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Discover Santa Barbara's Funk Zone on a unique 3-hour tour blending local flavors and street art photography. Taste six delicious dishes and sharpen your photo skills while exploring this lively neighborhood.
Discover Santa Barbara's Funk Zone on a unique 3-hour tour blending local flavors and street art photography. Taste six delicious dishes and sharpen your photo skills while exploring this lively neighborhood.
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Operated by Eat This, Shoot That! · Santa Barbara, California
easy.
3 hours.
Suitable for all fitness levels with light walking between tasting locations.
This tour is designed for adults due to wine tastings, but older teens may join with prior approval.
Yes, please inform the company ahead of time so they can customize tastings to fit dietary needs.
A smartphone with a working camera is all you need; expert guides will offer tips for better shots.
Some areas have uneven pavement, so please contact the company in advance to discuss accessibility options.
Yes, this is a private experience tailored to your group size and interests—contact Eat This, Shoot That! to arrange.
The tour covers approximately 1-1.5 miles on foot at a relaxed pace with several stops.
The Funk Zone was once an industrial district transformed into a lively arts and culinary hub within the last two decades.
Local businesses emphasize sustainable sourcing and reducing waste, aligning with Santa Barbara’s green initiatives.
Eat This, Shoot That! is a Santa Barbara–based food and photography tour company that crafts guided culinary experiences combining tastings with smartphone photography instruction. Founded to showcase Santa Barbara flavors and visual storytelling, the company operates a range of curated trips across the Funk Zone and nearby towns. Tours include the Mini Funk Zone Food & Photo Tour, a 1.5-hour walk featuring three tastings that range from German fusion to Mexican street tacos, paired with street art highlights and photography tips suitable for all ages. The Funk Zone Food & Photo Tour is a longer, three-hour experience with six tastings spanning gastropubs to artisan wines, plus guidance on capturing the neighborhood’s hidden murals. Solvang Bakery & Wine Crawl is a three-hour bakery crawl through downtown Solvang with 9–10 tastings of Danish pastries, local wines, and artisan treats, behind-the-scenes insights, smartphone photography tips, and historical context celebrating Solvang’s hygge lifestyle. Pop-Up Tours offer a flexible three-hour option that focuses on exquisite meals and smartphone photography; these pop-ups run rain or shine and follow mask protocols at select tasting locations. All experiences emphasize responsible enjoyment of local food, visual exploration, and practical smartphone photography techniques. Eat This, Shoot That! focuses on small-group, walkable routes that reveal Santa Barbara’s culinary scene, street art, and cultural touchpoints, providing travelers and locals with accessible ways to taste and photograph the region. Tours are designed for smartphone users of all skill levels and accommodate varying dietary preferences when communicated in advance.
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