusiastic and knowledgeable. All local stores/shops were extremely inviting and also delivered interesting info as well as delicious food!
-Group of visitors
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Great experience
I plan to recommend this tour to all my family and friends.
-Family without children
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A great way to see Portland
This is a great way to see Portland Maine. The guide was friendly, fun, and informative. He provided several suggestions on places to eat. The food was excellent. The price for the tour was very reasonable.
-Single individual
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Tour was fun
I enjoyed my tour very much. I had not spent a lot of time in Portland and it was fun to not only taste my way through the city but get some history as well. Thank you.
-Tourist

The following are comments shared directly to us by our guests:

We took a Foodie Tour for my bachlorette party back in early August. We had a WONDERFUL time on our tour and I couldn’t have asked for a more enjoyable afternoon with my girlfriends! It was a fun and relaxing afternoon to spend in a beautiful city before my wedding! Our tour guide, John was fantastic too! I wish you much success in this new business!

-Sarah Palmer
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We loved it!
The culinary tour was absolutely wonderful! Our favorite stop was the Two Fat Cats bakery because their whoopie pies were amazing! And the “Ducktrap” smoked trout from the Harbor Fish market was great too! All of the food samples were very tasty. Our tour guide John, was awesome and informative on the history of Portland.. We both learned a lot about the Old Port area and will highly recommend this tour to all our friends visiting Portland.

-Hannah and Peggy Laskey, Eddington, ME
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Pam, Thank you, thank you, thank you! The tour was way more than I expected and the truffles were just amazing! It was not only fun, but Jennifer and I rekindled our old relationship and romance thanks to you! Best to you and your dream team!

-Tony Benitez, Sous Chef Norway, Epcot Center, FL
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Comprehensive, Informative, and Thoroughly Enjoyable….even in the rain! We loved that we were introduced to places that we had never seen before (and we have spent lots of time in this town near our home in Sebago over the last ten years!) You offered us a good balance of history and information about the food we enjoyed to which we give a big “thumbs up!”

-Deb Anthony and Dana Gschwendtner, Allentown, PA.
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I took the MFT looking for an outdoor adventure to recommend to my foodie friends. I was very pleased with the knowledge I learned and really enjoyed sampling all the goodies. Thank you!

-Heather Jamieson, Scarboro, ME
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We were looking for a new tour to introduce to all our summer guests and we were not disappointed! Our tour guide, John, was thoroughly entertaining and we actually learned a lot about our neighbor city. We had a really good time and plan to send our friends this way. Thank you!

-John and Jean Frazier, Scarboro, ME
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What a great time! The combination of fabulous artisan food tastings and the history of Portland made the two hours flew by! In fact, we were having such a great time, we made our charming and witty guide bring us back a little late. I highly recommend this tour now to all my friends in CT!

-Carol Perkins, Woodstock, CT
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This tour gave us a taste of Portland which we would not have learned on our own. The guide added a lot of context for us and we loved the wide variety of native to Maine foods.

-Prachi Patel and Joel Predd, Pittsburgh, PA
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We had a marvelous time! This was very informative and nicely paced for all ages. (We had two strollers full!)

-Donna Naroff, Nashua, NH
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My wife and I were introduced by name to all the other attendees before the tour even started, so we loved getting to know one another during the walk. It was a very personal tour and we really liked the interactive nature of it all. Our guide, John, was terrific and we enjoyed a beer at Grittys with all our new friends. Thank you for a wonderful tour!

-Mr and Mrs Belcher, Purton, England
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The stops on the tour were all unique and I seriously loved the dark chocolate truffle as we learned the origin of the ?Needham?. Plus, the smoked trout was just delish. But, my favorite stop was learning about and tasting the local, organic cheeses from Kris Horton at her shop. We had a bunch of ?cheese heads? from Wisconsin on our tour, and they simply could not stump Kris in any way, shape, or form. That was just so fun to watch. The whole tour made me proud of the fine foods produced in our state and the talented artisans who make amazing foods to enjoy. Thank you for a totally fun, feel good experience.

-Donna Laskey, Deer Isle, ME
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“Maine Foodie Tours offers visitors to our region an enticing way to discover the delectable delights offered by the many talented food artisans of Maine. The Greater Portland Convention & Visitors Bureau welcomes the opportunity to work with Maine Foodie Tours to position Maine as a culinary travel destination.”

Barbara Whitten
Director, Greater Portland Convention & Visitors Bureau