A private group experience led by poets, comedians and historians. Built for team building, bridal showers, bachelor and bachelorette parties, birthdays and corporate outings.
Every 2.5-hour experience is reserved for your group alone, with a performer-guide, neighborhood storytelling and local tastings. Private groups are typically 6–16 guests; ask us about larger parties.
Private tour · After dark
Downtown LA Bar Tour
Old facades, new pours and the stories between them. A nightlife walk through the heart of the city.
$125 / person2.5 hoursPrivate group 6–16Tastings included
A food tour paradise. With over 60 restaurants, bakeries and bars, the City of Trees is home to some of the best dining experiences in Southern California.
The Los Angeles Times called Highland Park “America's Hottest Neighborhood.” Explore classic and contemporary cuisine amid Craftsman homes in one of LA's most historic neighborhoods.
A downtown feel with an old town vibe: standout treats from among 150 restaurants, bakeries and bars, paired with stories of Pasadena's history, tradition and art.
$125 / person2.5 hoursPrivate group 6–16Tastings included
For birthdays, holidays or the person who would rather collect stories than stuff. Give them a private Fun Belly experience and let their group choose the neighborhood.
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Single Tour
$125
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Tour for Two
$250
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The shape of a Fun Belly day
Walk. Taste. Laugh. Repeat.
A private group, a performer-guide and a table full of local flavor. The exact stops change; the appetite and good company come with you.
Neighborhood stories on footShared plates, private groupA toast to the neighborhood
From the original tours
Shots from the first run.
Photos from Fun Belly's original tour days — the stops, signs and details guests still talk about.
Crumb cakes, fresh off the trayPetisco's, in weathered corrugated tinA bow tie built from wine corks
★★★★★5.0 on Yelp
Rated 5.0 stars on Yelp by our tour guests.
The Fun Belly Difference
The plate is the stage. The menu is the script.
You should leave full, but you should also leave with a story worth retelling.
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Guides who know how to hold a room
Poets, comedians and historians lead the way. They bring timing, personality and point of view, not a memorized lecture.
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Neighborhoods, not greatest-hits lists
We follow the texture of a place: the old stories, the new arrivals and the local businesses that make the route worth walking.
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History you can taste
Food is not a pit stop. Every tasting helps tell the neighborhood's story, one table, storefront and family recipe at a time.
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No strangers in your group
The guide, pace and energy belong to your crew. It feels less like joining a tour and more like having the neighborhood opened just for you.
About Fun Belly
Food, fun and learning.
Started by Carlos — food and travel writer and producer, marketing and advertising creative, college professor and educator, comic, poet — and a guy with an unreasonable love of food and the zeal to share it with everybody. Fun Belly is his excuse to do all of it at once: great food, great stories, great people, and the kind of afternoon you talk about for weeks.
Carlos has curated a superb lineup of tour guides — storytellers known for landing a good story, a joke, and a history lesson while you stuff your face.
Team building & group tours
Your group, your guide, your tour.
Fun Belly is a team-building and group activity from the first stop: bring the office for team building or a corporate outing, or celebrate a birthday, bridal shower, bachelor party or bachelorette party. No crowd of strangers — every route becomes a shared story your group can keep telling.
Private tours are $125 per person for groups of 6–16. Planning something bigger? Tell us the headcount and we'll talk through the right route and format.
With the Super Bowl and Olympics headed to Los Angeles, visiting teams, clients and crews can skip the bus-window version of the city and meet it on foot.
Companies that have toured with us
Four Sisters Inns1st Commercial Realty Group
Meet your storytellers
The people leading the way.
CA
Founder & lead guide
Carlos Aguilar
Food and travel writer, producer, comic and poet — a guy with an unreasonable love of food and the zeal to share it with everybody.
LM
Guide · Downtown LA
Lydia Ma
A downtown denizen with 20+ years among the city's restaurants, bars, chefs and creators. Lydia knows the rooms where LA actually eats — and the people who built them.
SG
Guide · San Gabriel Valley
Sebastian Garcia
An SGV native with a popular food channel on Instagram and Food Network appearances to his name. If it's worth eating in the Valley, Sebastian has a story about it.
F
Guide
Frank
Food and comedy.
