Because I go to the Market frequently I felt I knew all about it and therefore never thought about going on this tour. However, when out of town friends came, I thought it would be fun for them so we took it. While we all liked it, I think I liked it the best. The history of the Market and... more

offers insider insight and stories behind such philadelphia food favs as scrapple, turtle soup and of course the quinnessential Philly cheesesteak. The Reading Market can be intimidating to the uninitiated; this jump-started my visit there. Not the usual standard schlock tour - this one is by a bona-fide food historian and expert. more

I was disappointed in this food tour of Reading Market. The focus of the tour was primarily on the history of the market and the history of different vendors in the market. I thought we would get many more food samples, but we sampled only a few things. We would have been better off to use the money we spent... more

I must say I took this tour because I had some time to kill and it was the closest thing to do. The tour was really informative and most of the food samples were good except the batch of Peanut butter ice cream I got. From the second I tried the ice cream, there was not one Peanut Cup Piece... more