Cathedral Hill Food Tour
Enjoy our elevated food tour in St Paul’s vibrant heritage neighborhood.
Dominating the skyline, the majestic Cathedral of Saint Paul stands proudly as gateway to the city’s most scenic and historic neighborhood. Here the Victorian era’s movers and shakers, immigrants and servants, and priests and industrialists created a slice of St Paul which defined the Golden Age and showcased the city’s affluence. Stroll past stately mansions on Summit Avenue and learn how residents such as James J Hill, F Scott Fitzgerald, and Cass Gilbert created the city’s colorful past. Dine at some of the area’s most historic, luxurious, delicious, and tantalizing locations along the way. At tour’s end you’d feel right at home in the Golden Age of the Hill.
Tour Information
Dates
- Public Tour: 2pm-5pm Fridays year-round
- Private Tour: Select your own day and time! Contact us for availability and booking.
Price
- Public Tour: $88 per person
- Private Tour: Varies depending on number of guests
Location
- Begins at The Gnome Craft Pub (498 Selby Ave, St Paul, MN 55102), ends at Moscow on the Hill (371 Selby Ave, St Paul, MN 55102)
Tastings
- Delicious and lean bison meatballs tossed in a sweet and tangy blueberry sauce with fragrant coconut rice served in a revitalized 138-year-old former firehouse
- Relax with a refreshing and crisp Minnesota craft beer as you soak up your surroundings in an atmospheric 18th-century fire station pub renowned for its vast array of brews
- Satisfy your sweet tooth with a rich, nutty brown butter glazed doughnut accompanied by a cup of clean, crisp drip coffee in a former grand hotel with a sordid past as an upscale brothel for the wealthy locals
- Melt in your mouth open-faced oxtail marmalade and pea sandwich served at the neighborhood’s most luxurious and romantic restaurant, named after the building’s original tenant, a well-respected pharmacist
- At an atmospheric and authentically Eastern European restaurant in the shadow of the Cathedral, sample the traditional national dish of Russia – savory dumplings (either pelmeni [meat and onion] or vareniki [potato and onion]) with sour cream dipping sauce, like generations have enjoyed in the old country
- Toast the fun day with unique vodka shots that you can only get on the Hill, finishing your foodie experience in sumptuous surroundings with cultural artifacts, luxe fabrics, and welcoming hospitality
Subject to change without notice
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Overview
Enjoy an elevated, curated dining experience in St Paul’s vibrant heritage neighborhood.
Dominating the skyline, the majestic Cathedral of Saint Paul stands proudly as gateway to the city’s most scenic and historic neighborhood. Here the Victorian era’s movers and shakers, immigrants and servants, and priests and industrialists created a slice of St Paul which defined the Golden Age and showcased the city’s affluence. It includes stately mansions along Summit Avenue, where it was fashionable to see and to be seen, as well as green spaces, Mississippi River overlooks, and repurposed historic buildings with secret tales to tell. Learn the stories of James J Hill, F Scott Fitzgerald, Cass Gilbert, Ma Barker, and more famous, wealthy, and notorious figures from our capital city’s colorful past.
It is along these streets, within these walls, among these ghosts of the past that you’ll dine at some of the area’s most historic, luxurious, delicious, and tantalizing locations. At tour’s end you’d feel right at home in the Golden Age of the Hill.