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9 Fantastic Factory Tours You Can Only Take In Florida

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It’s always fascinating to see the process behind how things are made. Here in the Sunshine State, you can get a behind-the-scenes look at factories manufacturing everything from chocolates to airplanes. Take a look at the list below and you might find a fascinating tour near you:

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Take a Made in America Florida Factory Tour

Watch as the citrus fruit comes down the line, see how boats are made, take a chocolate tour , and even get up close and see how the animatronics in your favorite amusement parks are made in one of these fun Florida factory tours.

Florida Factories That Offer Tours

Al’s Family Farms | Fort Pierce, FL

You’re invited to take a self-guided or group tour of the citrus wet line, packinghouse, and store where they wash, sanitize, and pack Florida’s famous Indian River Citrus for those of us up here in the North.

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Maverick Boats | Fort Pierce, FL

Factory tours are available on Friday afternoons by reservation.

Regal Boats | Orlando, FL

Take a tour of the Regal boat-making process. See every step, from the creation of the hull to the handcrafted upholstery, assembly, and final quality tests.

Sally Dark Rides | Jacksonville, FL

Take a tour of Sally Dark Rides where a 40,000 sq. ft. office doubles as a production shop for the team of engineers, technicians, fabricators, and artists. Get up close and see how they make the animatronics for your favorite amusement parks.

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Made in the USA: Food Factory Tours in Every State

Are you taking a road trip this year and would like to see and do something different? Or maybe just go see something in your own state. Taking a fun Food Factory Tour may be right up your alley.

Here is a list of fun Food Factory Tours in every state. Go see how chocolate or ice cream is made. Maybe you would like to see how beer or bourbon is brewed.

This list has everything from Jelly Belly in California to fruit cake in Texas to maple syrup in New Hampshire. From learning about the history of these companies to all the ingredients used in the foods we eat, these tours are not only educational but fun.

It’s also exciting when we are able to get free samples at the end of the tour.

Food Factory Tours are always fun to go to and they are great things to do especially on a rainy day when you’re on vacation.

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Blue Bell Creamery, Sylacauga, AL

Although not a big tour, you get to see (through a glass window) the “real factory” making ice cream and packaging it into ½ gallon containers.

It’s fun for the kids as they have an ice cream parlor with every flavor of ice cream that they make. You can get a large scoop in a cup for just $1.

The factory is opened Monday through Friday, from 8 am to 4:30 pm. They also have a country (gift) store on the premises. Across the street, they have picnic tables and a grassy area for your convenience.

Alaskan Brewing Company, Juneau, AK

Alaskan Brewing Company brews and bottles 20 varieties of beer at their facility in Juneau. Tours are given through the Alaskan Tour Hallway from May through September.

These tours begin at Downtown Brewery Depot where you take a shuttle to where the beer is made. You get to see their 10 barrel system and how they make the beer as well as hear all about the history of the company which was the first brewery in Alaska.

Tours are for ages 8 and up and are $25 which includes free samples of their beer including some limited edition or rough draft brews. Tours last about 1 3/4 hours and it’s recommended to book them in advance.

Cerreta Candy Company, Glendale

Come see how this family-run business makes delicious chocolate. This 30 minutes guided tour is $5 and shows you how chocolate is made along with the soft flavourful centers.

Purchase a VIP pass for $12.50 and in addition to the tour your kids make a chocolate pizza with toppings like M&Ms, chips, pretzels and of course white chocolate “cheese”!

These tours are given from Monday to Friday at 10 am and 1 pm.

Markham & Fitz’s Chocolate, Bentonville

Take a tour of Markham & Fitz’s facility and see how their chocolate is made from the cocoa bean to their chocolate bars.

Tours must be scheduled and are $20 per person. You will taste each part of the process from the nid, liquid chocolate to the finished bar.

Tours take about an hour and you will receive a chocolate bar at the end.

The store has everything from cookies, cakes, all kinds of chocolates to all types of chocolate drink.

Jelly Belly Factory, Fairfield

The Jelly Belly Factory offers several tours as follows:

• Watch videos of the process and take a self-guided walking tour along the factory to see how the jelly beans are produced. At the end enjoy the free samples of their products. This tour is free and can be taken Monday to Friday from 9:15 am to 4 pm.
• Personal guided tours are given 7 days a week (although no productions on weekends) at 10, 11:30, 1 and 2:30 pm. These tours are up to 6 people and are $39 per tour.
• Jelly Belly University Tour is on the actual factory floor with a close up on how Jelly Bellys are made. At the end, you get a “Beanology Degree”. Cost is $59 per person, must be reserved in advance and you will be required to wear lab coats, hairnets, and gloves.

Hammond’s Candies, Denver, CO

Since 1920, Hammond’s has been making candy canes, lollipops and other candies by hand. You can take a 30-minute free tour and see how they pull, twist and shape their candies by hand.

Factory store hours are Monday to Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm with tours given Monday to Friday from 9:15 am to 2:45 and Saturday from 9:15 am to 2:15 pm.

Tours can be booked online (24 hours in advance) or by calling 303-333-5588 ext 110. Reservations are accommodated as walk-ins are not guaranteed and based upon availability.

Connecticut

Pez visitor center, orange.

See the largest selection of PEZ memorabilia in the world including a PEZ motorcycle built by Orange County Choppers in this 4,000 square foot facility.

Take the tour of the production area seen through glass windows and watch videos for how they actually make this famous candy.

Admission is $5 for adults and $4 for seniors and children 3 to 12. Under 3 are always free. You paid ticket received a PEZ lanyard and a $2 credit towards merchandise in the gift shop.

For an additional $3, Monday to Friday, you can also get an in-depth candy demonstration. You must be at least 6 years old and would need to stand through the 20-minute presentation. You also need to wear a hairnet.

The PEZ Center is open Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday from noon to 5 pm.

Dogfish Head Brewing Company, Milton

There are no food factories in Delaware but they sure do know how to make craft beer. Dogfish was established in 1995 and has become a staple of the community.

Brewery & Distillery hours are Monday to Saturday from 11 am to 7 pm and Sunday from noon to 7 pm.

They offer the following tours:

Quick-Sip–A 25-minute free tour around the brewhouse and a free sample flight of 4 beers (they pick 2 and you pick 2) following the tour in the tasting room.

