Eat From a Church Street Bakery to a Nashville Distillery
A three-hour lunch on foot through downtown Nashville, with shrimp and grits, smoked ribs and a honky tonk band on the way.
This is a full lunch eaten in stages across downtown Nashville. A Little Local Flavor, the local company behind it, sets one rule for every stop: locally owned, with every dish made from scratch.
The ticket covers food at four restaurants and one specialty stop, plus a local beer and two cocktails, one of them poured at a distillery. The listing's own advice is to come hungry, and the operator suggests pushing dinner back to 8:00 PM.
Book through the Viator card below. It sells one ticket type, for ages 13 to 80, at a single per-person price.
Walking Food & Drink Tour of Downtown NashvilleAbout three hours on foot from D'Andrews Bakery on Church Street, with lunch-sized food, a local beer and two cocktails.www.viator.comWhat the Current Route Puts on the Plate
The operator's tour page lists the stops in order. It opens with a chicken and avocado sandwich at D'Andrews Bakery & Cafe, the meeting point, which lists itself as a James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards semifinalist. Next comes live music at a honky tonk just off Broadway. Slow-smoked ribs with slaw come at The Southern Steak & Oyster, then shrimp and grits at Acme Feed & Seed on Lower Broadway. A sweet stop follows, which the page names as Leon's Candy for caramels and pralines. Two guests writing in July and August 2026 mention ice cream, and neither mentions candy. Treat the sweet stop as the one most likely to differ on your day. The tour finishes at a downtown distillery with a whiskey cocktail.
Nashville hot chicken is not on the current route, even though the booking page's itinerary section still mentions it. A guest in May 2026 wrote that they wished they had tried some, and the operator's reply pointed them to a hot chicken restaurant elsewhere in town.
Landmark Stories From the Sidewalk
Between stops the guide tells the city's stories. The booking page's itinerary names the Ryman Auditorium, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Printers Alley among them. They are stories along the walk. The ticket lists no admission to the Ryman or the Hall of Fame.
One complaint is specific enough to plan around. A guest who gave the tour three stars in April 2026 wrote that it was incredibly loud outside and the group struggled to hear the guide, and that the tour finished nearly 30 minutes late. Stand close to the guide at street stops.
Ages, Drinks and Dietary Needs
The operator serves alcohol only to guests 21 and over, while guests aged 13 to 20 on the same adult ticket receive non-alcoholic drinks, including a fresh juice mocktail at the distillery.
Food allergies and dietary restrictions need to reach the operator before the day. The listing asks for them in the special requirements field when you book. The operator says it accommodates vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free diets, and that its founder has celiac disease.
The Walk, the Weather and the Group
Expect about a mile on foot over three hours. The operator's pages describe it as just under a mile in one place and just over a mile with one easy hill in another, and its FAQ calls the walking moderate. The listing marks the tour suitable for all fitness levels. It runs rain or shine, with most of the time spent inside restaurants. One guest in August 2025 described grueling heat on the walk between stops. Dress for the weather.
Neither the listing nor the operator's tour page and FAQ state whether the route is wheelchair-accessible or step-free.
One booking takes up to six travelers. The listing caps a shared tour at twelve, and the operator's own page describes groups of 12 to 14.
📍 Meet outside D'Andrews Bakery & Cafe at 555 Church Street. The listing suggests coming early for coffee or a pastry inside. The map pin on this page sits on the Ryman Auditorium, one of the landmarks the listing names along the walk. It is not the meeting point.
- Cancel at least 24 hours before the start for a full refund through this listing. The operator's own site uses a 48-hour window for tours booked directly with it.
- Restaurant tips are included. Tips for the guide and the band are not, and the operator calls guide tips optional.
- The listing's description puts the tour at three to three and a half hours.
Arrive hungry. The last stop pours a whiskey cocktail in a downtown distillery.