Secret Food Tours · Upper King Street
A three-hour brunch walk through the Upper King Design District, around Marion Square. Pick it for a printed menu that adds up to a full meal, in a part of downtown the French Quarter walks never reach.
This is Secret Food Tours' second Charleston route, and the listing says you "eat enough bites to add up to a full meal". The menu: a croffle, a country ham hot little biscuit, passion fruit and mango sweet tea, fried green tomatoes, shrimp and grits, pimento cheese, Southern fried chicken with honey and the Secret Dish. Landmarks on the way include the Aiken-Rhett House, Charleston Music Hall and Marion Square.
Check two details. The Viator listing meets at Maccaro, 427 King Street, while the operator page gives the William Aiken House, 456 King Street; follow your voucher. The Viator menu lists a Bloody Mary and Santome Prosecco, and the operator sells those as an upgrade package. The walk ends at Babas on Cannon, 11 Cannon Street. Per the operator, starts run hourly from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Tuesday to Sunday.
Viator charges from $89 against $104.99 direct. Confirmation can take 48 hours. Reviews mostly praise the guides and the shrimp and grits; one June 2026 guest gave two stars, saying the stops were mostly coffee shops.
Meet at the address on your voucher; the Viator listing gives Maccaro, 427 King Street.
A country ham hot little biscuit and passion fruit and mango sweet tea. Guests report biscuits hot from the oven.
The route passes the Aiken-Rhett House, the American Theater, Charleston Music Hall and the Visitor Center.
Fried green tomatoes, shrimp and grits and pimento cheese. Several guests report a seated stop at Virginia's.
After the fried chicken and the Secret Dish, the walk ends at Babas on Cannon, 11 Cannon Street.
★★★★★Perry our guide was very thoughtful, kind and knowledgeable about the city of Charleston [...] The final stop at Virginia’s was incredible, we received our own private room with a sit down experience that was 10/10. [...]
★★★★★[...] greeting us with yummy biscuits that were hot out of the oven. Great way to start the tour! She took us to several locations and the food only got better.
★★★★★[...] On this tour you will NOT leave hungry so come with an empty stomach and definitely bring your walking shoes you will get your steps in.
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A croffle, a ham biscuit, sweet tea, fried green tomatoes, shrimp and grits, pimento cheese, fried chicken with honey and a Secret Dish.
The Viator listing gives Maccaro, 427 King Street; the operator's page gives the William Aiken House, 456 King Street. Use your voucher.
Sweet tea is. The Bloody Mary and prosecco appear on the Viator menu, while the operator sells them as an upgrade for guests 21 and over.
3 hours on Viator; the operator says 3 to 3½ hours with 6 stops.
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Biscuits, fried green tomatoes and fried chicken on a three-hour Upper King Street walk.
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