The Mile High City has been gaining recognition as one of the best cities in the nation for food and drink. Whether you want to grab a bite from a food truck, sip cocktails at a Prohibition-style speakeasy, or treat yourself at a restaurant helmed by a James Beard Foundation award winner, you can fulfill all your foodie dreams in Denver. But with so many options—and only so many meals in a day—it can be tough to choose!

Luckily, these food and drink tours let you sample a smorgasbord of the city’s culinary delights. 

 

General Denver Food & Drink Tours - Walking

Delicious Denver Food Tours

Let a local guide lead you off the beaten path and introduce you to delicious local dishes while dishing about Denver's rich history, art and architecture. From walking tours and tastings through Denver's most delicious neighborhoods (don't miss the RiNo tour) to a focus on cocktails or food halls, you'll visit some of the best restaurants and bars in town on these adventures. Vegetarian tastings are available on all food tours!

 

Local Table Tours

Visiting and local foodies alike will eat up these neighborhood walking tours from the state’s longest-running food tour operator. All tours feature a rotating list of establishments, which you can view on the website. Choose among walking tours of Lower Highland (LoHi), River North (RiNo) and Lower Downtown (LoDo), where you could feast on gourmet ice cream sandwiches and stop in for a drink at Denver's oldest bar. Most group tours are also available on other days of the week as private tours.

 

Denver Microbrew Tour

Explore Lower Downtown or the River North Art District on one of these easy, beer-themed walking tours. Taste 10-plus brews from Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup-winning breweries on each 2.5-hour tour. Non-imbibers can still drink up on the company's Mocktails and Murals tour, or if you're in town for the holidays, don't miss the Christmas Beer and Cookies tour.

 

Denver Local Tours

Tap into Denver’s Wild West past on the Whiskey and History Tour. On this three-hour walking tour of downtown, you’ll hear tales of the gunfighters, pioneers, con men, bootleggers, smugglers and crime families that helped make the Mile High City what it is today. You’ll sample a range of whiskies at Denver's oldest Irish pub, stop into a modern saloon and close the tour at a local distillery.

 

General Denver Food & Drink Tours - Bus

Denver Brew Tours

Craft a custom, private brewery bus tour for up to 15 people. You pick the breweries, and Denver Brew Tours will pick you up and handle the rest! Having a tough time narrowing down your options? Their beer connoisseurs will plot out the perfect tour for your group. Beer and food purchases are not included in the cost of the private bus tour, although many breweries offer deals for tour customers. 

 

Aspire Tours Brews & Views 

Get out of town! No, really—get out of town on this four-hour scenic tour to three mountain breweries. Your friendly and knowledgeable tour guide and driver will pick up your group at Denver Union Station and whisk you into the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. You’re guaranteed breathtaking mountain views and taste-bud-tickling brews at each stop. The first round of beer or tastings at each brewery is included in the tour price.

 

On-Site Facility Tours

 

Stranahan's was the first distillery in Colorado since Prohibition. It offers a variety of tours and guided tastings year-round, explaining the mystery behind the legendary product. Choose among the exclusive Mountain Angel Guided Whiskey Tasting, hour-long lessons in single malts, a cocktail making lesson from an expert mixologist and loads of other adventures in whiskey. 

 

Laws Whiskey House

You'll start this hour-long tour of Colorado's premier craft distillery in whiskey church, so yeah, you know this is going to be a must-visit for whiskey lovers. Besides the lessons and formally guided whiskey tasting, you'll get stunning views and time in one of Denver's most beautiful cocktail lounges. 

 

Coors Brewery

Take a peek inside the largest single-site brewery in the world. Since 1873, Coors has been brewing in small-but-mighty Golden, situated at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. The 90-minute tour of the facility is full of history, education and, of course, beer. 

 

Little Man Ice Cream Factory

Sundays are for ice cream making, when the Little Man Ice Cream Factory on West Colfax Avenue opens its pints to the public. Get an inside look at all the churning, mix-ins and Salted Oreoing happening at the facility that supplies all the Front Range Little Man locations. 

 

Spooky Tours

Nightly Spirits Ghost Tours

It’s not just the spirits of the dead you’ll experience on these 2.5-hour walking tours through Denver’s spookiest neighborhoods. While you hear chilling tales of Lower Downtown’s former red-light district, you’ll also stop into haunted bars and pubs for the other sort of spirits along the way. (21+ only, drinks not included in the price of the tour.)

 

Colorado Springs Food Tour

Rocky Mountain Food Tours

Denver doesn’t hold a monopoly on delicious dining options! Colorado Springs—just an hour south of Denver—also has plenty to offer foodophiles. From the original three-hour walking tour of downtown Colorado Springs to shorter focuses on coffee, cocktails or breweries, Rocky Mountain Food Tours will give you the best possible tastes of Colorado Springs. 

 

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