Eat your way through the Funk Zone - Santa Barbara's hip, new 'hood - while learning about local culture and how to take great food photos.
This food & photo tour starts on lower State Street and will walk you through the Funk Zone neighborhood where you will taste what Santa Barbara is known for with bites of fresh seafood, gastropub creations, Mexican food, artisan beer, and locally grown wines several different locations. Along the way, you’ll get immersed in the local culture and hear interesting stories about each place you’ll visit.
You’ll also learn easy-to-shoot photo tips from your pro tour guide and take your food photo skills to the next level using your smartphone’s camera app. By the end of your 3 hour tour, you’ll be eating like a local and shooting like a pro!
(Please note: we cannot accommodate shellfish allergies, vegan or celiac restrictions at this time. However, we only have one shellfish/seafood tasting on the tour.)
Posted By : ThomasD827
This was one of the best tours I have ever been on. I still use the “training” for taking pictures of food that I learned on the tour.
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Posted On : 2023-09-04 15:13:55 
Posted By : lpgarvin
The food & drinks on this tour were fabulous - especially at We Want the Funk! Dillon as our guide was friendly and knowledgeable. A great way to try some different foods and learn more about beautiful Santa Barbara!
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Posted On : 2023-08-27 20:34:53
Posted By : Jason Wesley C
Camilla was a great tour guide. She took my girlfriend and I to parts of Santa Barbara we had no idea existed. She has a robust knowledge of the history of the Funk Zone. We went to a balanced array of places and Camilla ensured we did not wait or lose time. She even proactively cleaned tables, when needed, to save time. It was my girlfriend’s birthday and she had a great time. We definitely would recommend. They even accommodated our preference of no pork.
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Posted On : 2023-07-30 22:14:40
Posted By : JustANomadTraveler
A must-do! A great way to kick off a trip to Santa Barbara! Our guide was very knowledgeable and friendly and we had a great time eating our way around the the funk zone and taking pictures along the way. Definitely go on an empty stomach because we were in a food coma afterwards! Our guide gave recommendations for eating and drinking through out Santa Barbara, which we took and were not disappointed. Can’t recommend enough.
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Posted On : 2023-07-08 00:52:43
Posted By : Kristen_K
Nadia was awesome!! Super knowledgeable. Great tour!! Great food! Lots of different stops and food to try.
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Posted On : 2023-02-19 17:39:29 
Posted By : Jenny_E
The tour guide was lots of fun! She immediately got people in the group talking with each other. In addition, she made sure that people with food allergies were able to eat. I highly recommend this tour!
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Posted On : 2023-01-18 22:31:10
Posted By : Geri_R
We had so much fun and our guide, Christina was fantastic! The funk zone was so cool and we definitely would not have found some of these great spots!
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Posted On : 2022-12-10 13:18:41
Posted By : Michaelshoney
Good-
1)excellent food choices
2)good variety of food
3)always gave water out at each stop where it was available (it was very hot that day)
4)Good information given about places and Santa Barbara in general, especially the Funk Zone which we had never really knew about
5)lots of stops and extra food from places we couldn’t go to (chocolate and popcorn!)
6)We had one 21+ and one non alcoholic tour. I loved that for the non-alcoholic I was given lemonade at 2 stops. Thanks!
6)Very nice tour guides
Other-
1)New person with an accent so sometimes it was hard to understand (and she talked a little soft at times)
2)during pizza and ice cream even though she got the napkins she did not pass out the napkins. I had to get up and go over to get some during pizza and even that didn’t clue her in to passing out the napkins to others or putting them in the center of the table, the others had to get them themselves. I understand that it involves her touching the napkins but she already touched them to get them.
3)first stop I don’t think was enough time, at wine tasting stop at valley winery I thought it was too long, the others seem to be a good enough time
4)this tour was billed as Eat This Shoot That and we were going to learn picture taking tips. We only did 2 tips throughout our 3 hours. It seems if that is going to be in your title we should have had many more tips (though the tips she shared were good)
Overall this excursion was good, but just not 5 stars.
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Posted On : 2022-09-25 15:17:22
Posted By : InHouseCounsel
This was my second time for the Santa Barbara Funk Zone Food and Photo Tour. I enjoyed it so much several years ago when I was in the area by myself for work, that I signed up again with my wife when we had a vacation in the area last week. We thoroughly enjoyed the experience- it is a great way to get some exercise walking around while learning about the history and culture in the Funk Zone. The guide was knowledgeable and made sure we all had fun. There was plenty of food, including wine, beer, and spirit tastings, and we enjoyed getting to know fellow travelers during the tour.
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Posted On : 2022-08-04 12:08:44
Posted By : Thomas_D
This was with no doubt the bast food tour we have ever done, Christine was great and the food/area was amazing.
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Posted On : 2022-08-03 13:16:40
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