September 16 & 17
11:00am & 1:00pm
September 16 & 17 11:00am & 1:00pm
In keeping with our tradition of providing walking tours for Doors Open weekend, ACO London will this year take a delicious bite into our city’s food history, a perfect side dish to the rich heritage architecture along and around Dundas Street in the downtown.
Leading the tour will be Kym Wolfe, well-known author of books about London’s food and beer industry and an engaging speaker and tour guide with an eye for intriguing details about history and people. Kym’s books, illustrated by artist Cheryl Radford, include Hopping into History: London’s Old East Village, Barhopping into History, and most recently Brewhopping Across London.
The tour starts at Covent Garden Market, the historic (and still thriving!) food source for both restaurants and home cooking. It will continue along Dundas and area streets to highlight buildings that have housed inns, pubs and restaurants that added new tastes from diverse cultures starting in the 19th century and continuing today.
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11:00 am tour
1:00 pm tour
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11:00 am tour
1:00 pm tour
Doors Open London is on September 16 and 17, with two walking tours each day at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Each one-hour tour is generally accessible but will move at a brisk pace.
Walkers are asked to meet at the main door area of Covent Garden Market Plaza (Talbot St facing) 15 minutes before each tour. Look for the posters to see where to meet.