This tour is given on Monday to Thursday at noon, 2 and 4 pm and Fridays to Sundays at 11:20, 12:20, 1:20, 2:20, 3:20 and 4:20.

Off-Centered Tour–An hour-long tour consisting of the brewhouse and their R&D system area where you sample an experimental brew. Then you are off to the packing area where beer is kegged, canned and bottled. When finished you go to the tasting room where you get to choose your sample flight of 4 beers.

This tour is $10 per person and you even get to take home a glass with the Dogfish logo. Tour is given Monday to Thursday at 11 am and 1, 3 and 5 pm in addition from Friday to Sunday every hour on the hour from 11 to 5 pm.

Note: To take either tour, you must wear closed-toed shoes.

Florida’s Natural Growers Grove House Visitor Center, Lake Wales

Although not a factory tour, you get to see several videos all about citrus farming and the process of making juice. You can also take an outdoor tour through the orange groves.

This free tour is open Monday through Friday from 10 am to 5 pm. Free samples of Florida’s Natural Brand juices are available for you to try.

Note: This tour is only open seasonally from October to May.

World of Coke, Atlanta

Located in downtown Atlanta, the World of Coke, although not a factory tour but a total coke experience. Come see where the secret Coca-Cola formula is located and try over 100 different drinks coke sells throughout the world.

 You also get to see the bottling process as well as over 100 artifacts of Coke throughout the years. On the second floor, there is a 4D video that feels like a ride as the seats move. At the end is the Tasting Room.

Admission for adults is $17, Senior 65+ $15, children 3-12 $13 and 2 and under free. Admission is also part of the Atlanta City-Pass.

Opened year-round, hours and days change according to season so check their website . Plan on sending 2 to 3 hours here.

Dole Plantation, Wahiawa

Although not a factory tour, the Dole Plantation is a whole pineapple experience.

You can choose the tour you want depending on your time and what you want to spend. Tours are offered daily from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm.

The following tours can be purchased as a package or purchased separately:

The Pineapple Express Tour Train—A two-mile 20-minute train ride learning all about the history of pineapples in Hawaii. Train tickets range from $9.50 for kids to $11.50 for adults.

Plantation Garden Tour—This is a walking self-guided tour of eight different gardens including coffee beans, exotic fruits, cacao pods  and of course, pineapple. Garden tickets are between $6.25 for kids and $7 for adults.

The Pineapple Garden Maze—One of the largest garden mazes with 2.5 miles of paths covering 3 acres of land of pineapple plants. Maze tickets range between $6 and $8.

Combination tickets can be purchased depending on the experience you are looking from and start at $13.50 and go up to $24.

Ballard Family Dairy Farm & Cheese Factory, Gooding

Located in Southern Idaho is this family-run farm that starts the cheese process with milk from their own Jersey cows. You can take a one hour tour for just $2.50 per person and see the animals on the farm to the whole cheese-making process.

They make several award-winning kinds of cheese in many different flavors from white cheddar to curd cheeses in 7 flavors including garlic her, garlic pepper, dill, tomato & basil, spicy pepper and plain.

So if you are ever in the area stop by for a tour and sample some cheese!

Long Grove Confectionery, Buffalo Grove

Be greeted by a 500-pound chocolate Santa and a 2,500-pound chocolate Statue of Liberty as you enter the Long Grove factory. Start your tour with a video then take a look at how chocolate is made.

Depending on production you may see caramel being make or the staff hand painting molds before being filled. This wholesaler of chocolate products makes over 300 varieties sold throughout the country.

They are famous for Milk Chocolate Pecan Myrtle.

Tours are given Monday through Friday and cost $2 per person. A reservation is required.

Albanese Confectionery Group, Merrillville

World-famous Gummies are made at Albanese Confectionery and you can take a free tour to see how they are made. This self-guided tour can be taken Monday to Saturday from 9 am to 8 pm and Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm.

 After watching a video, you get to look at the factory through 8 different windows explaining how gummies and Gold Label chocolates are made.

And of course, free samples of gummies and chocolates are available at the end for your enjoyment.

Note: There are no tours available during November and December since Santa is there and March and April for the Easter Bunny.

Hensen’s Farm Fresh Dairy, Hudson

Hensen’s Farm offers several kinds of tours during their season which runs from April 1st to October 31st and is open Monday through Saturday. All tours are by reservation only.

The following tours are available:

Hands-On Tour

This 2-hour tour takes you from the farm with a trolley where you get to milk a cow, bottle feed a calf, pet goats and kangaroos and make butter. You also get to sample many products including ice cream. Cost is $15 for ages 4 and up, 3 and under are free. This tour is given at 3:30 Monday through Saturday.

Animal Petting Tour

This also includes a trolley ride to the farm and walking tour to see the animals were you get to pet cows, calves, goats and kangaroos. You also get to make butter and sample products and eat ice cream. This tour is only available on Saturdays at 12:30 pm and costs $12 for ages 4 and up and free for ages 3 and under.

School tours and adult group tours are also available. Call 319-988-9834 to book these tours.

Kansas Underground Salt Museum, Hutchinson

This tour takes you by tram 650 feet underground to see where salt comes from. This is a working salt mine and when there you can feel the salty taste on your lips. The mine is opened Tuesday to Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm (tours start at 9:20 with the last tour beginning at 3 pm) and Sundays from 1 pm to 5 pm (last tour starts at 3).

In addition to the museum, several different tours are offered as follows:

Dark Ride Tour

You first enter an elevator where you go down into the mine where you get the tram. The dark ride tour is in the lighted area of the mine where you learn all about salt mining. You also get to take a piece of salt home with you.

This tour ranges from $12.50 for ages 4 to 12 to $19 for adults.

Salt Safari Shuttle

This is in addition to the dark ride tour and costs an additional $12.50 per person. You get to ride for miles in the unlit area of the mine just being able to see with your lighted hard hats.

Note: Children 4 and under are not allowed in the salt mine. Also, you will be supplied with a hard hat to hear in the mine.

Wild Turkey Bourbon, Lawrenceburg

Kentucky is known for its bourbon, has several manufacturers with Wild Turkey being the largest. You can take a one hour tour of their distillery and rickhouse (where the barrels are aged) for $11 per person. (Current military and Veterans are free if ID).

