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About Sidewalk Food Tours of Miami

OUR STORY

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EXPERIENCE MIAMI THROUGH ITS FOOD

Sidewalk Food Tours was founded in New York City in 2011 by Joshua Hirsch with a simple idea: one of the best ways to understand a neighborhood is through its food.

After years of leading food tours in cities across the U.S. and abroad, we brought Sidewalk Food Tours to Miami in 2024. Since then, we’ve spent a lot of time exploring the city, eating at local restaurants, working with local guides, and getting to know the food and stories we think are worth sharing.

Miami is an incredible city to explore through food because so many cultures have helped shape the way the city eats. The restaurants, people, art, and changing neighborhoods all tell a part of Miami’s story—and Wynwood gives us a great place to bring those pieces together.

Our Wynwood Food Tour combines the neighborhood’s food with its street art, culture, history, and people. We want the experience to feel a little like exploring Miami with a local friend who knows where to eat, what to look for, and has some good stories to tell along the way.

We also put a lot of thought into where we eat. Not every restaurant we try makes the cut. Great food matters, but so does the story behind the restaurant, its connection to the neighborhood, the experience our guests have there, and how each tasting fits with the rest of the tour.

Our private Miami food tours are popular with families, friends, celebrations, and other groups who want to experience Wynwood together. Having your own guide makes it easy to eat, explore, and spend time together without having to plan all the restaurant stops yourself.

We also specialize in corporate team-building food tours in Miami. Instead of another traditional team-building activity, coworkers get out into Wynwood, eat together, explore the neighborhood’s famous street art, and have plenty of time to talk and enjoy each other’s company. For larger corporate groups, we can divide guests into smaller groups with multiple guides and coordinate the experience so everyone can participate.

Whether you’re joining our public Wynwood Food Tour, exploring Miami with family and friends on a private tour, or planning a corporate team-building event, our goal is pretty simple: great food, interesting stories, and a fun way to experience Miami together.

We’re always discovering new restaurants, meeting new people, and finding new places worth sharing.

Bring your appetite. We’ll introduce you to the Wynwood we love.

OUR TOURS

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EXPLORE WYNWOOD ONE BITE AT A TIME

Wynwood is one of Miami’s most colorful neighborhoods, and one of the best ways to experience it is on foot with something good to eat along the way. Our Wynwood Food Tour brings together the neighborhood’s food, street art, history, culture, and people.

Come hungry. Along the way, you’ll stop at local restaurants and food spots we’ve chosen to give you a taste of Wynwood. We look for delicious food, but we also look for places with an interesting story, a connection to the neighborhood, or something you might not discover on your own.

Between tastings, our local guides share the stories behind Wynwood’s transformation, its famous street art, local culture, and landmarks. You’ll have time to look around, learn about the neighborhood, and experience more of Wynwood than you would simply going from one restaurant to the next.

That’s one of our favorite things about food tours: the food gets you into the neighborhood, but the stories help you understand it.

Join our public Wynwood Food Tour, book a private Miami food tour for family and friends, or bring your coworkers together for a corporate team-building food tour. It’s an easy way to eat, explore, and spend time together while experiencing one of Miami’s most interesting neighborhoods.

Whether you’re visiting Miami for the first time or you’ve lived here for years, we hope you leave with a full belly, a few good stories, and some new places you’ll want to come back to on your own.

Discover Wynwood through the food, art, and stories that make the neighborhood what it is.

FIND THE TOUR THAT'S RIGHT FOR YOU!

MEET THE TEAM

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JOSHUA HIRSCH

OWNER

On a six-hour historical tour of Lower Manhattan, Joshua’s stomach began to grumble as the guide pointed out some delicious food spots. It was then that he had an “aha moment.” He decided to include his favorite food places on a history and culture walking tour, so folks wouldn’t be hungry while discovering the city!

He wanted his tours to tell the story of the neighborhood through its food and the people who prepare it. The rest, as they say, is history. Sidewalk Food Tours, a culinary experience company, was born. He has since expanded into ten delectable cities. His goal is to expand to every major U.S. city you travel to, so you can experience its food and culture on a Sidewalk Food Tour.

 

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CHIEU HIRSCH

PARTNER

We are honored to have Chieu Hirsch on our team. She plays an integral part in the company’s overall success. Her family bravely refuged to the U.S. from Vietnam in the 1980s. She brings years of business experience, previously working for Sprint, Principal Financial, Morgan Stanley, and Hartford. In addition to her business acumen, she is extremely passionate about feng shui, astrology, food, and culture. She loves meditation, traveling, and hiking to beautiful mountaintops. Spending quality time with her eight nieces and nephews is what brings her the most joy.