Food Chick Tours

12/24/2025

Thank you, San Antonio hospitality industry, San Antonio explorers and San Antonio visitors, for supporting my business for 10 fantastically delicious years. We have had a #1 ranking on TripAdvisor for most of those years, and have been featured in national, international, local and regional media outlets. It’s been a blast.

Food tours were new when I began this business in 2015 and I still encounter people who have never taken a food tour. But they’re a booming travel trend now and I urge you to find a LOCAL tour company wherever you go. Take a few hours to explore the area with someone who knows the food history, the independent restaurants, the local artisinal food-makers and the dining culture beyond the national chains. Ask for recommendations. Try new things. Roam the streets. Get off the beaten track.

Food tours have become such a “thing” that national companies are launching in cities around the world. I urge you to resist booking with them and spend 10 minutes more researching a truly locally owned and operated company. Support local/independent business owners wherever you go. And support culinary expertise wherever you go too.

I’m pleased to be handing the menus to two new partners at the table: Janet Woltman-Anderson and Scott Anderson. She’s a food scientist with deep knowledge of all things food and he’s a history fiend and active member of the Professional Tour Guide Association of San Antonio. He’s a San Antonio native and she’s from nearby.

Janet and Scott have rebranded as San Antonio Food Experiences and will be offering the same level of local focus as I did with Food Chick Tours. I’ll be working with (and for) them for the foreseeable future - but it’s their business to shape and run. I could not be more excited for them as they follow their dream of owning and operating a food tour company. Find them here:

Discover why San Antonio is the state’s only UNESCO City of Gastronomy. Join Julia Rosenfeld on a delicious tour of San Antonio’s culinary heritage.

12/02/2025

Looking for holiday cheer? I have spots left on my final tour of the year - and the final Food Chick Tours outing - on Monday, December 22. We’ll start with happy hours and toast our way through the evening. DM me for more info.

11/12/2025

Congratulations to Andrew Samia and crew at the all new South BBQ. New location at Main & Ashby - same great BBQ as before. Friends and family lined up for the first night’s soft opening and we’re all looking forward to your success! This time there’s ample seating inside and out, beer on tap and a full bar. Oh - and that fantastic, delicious, cravable green bean salad is still on the menu. Hooray!

09/26/2025

The produce. The farmers markets where EVERYONE shops EVERY week. The foraged and cultivated mushrooms. The wineries and breweries. The live jazz. The patisseries and boulangeries. The fresh air. The gorgeous lakes and walking trails. Summer in the Eastern Townships of Quebec was magic. I met wonderfully focused chefs, delightfully passionate farmers, cheese makers churning with French inspiration. And too many kind and interesting people to count. I can’t wait to return. Eight months and counting down.

06/15/2025

Attempting to recreate those fantastic green beans from Girl & The Goat in Chicago. Stay tuned for the outcome …

05/10/2025

Last week was abuzz with three wonderful groups - all at Pearl. We dodged rain (it won for a few minutes but no one melted), explored history and ate heartily at Ladino, Best Quality Daughter and Mezquite at Pullman Market. The hospitality at each can’t be beat!

04/29/2025

Fiesta San Antonio is always pure magic. No matter the weather, it’s bright colors and never a dull moment. If you haven’t visited San Antonio during the 10 days of Fiesta please come and let us share our rich heritage with you. I won’t serve you chicken on a stick during one of my tours, but there’s no shortage of it anywhere else! 

01/29/2025

The new pastry chef at Supper at Hotel Emma, Mark Metzger, blew everyone away today with platters of wow. This group of 15 from the Michigan Farm Bureau joined me for lunch, and both Best Quality Daughter and Supper made me proud of my city. Great food, warm hospitality and genuine friendliness ruled the day. Thank you all!

12/12/2024

On the eve of my 10th year in business, I’m changing up my offerings for culinary tours of San Antonio. I’ll be focusing on groups of 10 or more and providing only fully customized private tours for fewer than that. Requests for unique tours for corporate and conference groups have increased while the individual 2- and 4-person requests have reduced. And with a huge change and price increase in the booking platform I’ve been using all these years (FareHarbor), the timing is right.

Thank you to the innumerable individuals, couples, families and friends who have joined me on these fun adventures since 2015. Let’s do it again - but with more people!

My goal has always been to shine a light on local, independent, chef-driven restaurants and it continues to be what guides my agendas. Our city is rich with creative culinary talent and I intend to always support them with my tours and my personal dollars. I hope you will too.

Here’s a shot from my most recent large-group tour (AAA Travel) which included a tour of Mission San Jose followed by a tamalada led by Steven Pizzini of Lala’s Gorditas. It was so much fun I forgot to take pictures of the food!

12/10/2024

It’s always shimmering at Pearl this time of year. Enjoy it with friends! These three were in town for the R&R races and stayed to enjoy a Food Chick Tour. Fun!

09/19/2024

First tour after summer break. Wonderful group of women - and terrific stops at Pearl!

06/02/2024

Last - and WONDERFUL - group of the season. What a joy to spend the day with these smart women. Happy wedding-to-be, Laura!