After the tour, you will receive a flight of different bourbons to try. Tours are given Monday through Saturday beginning at 9 am and the last tour starts at 4 pm.

Note: Minor can take the tour however you need to be 21 to taste any bourbon.

Tabasco Sauce Factory, Avery Island

This is where Tabasco Sauce has been made for over 100 years by the same family. You can take a self-guided tour starting at the Tabasco Museum and continuing for 10 stops from how the peppers are grown to the bottling and packaging of the sauce.

Tours are given 7 days a week beginning at 9 am and the last tour starts at 3:30 pm. They are walking tours and are $5.50 ages 5 to 54 and $4.95 for ages 55+ and veterans.

Wilbur’s of Maine Chocolates, Freeport

Wilbur’s of Maine offers factory guided and non-guided tours of their facility on certain dates of the week changing all the time so you need to visit there website for days and times.

During their guided tour (which is $4.50) you get to see how the chocolate is made but also get to make your own chocolate too. And of course, samples are given!

Spagnvola Chocolatier, Gaithersburg

Spagnvola used to give weekly tours but now only give tours during events. You can take a chocolate-making 101 class where you get an in-depth tour of the factory as well as learn to make different candy fillings and chocolate treats.

This event costs $75 and is 2.5 hours long. Reservations are a must and you can find out details on their website .

Massachusetts

Cape Cod Potato Chips, Hyannis

Come see how Cape Cod Potato Chips are made one batch at a time in custom barrels. Can you believe that they make 30,000 pounds of chips this way every day?

This is a free self-guided 30-minute walking tour. Of course, you get a free sample at the end. And the company recently built a new patio where you can relax and enjoy your chips.

Jiffy Mix, Chelsea

Jiffy Mix offers free one hour tours beginning with a video and then a guided walkthrough of their facility.

You will get free samples and refreshments. They even give you a free gift bag too!

Tours are given Monday to Friday from 9 am to 3 pm. Reservations are required by calling 4734-372-0223.

• Children must be at least in first grade to take the tour.
• You will be required to wear hairnets for part of this tour.

Redhead Creamery, Brooten

You begin your tour at the farm with the cows, you’ll even see where the cows are milked. Then you will see how the cheese process is done.

Tours are $10 and take between 1 and 1.5 hours. It’s a walking tour and is wheelchair accessible. Tours are given on Friday and Saturday at 12:30 pm.

Of course, get ready to try lots of cheese samples!

Mississippi

Lazy magnolia brewery, kiln.

The Lazy Magnolia Brewery offers several tours given on Thursday and Fridays at 6 pm and Saturday at noon, 2 and 4 pm.

Available tours are as follows:

• Front Porch Tour is $10 and includes a tour of the brewery and a pint glass.
• Back Porch Tour is $20 per person and includes a brewery tour, a flight of beer and a pint glass to take home.
• Debutante Tour is $30 and in addition to the brewery tour, flight and pint glass you also get a growler and a growler coolie to take home.

Note: Anyone can take the tour but you must to 21 years old to drink and take home the growler.

The Roasterie Factory, Kansas City

Take a tour and see how coffee is made at this must-see experience while you’re in Kansas City.

Factory tour includes the company’s history, see the roasting floor, see a live brewing demo and taste their cold brews.

Tours are 45 minutes long for a $5 fee and are given as follows:

• Monday to Friday 10 am and 12″30 pm
• Saturday 8:30, 10, 11:30, 1 and 2:30
• Sunday 10:30 and 12:30

You can also take more in-depth classes, check out their website for details.

Hop-On Montana Brew Bus Tour, Whitefish

This tour takes you to 3 breweries, wineries or distillery where you get to see the products that they make and get a flight or pint at each stop as a sample.

Tours run about 4 hours and reservations can be made at their website . Tours cost $65.

UNL Cheese Factory, Lincoln

Come and see this working dairy and find out how they make milk into cheese and ice cream.

Tours are free but must be scheduled 2 weeks in advance by calling 402-472-2973.

At the end of the tour, you can purchase ice cream at a discount.

Kimmie Candy, Reno

Take a free tour of the Kimmie Candy Factory and see how they make their Sunstars candy.

Your first stop is a video to see how the cany is made. Then you’re off to either a mini self-guided tour or a guided full tour of the factory. The choice is up to you but no matter which one you decided your get free samples!

You must call 775-284-9200 to schedule your tour which are given weekdays 10 am, noon and 3 pm.

New Hampshire

Parker’s sugar house, mason.

You need to time this tour right (so call ahead) with Mother Nature but is usually March through the end of April to see how maple syrup is made.

Here you get to see how the Native American made maple sugar the old fashion way to today how Parker’s make it in a wood-fired evaporator.

They have a year-round restaurant (Maple Barn) that gets a high rating and a gift shop that of course sells Maple Syrup all year round.

David Bradley Chocolatier, Robbinsville

You can watch (through observation windows) chocolate being made anytime from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 4 pm. Discover how to make temper chocolate at home from their instructions. Of course, samples are available for your pleasure.

Eagle Ranch Farm Tour (Heart of the Desert), Alamogordo

Take a free 45-minute walking tour of the Heart of the Desert Pistachios and Wines. Here you can see how the products are being made from the start (crop) to finish. The tours explain and show you how pistachios are grown and processed. You see the fields, processing plant, packaging, and shipping.

Tours run daily Monday to Friday at 1:30 pm from September to May and twice a day at 10 am and 1:30 pm from June to August.

Brewery Ommegang, Coppertown

The Brewery opened its doors in Cooperstown in 1997 and has become one of the top craft beers in New York.

You can take a brewery tour for $5 per person. This 30 minute guided tour takes you through the brewhouse, cellars and packing hall. Afterward, you can take a guided tasting (for $10 per person) which included 6 kinds of Ommegang beers.

If you are ever in this area of New York and don’t want to take the tour, the brewery has a 100 person cafe with 20 beers on tap.

A summer concert series has become very popular in recent years with some top names performing.

Tour and tasting hours are Wednesday to Saturday from noon to 4 pm and Sunday from 11 to 3.

North Carolina

French broad chocolate factory & cafe, ashville.

