Halifax Downtown Food Walk with 6 Tastings

Halifax invented the donair, and since 2015 it has stood as the only municipal food in Canada, which is where this walking food tour begins. The route sets off from Grand Parade, laid out in 1749 between City Hall and St Paul's, then heads downhill into the streets where Haligonians actually eat. Saltwater taffy from a Barrington Street candy shop opens the tasting, followed by donair poutine at a downtown institution as famous for its warren of rooms as for its cooking: spiced beef and sweet garlic sauce over fries, all in one forkful. Down by the water you sit inside a stone warehouse built for privateers and running as a pub since 1974, for a cup of seafood chowder and deep-fried pepperoni with honey mustard, the snack locals order without thinking twice. One stop stays unnamed until you reach it. The finish is at a waterfront chocolate maker, with a tasting and hot chocolate in the cooler months. Your Secret Food Tours guide lives here and will happily settle the argument over the city's best donair.