Drink•Eat•Walk

Drink•Eat•Walk D•E•W DC Like a Local! My name is Tim, and I’ve traveled, a lot, and mostly done it independently, just me & my backpack. Hmmm. Stay tuned!

Drink•Eat•Walk DC’s small group food & drink neighborhood walking tours explore beyond tourist Washington and into the streets & places we locals spend our evenings hanging out in, so you can experience the true flavor of DC. But to travel alone is to only be alone when you want to — you’re always around similar-minded travelers, whether it’s in the hostels, the pubs, or on small group tours. If I’m being honest, it’s those small group tours that have always been the best part of every journey I’ve been on, and every country I’ve been to. In my recent travels, this has meant lots of food & drink walking tours, and I especially appreciated them when I was traveling in Japan. The country had just opened up after COVID, and there weren’t yet many solo travelers like me there — it was mostly large tour groups, couples, and packs of young, mustachioed, mulleted Aussie blokes. So the food & drink tours I went on were great because I got to eat & drink well and learn about lots of different Japanese cuisine, but also got to meet & hang with other traveling folk, and great local guides. So it was to my surprise when I got back to DC and found that there really wasn’t much like that here. Sure, there’s tons of history walking tours here, and some food tasting tours, and an occasional bar tour, but nothing that combined all of them like I loved in Japan. Another thing that got me thinking: Most travelers I’ve met overseas are surprised that I love living in DC. They’ve all heard of it, of course, but just think of it as a place for museums, monuments, and politics, and not a place where real people love living, building happy lives & communities. I mean, I did begin my attempt to leave the corporate life in 2023 and take a shot at making a living independently by building tiny businesses. So…

(AI created this logo & it’s not a bad first take, but I’ll be re-creating it to make it more better)
Drink-Eat-Walk is being born as a way for me to create an amazing experience for travelers visiting DC, showcasing the food, drink, neighborhoods, histories, communities, people & places that we locals all love so much. And guiding is the natural next step in my travel journey, showing & helping others find the thrill that rocked & re-framed my world when I first started really traveling back in 2000.

We’re in the late-August slow season here in DC, which means that itching I’m feeling is probably withdrawals from the d...
08/18/2026

We’re in the late-August slow season here in DC, which means that itching I’m feeling is probably withdrawals from the delicious El Tamarindo pupusas (and cocktails) we have on my Drink•Eat•Walk tours

Have I noticed this before on my Drink•Eat•Walk Viator profile? Have I posted about it before? No idea, and really have ...
08/12/2026

Have I noticed this before on my Drink•Eat•Walk Viator profile? Have I posted about it before? No idea, and really have no idea what it means, but it seems good, so here it is 🏅

I know it sounds ridiculous, but I’ve tried to design my tours to be fun. It just seems that too many DC tours are overl...
08/06/2026

I know it sounds ridiculous, but I’ve tried to design my tours to be fun. It just seems that too many DC tours are overly serious, and that isn’t…fun. So, it brings me extra joy when a guest review says that they had “a blast” 🎉

This fascinating map shows where in DC tourists take pictures (red) vs. where locals take pictures (blue). I’m proud to ...
08/04/2026

This fascinating map shows where in DC tourists take pictures (red) vs. where locals take pictures (blue). I’m proud to see that my Drink•Eat•Walk DC food & drink tours (green) take guests into the very blue, very local areas 💪

I’ve been attending the WTEF fundraising gala for years (thanks Jackie Bradford!), so I was very proud to be able to don...
07/30/2026

I’ve been attending the WTEF fundraising gala for years (thanks Jackie Bradford!), so I was very proud to be able to donate some Drink•Eat•Walk DC food tour slots into this year’s silent auction

Drink, Eat, and Walk may got top billing, but Read is one of my favorite parts of building & running this tour company. ...
07/28/2026

Drink, Eat, and Walk may got top billing, but Read is one of my favorite parts of building & running this tour company. Especially when I can attend a great DC History Center book talk like this one DC Public Library about the Salvadoran experience in DC.

I’m kind of addicted to finding old maps of DC, especially ones of when it was complete square. Didn’t know that it used...
07/22/2026

I’m kind of addicted to finding old maps of DC, especially ones of when it was complete square. Didn’t know that it used to be square? Come on a tour & hear the stories feeding my addiction.

I love this review because: (1) It was a group of 10, ages 18-98, and all of them enjoyed it ; (2) They liked El Tamarin...
07/21/2026

I love this review because: (1) It was a group of 10, ages 18-98, and all of them enjoyed it ; (2) They liked El Tamarindo & their pupusas so much that they booked a private pupusa-making workshop there; (3) The mocktail choices from El Tam, Hank's Oyster Bar
Elfegne Ethiopian Cuisine have become first class tour citizens!

Certainly pushing the Walk portions of the tours to extremes this week, but that just makes the Drinks & Eats that much ...
07/17/2026

Certainly pushing the Walk portions of the tours to extremes this week, but that just makes the Drinks & Eats that much better

He loves this GetYourGuide review!
07/16/2026

He loves this GetYourGuide review!

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