Take this guided tour of the factory and see chocolate being made beginning with the coca bean to how they form the bars and also bonbons. And of course, free samples!

Tours are $12 for adults and children 12 and under are free. They are given Monday to Friday at 2 and 4 pm and Saturdays at 10 am, 12, 2 and 4 pm.

North Dakota

Drekker brewing company, fargo.

Drekker Brewing Company offers free tours on the first Saturday of each month at noon. These tours are given by one of the owners or the brewers so you really get to learn all about how their beer is made starting with the grains to the end.

You get to try samples of the raw products and finish with a tasting of 4 beers. Tours must be reserved in advance.

Although these tours are free, the company asks for a donation that is given to a different non-profit each month in the Fargo community.

Dum Dums (Spangler Candy) Bryan

Take the Dum Dum trolley on a tour of the factory and see the candy packing and warehouse areas. Learn about all the different flavors of Dum Dums and which are the best selling ones.

Tours are given Wednesday to Friday from 10 am to 3 pm (the last trolley leaves 2:30) and from Memorial Day to Labor Day tours are from Monday to Friday.

Tour prices are as follows:

• Adults $6.00
• Seniors $5.00
• Ages 6 to 18 $4.00
• 5 and under are free with paying adult

Braum Family Farm (Braum’s Ice Cream), Tuttle

Come down to the Braum’s Farm and tour the processing plant and bakery. See how they make ice cream, ice cream cones, milk, cookies and so many other products.

Tours are given Monday to Friday at 9 and 11 am. You must reserve and do it early as these tours fill up fast by calling 405-228-4604.

Tours are free and take about an hours and of course, you get free ice cream and bakery items at the end.

Harry & David, Medford

Take the Harry & David tour and see their products being made, including cheesecake, baklava, chocolate truffles and of course their famous Moose Munch.

You will also get to see how they prepare their “towers” and other gifts including preparing their pears for shipping.

Tours are given Monday to Friday at 9:15, 10:30, 12:30 and 1:45. Cost is $5 per person and you receive a $5 discount off $40 of goods at their store.

Reservation for the tour is recommended especially the closer it gets to the holiday season.

Pennsylvania

Hershey Chocolate World, Hershey

Hershey offers a 30-minute ride showing you how their chocolate is made. This is not a factory tour but you will see the process they take and find out all about the ingredients they use.

For more information read about the Hershey Tour and many other fun factory food tours in Pennsylvania.

Rhode Island

Newport vineyards, middletown.

Although not the Napa Valley, Newport Vineyards is the largest winery in New England. They offer complimentary tours of the vineyards and winemaking. Times and days change depending on the season.

After the tour, you are welcome to take a wine tasting for $17 which also includes a souvenir logo glass.

South Carolina

Charleston tea plantation (bigelow tea), wadmalaw.

Come see the tea plants at the only tea factory in America, Charleston Tea Plantation and take one of the many tours they offer.

This tour is a free self-guided walking tour where you look down into the actual tea factory. There are TV screens where the Bigelows explain the tea making process.

A Trolley Tour is also available for $14 for adults and $7 for children 4 to 11 (3 and under are free) and takes you all through the acres of tea bushes explaining all about them. You also make a stop at a greenhouse where you see how the bushes actually grow. This tour is about 35-40 minutes.

South Dakota

Sdsu davis dairy plant & sales bar, brookings.

Visit the South Dakota State University campus in Brookings and discover what great things the students are learning.

They have a Dairy Plant were they learn to make milk, ice cream, cheese, and butter. The Sales Bar 1.5 miles away serves everything that it made. The students are responsible for everything from making the products from raw milk to marketing and sales.

Take a tour and see for yourself this state of the art dairy plant. Taste the products made there and experience what these students are learning.

You can schedule your tour here .

Jack Daniel’s Distillery, Lynchburg

What would a trip to Tennessee by like without going to see where Jack Daniel’s is made?

The Dry County Tour is a tour of the distillery and the whiskey-making process without tasting any of the products. It’s a little over an hour long and costs $15 for adults and $7 for children 10-17. These tours are given Daily including Sundays from 9:00 to 4:30.

The Flight of Jack Distillery Tour is the same as the above however at the end you go to the Barrell House where you get a flight of 5 different kinds of whiskey to taste. This tour is $25 and is 1.5 hours long.

The Angel’s Share Tour is the same as the Flight tour except you will be given the whiskey from the single barrel collection. This tour is $30 and is also 1.5 hours.

Note: With the Flight of JackTou r and the Angel Tour you can be 18 years old to take the tour but must be 21+ to drink the Whiskey.

Collins Street Bakery, Corsciana

For over 100 years Collins Street Bakery has been home to its famous Deluxe TM Fruitcake. Factory tours are given seasonally by appointment in their Downtown Corsicana location.

See how its fruitcake is made and delivered throughout the world.

Sweet Candy, Salt Lake City

Known for its salt water taffy, chocolate covered jelly sticks and fruit sours, this family-owned business has been making candy for over 100 years.

You can take a free guided tour of their factory Monday to Thursdays from 9 am to 4 pm and Friday from 9 am to 11 am. The tour included free factory samples and all tours are by appointment only.

Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, Waterbury

Take a 30 minute guided tour to one of America’s favorite ice cream factories, Ben & Jerry’s.

Hear about the company’s history as well as see how the ice cream is made. And as expected, get a free sample of ice cream.

Tours are given daily, times vary depending on the season but run consistently throughout the day, the last tour beginning an hour before closing.

Tours are $4 for adults, $3 for seniors and 12 and under are free.

Note: You can’t make a reservation for the tours and during peak season they can get busy having to wait up to 2 hours, however, you can purchase tickets for that day and come back at a later time.

Route 11 Potato Chips, Mount Jackson

Take a tour and see the entire process of how potato chips are made through big windows looking down into the factory (except for the peeling of the potatoes).

Tours are free and available Monday to Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm. After you can get samples of many kinds of potato chips to try.

Theo Chocolate, Fremont

Take an hour tour learning all about the process of making Theo Cholcate from the cocoa beans to the making of the bars. This is an inside view of the actual factory where the chocolate is made. You get to try a wide variety of samples along the way.

