Seattle E-Bike Food and Waterfront Tour

E-Bike and eat your way through some of the city's unique waterways, nature, and neighborhoods on a special electric biking food tour. Created and curated by noted cookbook author, restaurateur, food critic, food lover and e-biker, Kenji Lopez Alt. Led by award winning educators and Seattle’s highest rated tour guides, David and Joe.
How long is the tour?
3.5 to 4 hours

How much food do we eat?
Picture a quarter to a third of a robust sandwich at each stop. Your goal is that no one leaves hungry but no one is too stuffed to enjoy every stop.

What dietary needs can you accommodate?
Vegetarian or Pescatarian? No problem. Just let us know when you register. Vegan, not quite as easy but let us know when you sign up and we will reply with what your options will look like on that day.

Do I get to meet Kenji?
Kenji’s schedule does not have room for personally hosting these tour dates. Kenji does plan to do an occasional drop by. Those, however, will be rare and special events.

Meeting Point

2356 NW 67th St

2356 NW 67th St, Seattle, WA 98117, USA

Nearby the large blue Kadampa Meditation Center.

What to expect:

Duration: 4 hours

Shilshole Bay Marina

7001 Seaview Ave NW #100, Seattle, WA 98117, USA

Your first food stop is at Un Bien. The Caribbean Roast Sandwich is often picked as Seattle's, Washington State's, and the country's best sandwich. It's roast pork and grilled onions makes for a memorable experience. Just a side of grilled onions is worth a visit. We eat the sandwich at a hidden beach, even most locals don't know exists. Here we can provide a intro to Seattle's waterways, Puget Sound, islands and Olympic Mountains.

30 minutes

Hiram M. Chittenden Locks

3015 NW 54th St, , Seattle, 98107-4213, Washington

Everyone calls it the Ballard Locks. We walk the bikes through here while visiting the botanical gardens. We take time to see the Locks in action and observe adult migrating salmon. We frequently see harbor seals, herons, osprey, and kingfishers. We exit over a wooden pedestrian bridge over a ravine.

30 minutes

Fishermen's Terminal

3919 18th Ave W, , Seattle, 98119-1679, Washington

We stop at the Fishermen's Terminal where the Alaskan Fishing Fleet store their boats in the off-season. They let us ride the bikes down the docks and see first hand how at least a quarter of the total seafood harvest in the U.S. is associated with this terminal. The Deadliest Catch boats are also here in the off-season.

20 minutes

Fremont

, , Seattle, Washington

Your second food stops may happen in the Fremont neighborhood. Many choices here, we can stop at Tivoli for the famous Tomato Pie with Calabrian Chili Crisps; or check out why Teriyaki is a signature dish in Seattle and go to I Love Teriyaki. Kenji visited nearly every Teriyaki restaurant in Seattle and selected four outstanding places, I Love Teriyaki is on the list. There's also Frelard Tamales with the best Tamales in Seattle, order any tamale. There's also Outsider Barbeque, best brisket in Seattle.

30 minutes

Gasworks Park Marina

2143 N Northlake Way, Seattle, 98103-9122, Washington

Passing by Gasworks Park we sometimes head to The Wayland Mill for an The Egg Sando and nut pie. If we have time we stop at Gasworks and see one of the best view of Seattle while seaplanes land on Lake Union.

30 minutes

Ballard

Seattle, Washington

Often your final stop is Mean Sandwich home of the Mean Sandwich and Oyster Po'Boy. It's full of character, situated nearly under the Ballard Bridge. Dan, the owner, always stops by to give riders a quick overview of his restaurant.

30 minutes