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Thanks to Savor Saint Louis Food Tours, Operation Food Search is receiving additional funding to help fight hunger in the region. Savor Saint Louis Food Tours celebrated its newest walking food tour in downtown St. Louis and five years of business by giving back to the community. Savor Saint Louis Food Tours donated 15 percent from each food tour taken during the month of October, which has amounted to nearly $600.   “We are so grateful to Savor Saint Louis Food Tours for their generosity,” Steve Baer, finance associate, Operation Food Search said. “This contribution will help feed more than 20 families for an entire week and provide a cooking demonstration for ten children and their parents. One hungry child is one too many, and we thank Savor Saint Louis Food Tours and the staff for being important advocates and…

One of our tour guides, Natalie, recently took a trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and found a food tour to be a great introduction to the island’s culture. Here’s here recap of the experience! Given that neither of us had ever been to Puerto Rico, a food tour was at the top of my…

One of the best things about living — or visiting St. Louis you’ll find is all the free and inexpensive things there are to do around town. No matter your age or the activities you like, you’ll find something to do that won’t require you to break open your piggy bank. Not only is our…

Savor Saint Louis Food Tour’s tour guide Shawna recently visited DC and, of course, had to check out DC Metro Food Tour’s Capitol Hill Food Tour for us and report back.   We’re happy to say she had, not only a tour that satisfied in food sampling, but on learning about the rich history of…

Next food stop with our Savor team: Puerto Vallarta   Nothing like visiting somewhere a little more tropical when it’s winter where you’re from. And that’s just what Vinnie of our Savor Saint Louis team did over the winter break. However, visiting Puerto Vallarta any time of the year is always nice.    And of…

Food tours truly are a great way to get to know more about the local food, area and customs. One of the best parts of being involved in the food tour industry is making it a point to try other food tours when traveling.   Recently Shawna, one of our tour guides, had the opportunity…

Is your kid a foodie? Here are some great food-related jokes s/he can tell during trick-or-treating this Halloween*:   Q: What is black; white; green and bumpy? A: A pickle wearing a tuxedo   Q: What does an evil hen lay? A: Deviled eggs   Q: What do you call cheese that isn’t yours? A:…

One of the first questions our Savor Saint Louis Food Tour guides ask our guests is if they’ve ever been on a food tour before. In the four years of leading tours, we’ve noticed an uptick in people saying yes. And not only yes, but many add that no matter where they travel, they incorporate…

Food Tour Guide   Compensation: Competitive hourly wage + generous gratuities. We are looking for enthusiastic and knowledgeable local foodies with a love for the St. Louis food scene to be our next food tour guides. We are staffing up now to prepare for a tour expansion. Our food tour guides must have excellent communication…

One of our tour guests was kind enough to put together this video of our Delmar Loop walking food tour. Check it out to get a sense of what to expect on a tour. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.  

One of the best things about being a tour guide for Savor Saint Louis is all the love we get from our guests by the end of the walking food tour. Hugs are not uncommon from people who were complete strangers three hours prior. At the end of the tour, I’m always a little sad…

If you think about everything your mom did for you growing up, it’ll be hard to ever repay her. But you can try. You’ve done the flowers and the candy, maybe even taken her out to lunch at a super crowded restaurant on Mother’s Day where everything feels, well, hurried. Why not treat mom to…