Tours cost $12 per person and are given Monday through Saturday however there is no production on Saturdays. Reservations in advance are highly recommended by calling 206-632-5100.

West Virginia

Hatfield & mccoy moonshine, gilbert.

Located in the West Virginia mountains is the Hatfield & McCoy Moonshine Distillery. Stop by and see how their moonshine is made with all-natural ingredients from white corn (grown in West Virginia). It’s made in small batches and its strong at 90 proof!

Twig’s Beverage, Shawano

Start with a movie on the history of the company and learn all about their beverages. See how all their products are made with real sugar the old fashion way and bottled in glass containers.

After the tour take a break at the soda tasting bar and sample Twig’s products. Schedule your free guided tour by calling 715-526-5031 a week ahead.

Jackson Hole Still Works, Jackson

Take a tour and learn about the entire process of how they make their vodka and gin production. All ingredients are grown in Wyoming including the best tasting water from the Tetons.

Tours are given during regular hours daily from 10 am to 6 pm. They are given every day but call ahead to arrange your time at 307-699-8998.

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There are so many made in America products and I hope you enjoyed the reading about them. So on your next road trip take a break and stop to see some fun food factory tours along the way!

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34 thoughts on “Made in the USA: Food Factory Tours in Every State”

The Jelly Belly tour!! Its added to our next holiday when we visit!

Thanks for the thorough post, gotta add some of these to my bucket list now. I wanna see all the breweries and the orange juice factory haha!

Wow! I have lived in FL, NJ, PA, and VA and I have never gone to any of these places. Definitely going to have to go back and visit.

There are a lot of food factories in PA, they have a whole snack trail plus many more

I’ve toured the Blue Bell factory! It’s always interesting to see the behind the scenes.

Yes it is fun to see how the products are made

What a fun post! Crazy that as many states as I’ve been to, I don’t think I’ve made it to one of these. I’ll definitely be bookmarking this for my next trip.

Yea some states I’ve been to I didn’t go the factories but a great thing to do on a rainy day

Oh, cool! I didn’t even know that my home state, Florida, did the “how to make orange juice” thing, and I definitely want to go sometime!

Yes so many different things to see in all the states!

What a great list! The Hammonds candy factory in Colorado is a good one. I went once. It was a quick tour, but I loved seeing the factory at work. You can also visit the Celestial Seasonings factory in Boulder as well. That one was really cool!

I’ll have to check the celestial Seasonings factory out one day. Yes it is cool seeing these factories and how they make their products.

What a fun idea for a list! We travel in our camper a lot so I need to save this list for when we’re on the road. We’ve been to Cerreta’s a few times! It’s a little small but young kids really enjoy it! They even have conveyer belts like on I Love Lucy. LOL

Us too, we travel in a camper too so we never know where we will end up. Love road trips and the many different places out there that you can discover.

I love this. I am a huge fan of food factory tours, and we love the Ben and Jerry factory in Vermont. It is right near some great ski resorts. We also love to do this in other countries. It is a great way for kids to learn about the culture. Such a fun activity for families!

Yes I agree and it’s good for kids to see how products are made. I also agree the Ben & Jerry factory in Vermont is cool, been there several times.

This is such a great post so many cool places I would love to visit, the oj factory. These would be great options for homeschooling too.

Yes many of the places on the list would be good for homeschooling, there is so much to learn at many these places

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Amazing list! I love touring factories – I’ve been to a few places on this list! The Pez Visitor Center is such a hidden gem, great way to spend a few hours!

Yes it is, Its fun to see all the different PEZ dispensers that they have on display!

Wow, what a thorough post! Totally a foodie here so I love this.

This is such a great list! As someone who loves food and travel, a list of state food tours is perfect! Thanks so much for compiling this information.

We travel to a lot of states too that’s why I decided to make this list because you never know where you will be

What a neat read – I had no idea there was a Theo Chocolate just a couple hours north of me. We will have to check this out one day!

Thank you and enjoy your chocolate tour when you can get there!

I love this list, pinned for later 🙂

P.S. The Oklahoma Factory is Braum’s with an M, we used to live there and they make THE BEST ICE CREAM and milk!!!

Thank you for this great list! I grew up going to the Jelly Belly factory but have yet to take my own kids! I had no idea Reno had one, we were just there and looking for things to do with the kiddos. And the Pez and Ben and Jerry’s states will have to go on our travel wish list!

Ben & Jerry is a great tour and the kids love all the ice cream, well the adults love it too, lol

I live in NC and will be checking out the chocolate factory next time I’m near Ashville. Thanks for sharing 😊

Thank you, visiting food factories can be lots of fun!

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Discover all the great factory and maker tours around you in Florida (FL). Industrial and food factories, farm and maker tours are becoming more popular as they provide hours of entertainment and are cheap and often free. Tours are great for creative date ideas and family adventures with many factory production lines surprisingly kid friendly and educational.

01. Whetstone Chocolates

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Discover more about the history of chocolate and exactly how delectable treats are made at St. Augustine’s “Original Chocolate Tour.” Enjoy a four-tiered tasting experience led by Whetstone Chocolatiers, and learn the Whetstone story. Taste freshly made chocolates and confections while you walk through our factory and learn to distinguish the finer characteristics of our dark, milk and white chocolate, cocoa nibs and more.

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Chocolate Kingdom, the Factory Adventure Tour, is an interactive journey that uncovers how chocolate transforms from the bean into the creamy, dreamy chocolate bar. Your Personal Chocolate Tour Guide joins forces with a handsome Prince and his Dragon sidekick to take guests through a Cacao Tree Greenhouse, a one-of-a-kind Chocolate Museum, a Mystical River of Chocolate and a Bean-to-the-Bar Factory utilizing old world machinery.

Opportunity to create a customized chocolate bar (for $9 extra), Chocolate Kingdom is a unique chocolate experience.

Tours last approximately 45 minutes. Samples provided throughout the tour.

03. J.C. Newman Cigar Factory

Visit El Reloj, the last operating cigar factory in the “Cigar City” of Tampa, Florida. 

Explore our three-level cigar museum, watch old cigar films in our interactive theater, see cigars hand rolled in our rolling room, take a 75-minute guided factory tour or attend a hand-rolling class run by our Master Rollers.

