Private Niagara-on-the-Lake food tour
Canada's classics, just your group
Destination
Niagara Falls, Canada
Duration
2.5 hours
Tour size
Max 10
Language
English
Overview
Niagara-on-the-Lake hides its best eating behind pretty storefronts, and on this private tour a local guide takes you straight to it. Six family-run spots, six Canadian classics, from a maple shop opened early to the region's famous ice wine, with a guide focused entirely on your group, your questions, and your pace.
- •Step into a maple shop before it opens for a private tasting of syrups
- •Bite into a butter tart at a bakery that's been here a century
- •Build a plate from a charcuterie board of premium Canadian cheeses
- •Dig into poutine, crispy fries under squeaky curds and gravy
- •Toast with Niagara ice wine and finish on fresh fudge, at your own pace
What's included
- A private guide for your group only
- 6 tastings across 6 family-run businesses (enough for a full meal)
- A before-hours private maple syrup tasting with a sweet treat
- A century-old bakery's butter tart
- A charcuterie board of Canadian cheeses
- A poutine tasting, a guided ice wine tasting, and fresh fudge
What to expect
Maple and the butter tart, at your pace
Your guide meets your group and opens at a maple shop before the public is let in, for a private tasting of syrups with a sweet treat alongside. From there it's a hundred-year-old bakery for the butter tart, Canada's gooey pastry classic, with the town's history told between bites. Because it's just your party, you linger where you like and ask whatever you want.
Charcuterie and poutine
Next is a charcuterie board built around premium Canadian cheeses, with fruit and bread, as your guide traces the region's dairy tradition. Then comes poutine, crispy fries under squeaky curds and hot gravy, the comfort dish no Canadian trip skips. It's the savory middle of the meal, unhurried and yours.
"On a private tour I can actually follow your lead. If you fall for the ice wine, we slow down and go deeper. The day bends around your group, not a schedule."
Meesh,
WalksDevour guide
"The maple shop opens early just for us. It's you, the owner, and a row of syrups before the town wakes up. That sets the whole tone for the whole day."
Peggy,
WalksDevour guide
Meeting point
This tour meets outside The Maple Syrup Store at 27b Queen St, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0. Your guide will be holding a yellow WalksDevour sign. Please arrive 15 minute prior to your tour start time.
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