Be a Fun Belly guide
Can you work a crowd and love a neighborhood?
We're looking for performers, poets, comedians, historians, influencers and content creators who can make a route feel alive. Bring your voice. We'll build the tour around what you do best.
$30 / hourCurrent working guide rate
Keep your tipsYour performance, your upside
We handle opsRoute logistics, tastings and marketing
You bring the roomTiming, warmth, stories and presence
Press
Fun Belly in the news.
For press inquiries: Carlos, founder and tour host.
Dine 909 · 2015Fun Belly offers walking food tours of Claremont
YelpFun Belly Food Tours holds a 5.0-star rating
More coverage will be added as the private-tour relaunch rolls out.
Good questions. Full answers.
Are all Fun Belly tours private?
Yes. Every neighborhood tour is reserved for one private group. You bring the people; we bring the guide, route, stories and tastings.
How does private-group pricing work?
Tours are $125 per person and run about 2.5 hours. Private groups are typically 6–16 guests. Contact us for a larger group so we can recommend the right route and format.
What occasions are a good fit?
Team-building days, corporate outings, bridal showers, bachelor and bachelorette parties, birthdays, family gatherings and visiting groups all work well. Tell us the occasion and we'll shape the tone around your people.
How much walking is involved?
Each tour is designed as a 2.5-hour walking experience. Route details and accessibility notes will be shared before your date so you can plan comfortably.
What is the refund policy?
The final cancellation and refund window will be shown before any paid booking opens. For now, request forms are non-binding and no payment is collected.
Can dietary needs be accommodated?
Add dietary restrictions to your request. We'll confirm what a specific route can accommodate before you book, since each local partner and menu is different.
Your people. One neighborhood. A story worth keeping.
Choose a route for your team, celebration or out-of-town crew. We'll build the private experience around your group.
Downtown Los Angeles wears its history in layers: grand old facades, tucked-away bars, theater marquees and new nightlife living side by side. This private walk moves through the historic core after dark, pairing the city's architecture and characters with a lineup of memorable pours.
Expect an evening built around your group, with a performer-guide carrying the story from stop to stop. The route favors conversation over rushing and gives your crew room to settle into the city together.
Claremont Village packs more than 60 restaurants, bakeries and bars into a walkable district shaded by mature trees and framed by views of Mt. San Antonio, better known as Old Baldy. Its dining scene is only one layer of a story that runs from the Serrano Indians through Rancho San Jose and the railroad rate wars that helped shape the town.
The streets hold architectural surprises, too. The Russian Village adds an eccentric collection of Queen Anne, Spanish Revival and Colonial Revival influences to a place already rich with college-town character.
Colorado Boulevard is Eagle Rock's main line, connecting neighborhood institutions with the mom-and-pop businesses that keep the corridor personal. The story is best told through the owners and cooks who built their place one regular at a time.
That spirit includes stops like Four Cafe, built around a classically trained chef's seasonal approach. The tour follows that independent streak through the food, personalities and storefronts that make Eagle Rock feel unmistakably local.
The Oinkster — slow fast food on Colorado BlvdLittle Beast — a neighborhood favoriteEagle Rock City Hall — the history stop
The Los Angeles Times called Highland Park “America's Hottest Neighborhood,” but its appeal runs deeper than a headline. Historic Craftsman homes frame a district where old-school institutions and contemporary kitchens share the same streets.
This private route explores that dynamic mix without flattening the neighborhood into a trend. Food becomes the way into Highland Park's contrasts: long-standing community character, ambitious new cooking and the architecture that holds the whole story together.
Old Town Pasadena brings a true downtown feel to a district with an older rhythm. More than 150 restaurants, bakeries and bars sit among brick facades, courtyards and streets shaped by a rich local history.
The tour connects standout tastes with Pasadena's traditions, art and architecture. It is a walk that rewards looking up between bites, then slowing down long enough to understand how the old and new city fit together.
Downtown Covina is compact, walkable and full of the kind of independent places that reward a closer look. Citrus Avenue anchors a district where familiar storefronts, new kitchens and community gathering places all carry a distinctly San Gabriel Valley point of view.
This is the hometown route: relaxed, welcoming and built around the flavors and stories that locals know are worth sharing. Your group gets the district at a pace that leaves room for conversation.
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