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Discover the magic of color at Crayola Experience, Crayola’s premier, one-of-a-kind family attraction! Dozens of hands-on, creative activities and a full day of fun awaits families in Orlando, Fla. at The Florida Mall. Bigger, brighter and bolder than ever, the colorful adventures of Crayola Experience help kids and adults alike explore art and technology, express their creativity and experience color in a whole new way.

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Chocolate Kingdom, the Factory Adventure Tour, is an interactive journey that uncovers how chocolate transforms from the bean into the creamy, dreamy chocolate bar. Our Personal Chocolate Tour Guide joins forces with a handsome Prince and his Dragon sidekick to take guests through a Cacao Tree Greenhouse, a one-of-a-kind Chocolate Museum, a Mystical River of Chocolate and a Bean-to-the-Bar Factory utilizing old world machinery.

With an opportunity to customize a chocolate bar that weighs approximately 7 oz., where customers get to select the type of chocolate they want and up to 3 ingredients from our 17 selections and then we make it fresh at the end of the tour (for $9 extra), Chocolate Kingdom is the most unique chocolate experience in North America and will inspire and amaze chocoholics of all ages.

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Escape the South Florida tourist traps as your local guides take you through the REAL Fort Lauderdale on a food tour with some unique food and drinks!

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After a prolonged period of being stuck at home, some families are looking to travel again. And while the COVID-19 pandemic means that precautions still have to be taken, and not every destination is up and running at 100% capacity, there's still plenty of unique experiences out there that are once again open to the public.

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Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory (Louisville, Kentucky)

Swing by to see how baseball bats are made — this company has been churning them out since 1884. Your family can walk through the factory production line and watch the wood chips fly! Everyone can try out bats from iconic players, like Babe Ruth and Derek Jeter. With plenty of photo ops (including your crew inside a giant baseball mitt) and a free mini bat souvenir for every guest, this tour will be a home run. Open daily; $ 18 for adults, $11 for ages 6 – 12, free for ages 5 and under

Jelly Belly Visitor Center & Factory (Fairfield, California)

From your perch above the production line, you’ll witness all the steps — slurry, steam bath, glossy application — it takes to create the gourmet jellybeans that have been a thing since the late 1800s. Video screens provide close-ups and fun facts (like it takes 1 – 2 weeks to make a jellybean). Feeling hungry? Stop at the café for a jellybean-shaped pizza. Open daily (but factory workers are typically there only on weekdays), $5 for adults, $2 for ages 2 and up, free for younger kids

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The Kazoo Factory Tour Experience (Beaufort, South Carolina)

After learning the ins and outs of kazoo-making during a factory walk-through, everyone gets to create their own instrument to take home. A built-in souvenir is music to our ears! Open Monday to Friday, $9 for adults, $7 for ages 4 – 11, free for younger kids

PEZ Visitor Center (Orange, Connecticut)

The colorful facility dispenses equal parts nostalgia (it maintains well-organized vintage PEZ displays) and tech wizardry (you can see how the famous candy is packed). Be sure to snap your kid’s pic in front of the world’s largest PEZ dispenser, which looks like a person wearing a PEZ-themed baseball cap. Open daily; $5 for adults, $4 for ages 3 – 12, free for younger kids

Polaris Experience Center (Roseau, Minnesota)

School-age kids who love to build things will have their mind blown going behind-the-scenes at this maker of snowmobiles and ATVs. On the guided tour, they’ll see laser cutters, high-speed saws and other cool equipment making parts for the vehicles. They can also watch motors being installed and ATVs being tested. Whoa! Open Monday to Friday; children under age 6 prohibited; free

Hammond’s Candy Factory Tour (Denver, Colorado)

This centuries-old confectioner invites you to see how it makes its lollipops, candy canes and other treats. Looking through large viewing windows, your crew will be gobsmacked at how the colorful candies are shaped and packaged. Open Monday –Saturday; free

Kohler Design Center Factory Tour (Kohler, Wisconsin)

Got a teen whose interested in manufacturing? They’ll be fascinated by this detailed two-hour, 3 ½-mile foray behind the scenes of how the brand’s famous plumbing products are created. Open Monday – Friday, children under 14 not permitted, free

Sweet Pete’s Candy Shop (Jacksonville, Florida)

Willy Wonka vibes are strong at this mansion that takes guests from room to room of candy-making demos. You’ll get to design your own chocolate bar, choosing from more than 16 toppings. Check availability online; $6.45 per person

Henry Ford Rouge Factory Tour (Dearborn, Michigan)

One truck per minute rolls off the assembly line at this famous automotive factory — and your crew gets a birds-eye view of the goings-on from a 1/3-mile observation deck. There’s also a gallery of cool cars, like a 1965 Ford Mustang, to check out. Check dates online; $22 for adults, $16.50 for ages 5 – 11, free for younger kids

Turkey Hill Experience (Columbia, Pennsylvania)

While the dairy producer’s actual factory is closed to the public, this children’s museum-like attraction gives families the inside scoop on ice cream-making, plus unlimited free samples. Your kids can create their own virtual flavor, and then star in a commercial promoting it . Open daily; starts at $10.50 per person

World of Coca-Cola (Atlanta, Georgia)

Since you can’t tour an actual Coke bottling plant, this attraction is the next best thing. Its Bottle Works exhibit, showcasing real equipment, explains the packaging process. And you’ll get a chance to taste different kinds of sodas from around the world. Open daily; $19 for adults, $15 for ages 3 – 12, free for younger kids

Tillamook Creamery Tour (Tillamook, Oregon)

From a viewing gallery above the factory floor, you’ll see how milk becomes cheese. Then hit the dining hall for gooey faves, likes grilled cheese and mac ’n cheese. Your fam can even share a “flight” of ice cream. Open daily; tour is free, you can add tasting experiences for a charge

Warner Bros. Studio Tour (Los Angeles, California)

Your crew will be star-struck hanging out at a working movie studio. During the hour-long guided portion, you’ll see backlots, movie sets and maybe even spy someone famous. Then you’ll have two more hours to explore on your own — plenty of time to snap a pic of your family in front of the fountain from Friends . Open daily: $69 for adults, $59 for ages 5 – 10

The Great Utz Chip Trip Tour (Hanover, Pennsylvania)

Kids will discover how potatoes get turned into chips at this famous maker’s plant near the Pennsylvania-Maryland border. They can watch factory workers from an observation gallery; closed-circuit TV monitors provide close-ups. Everyone receives a free sample of chips at the end. Open Monday – Thursday, free

Ben & Jerry’s Factory Experience (Waterbury, Vermont)

With a tentative re-opening planned for the end of June 2022, this beloved attraction wets appetites with a short movie about how Ben & Jerry got their start. From there, it’s off to the mezzanine where you’ll watch how the ice cream is made. Samples of ice cream (sometimes a flavor that’s exclusive to the factory) is the proverbial cherry on top. On your way out, visit the “ice cream graveyard” of flavors that are no longer made. Check back for ticket info

The Crayola Experience (Easton, Pennsylvania)

There are many activities to take part in at The Crayola experience, including a live show where a "crayonologist" demonstrates how crayons are made. The 65,000-square-foot attraction also includes a toddler and a big-kid playground, interactive games and a studio for art projects, among manny other stations — they recommend blocking out three or four hours for a visit. Open daily. Admission is $25 if you buy tickets in advance; a timed ticket is required for all visitors ages 3 and up. There are also Crayola Experience locations in Chandler, Arizona; Mall of America, Minnesota; Orlando, Florida and Plano, Texas, but offerings may vary

Taza Chocolate Factory Tour (Somerville, Massachusetts)

Specializing in stone-ground chocolate, this candy maker explains the production process and hosts a sampling. On weekends, there’s a scavenger hunt-themed tour for kids under age 10 . Open Wednesday – Sunday; $8-$12 per person

The White House (Washington, DC)

Though not a factory in the traditional sense, White House tours are back, and you can meander around the famous Blue Room, Red Room, State dining room and — best of all — the Rose Garden. But you can’t wait until the last minute to book. Twenty-one to 90 days before you’d like to visit, you need to request one of the free tours by contacting your congress member’s office. Tours are only available on Fridays and Saturdays

Blue Bell Creamery Factory Tour (Brenham, Texas)

Look high above the factory floor to see ice cream being packaged in different types of containers. An employee is on-hand to answer all the kids’ questions about the process, so encourage them to ask away. Open Monday – Friday; free

American Whistle Company (Columbus, Ohio)

A kitschy stop on a Midwest road trip, this factory doles out loads of engaging info about a topic you probably never considered — how whistles are made. Everyone receives a whistle to take home. Open Monday Friday; $6 per person

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1. Orlando Food Tours

This Winter Park walking food tour takes you on a three-hour journey across local eateries.

Your $47 ticket allows you to experience some award-winning local dishes and treats in the Winter Park area.

Tours are available Friday, Saturday and Sunday and run from 11:45 a.m. until 3 p.m.

For more information on the tour or to get tickets, visit the website here .

2. Tantalizing Tastes and Tours

This tour takes you around Orlando and gives you some flavors from around the city from 4 Rivers to Pom Pom’s, as well as views of landmark locations such as the Amway Center and Holy Land.

The tour costs $73.83 and runs from 11:30 a.m. until 3 p.m.

To see more about the tour or to get a ticket, check out the website here .

3. Orlando Brewing

Located on Atlanta Avenue, Orlando Brewing uses only organic ingredients, and only four ingredients in its beers: water, hops, yeast and malted barley.

Free tours are offered at 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, but no reservations are taken, so tours are on a first-come first-served basis.

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4. Chocolate Kingdom

Take a 45-minute chocolate tour through a cacao tree greenhouse, a chocolate museum, a river of chocolate and a micro-batch bean-to-the-bar factory that uses old-world machinery.

For an additional fee, guests can create a customized chocolate bar.

Adult tours cost $16.95, and children 4-12 can take the tour for $12.95.

Other activities include a chocolate-making experience, a wine and chocolate pairing and a chocolate fountain event with a fountain of milk, white and dark chocolate.

If your sweet tooth craves to know more about the tour, head over to the website here .

5. Farris and Fosters

This chocolate adventure lets you choose the amount of chocolate you want to put into molds, then pair it with whatever fillings you desire including peanut butter and strawberries.

Pricing ranges from $22 per pound of chocolate (2-pound minimum) for a group of three or fewer to $20 per pound for groups of 12-36 people.

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6. Lakeridge Winery & Vineyards

This winery offers complimentary tours seven days a week of the production area and vineyards where grapes are grown and harvested.

Wine tastings are also available for guests.

To book a tasting and tour of the vineyards, swing over to the website here .

7. Showcase of Citrus

Take a ride on a hulking 4x4 through this 2,500-acre estate and learn about the history of the Citrus Estate, trees, plants and animals in the area. Acres of groves and 50+ varieties of citrus.

This tour will cost adults $25, kids 4-12 $15. Children younger than 3 are free.

To see what the showcase of citrus is showcasing on its website, click here .

8. Quantum Leap Winery

The Quantum Leap Winery seeks out the finest wine and brings it back to its Orlando facility for finishing, blending and packaging.

For more on the tour or to book it online, visit the site here .

9. Wondermade Workshop

Take a tour of this marshmallow madhouse from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on April 3.

Wondermade creates marshmallows with a twist of flavors from carrot cake to bourbon.

A $15 ticket lets you take a tour of the kitchen, enjoy some drinks and treats, and learn to cut and decorate your own marshmallows.

Space for the tour is limited.  You can get a ticket from the website here .

10. Angell and Phelps Factory

This free 20-minute tour of the Angell and Phelps chocolate factory lets you glance through large cottage windows and watch  candy experts create candy concoctions the old-fashioned way.

The tour comes with free chocolate samples at the very end.

Take a trip to the website here for more tour information.

11. Sanford Beer Tavern tour

Take a seat on a limo cycle and pedal your way down a tour of the pubs in Sanford.

This 15-passenger pedal party takes you on a tour of the various bars and pubs in Sanford, including the Imperial at Washburn Imports and the Willow Tree Cafe.

To book a tour, cycle over to the website here .

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12. Anheuser Busch Factory- Jacksonville

This open-air tour offers a step-by-step look at the all-natural Budweiser brewing process, with a tasting midway through the tour.

Once your tour is over, you can take a trip to beer school to learn about the different styles of beer, proper pouring techniques and food pairing suggestions.

Prices for the tour are $35 for ages 21 and up and $15 for guests ages 13-20. The beer school costs $15 per person.

For more information on the tour, go to the website here .

13. Yuengling Brewing- Tampa

This free tour is open to the public and gives guests a tour of the history of the brewery, a look into how it brews its beers and even a taste of its products at the end.

Be sure to bring closed-toed shoes, as they are required for the tour.

To find out more about the tour, check out the site here .

14. Al’s Family Farms- Ft. Pierce

See how Florida citrus is processed, washed, sanitized and packed to be sent around the country on this tour full of Florida citrus facts.

An $8 ticket gets you a tour of the wash line, packing house, entrance into their OJ Corral agricultural exhibit and tastes of fresh-picked fruits and fresh-squeezed orange juice.

Make a reservation on the site here .

15. St. Augustine City Walk- St. Augustine

This 3-hour taste tour around St. Augustine lets you explore five or six local venues while tasting delicious fresh foods and flavors.

There’s even a wine pairing option for guests who like to be wined and dined.

The tour will run you around $49 per person, with the wine pairing option costing $19 more.

To schedule a tour of the tastes of St. Augustine, head to the website here .

Money Report

39-year-old gives New York food tours for a living—his company brought in more than $145,000 in a year

By gili malinsky,cnbc • published august 10, 2024 • updated on august 10, 2024 at 10:14 am.

On a balmy, overcast Tuesday in July, Scott Goodfriend prepares to take a group of five on his Iconic Foods of the Lower East Side tour in New York. They stand at the entrance of a large food market in the downtown Manhattan neighborhood.

This was "the immigrant center of New York," Goodfriend tells the group. And wherever immigrants came from, they brought their food with them. The tour includes eateries such as Italian dessert hub Ferrara , local bagel spot Baz Bagel , and others, with a sprinkling of historical facts along the way.

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The first stop is the Doughnut Plant , a 30-year-old, industrial-looking shop with concrete floors and platters of doughnuts behind a steel counter. Goodfriend explains that the founder, Mark Isreal, discovered his grandfather's doughnut recipe and used it to open the business in 1994.

He brings out three different doughnuts for the group to try: Tres leches, Brooklyn Blackout and blueberry.

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"Oh, yeah," says a seventh grader on the tour. "These are good."

Goodfriend, 39, officially started selling food tours in 2019 while working in communications. In 2023, after getting let go from his job at Meta, he decided to take his company, Ultimate Food Tours , full-time. Between May 2023 and May 2024, he brought in more than $145,000.

Here's how he built his budding business.

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Ethnic food was a constant in goodfriend's life.

Goodfriend grew up in the Calabasas neighborhood of Los Angeles, the oldest of two kids. His dad was a mortgage broker and his mom worked at the UCLA medical center. Food was a constant. "My parents would always love to take us out to different ethnic foods in L.A.," he says. "My dad really likes Persian food. My mom always really likes sushi and Japanese food."

Learning about the past was a constant as well, he says — he'd often watch the History Channel with his dad.

Goodfriend attended the University of Colorado Boulder and graduated in 2007 with a degree in journalism. He then went to work in reality TV, first in LA, then, in 2011, in New York. "I liked reality TV because I felt like I could jump from project to project a lot quicker," he says.

In 2016, he nabbed a job at major PR company Edelman. Throughout his six years at the company, he led projects in Web3 and virtual reality. Then, in July 2022, he got offered a job at Meta in their augmented reality wing.

"I felt like I finally made it," he says. The job paid about $200,000 per year.

Friends sent 'little goals to challenge me' to make tours

When Goodfriend first moved to New York, "I would pick different neighborhoods to kind of explore," he says, including various eateries in the area. Seeking out Bosnian food took him to Astoria, Queens, for example. Curiosity about its Russian population took him to Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.

Eventually, friends found out about the tours he was taking himself on and demanded he do the same for them. "They were sending me little goals to challenge me to make these food tours," he says. He'd take them to Brooklyn neighborhoods like Borough Park with its Hasidic population and Sunset Park with its Chinese community.

Goodfriend gave these kinds of tours for about eight years but resisted monetizing them, both because he enjoyed giving them to friends and because he didn't want the hassle of building a business and website. Then a friend let him know about Airbnb experiences, or opportunities to sell local tours through the site. In the fall of 2019, he decided to post one.

"The first dollar I made from my Chinatown Food Tour was in October of 2019," he says.

'I made the decision to cut the safety net'

By 2021, he'd added his Iconic Food tour and given his business its name: Ultimate Food Tours. "I was like, how do I have something that sounds big and fun?" he says. In December 2021, he built his website, and began adding more and more tours to his repertoire there.

Goodfriend did all of this while working full time, giving tours over the weekend. Between "2021 to 2022 I was probably putting in about 10 hours a week for two tours a week," he says. The side hustle brought in more than $30,000 in 2022 alone.

Eight months after getting hired at Meta, in February 2023, Goodfriend was let go from his job.

Despite getting a full-time job offer at a startup soon after, he felt a pull toward his hustle. "So I made the decision to cut the safety net in early 2023," he says, "to run Ultimate Food Tours full time and leave the corporate world."

'I probably work 80 hours a week'

These days, Ultimate Food Tours gives six different food tours throughout the week at $90 per person, including food. They average six to eight people each, Goodfriend says. The company features options like Broadway Bites and Famous Sites and Famous Jewish Foods. Goodfriend, who designed each tour himself, personally gives about two to three of these and has five other freelance tour guides give the rest.

UFT recently partnered with local restaurants and added private cooking classes as well, mostly for corporate clients looking for a unique experience. Those go for $150 per person. He also sells merch on the website.

Going forward, Goodfriend is working to make the company global, helping guides build similar tours in San Diego and Japan. When those go live, UFT will "take a small percentage," he says.

Goodfriend also posts content throughout the company's various social media accounts, including a series called Origin Stories, which takes viewers through the history of some of New York's famous foods. The series is "currently in development for a long form streaming show," he says, which he's very excited about.

As the company's only full-time employee, "I probably work 80 hours a week," he says. He also makes significantly less than he did at Meta. But he loves it.

"This is absolutely my dream job," he says.

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