Lip Smacking Foodie Tours 从拉斯维加斯扩展至美国25城，为会议团体打造多餐厅移动美食体验

Lip Smacking Foodie Tours, a multi-restaurant dining tour that has become a Las Vegas staple, has expanded its operation to 25 other cities across the United States, with further destinations in the planning stages.

Since launching more than a decade ago, the tour has become a favorite Vegas culinary experience for leisure travelers and groups alike, escorting tour-goers to three restaurants in various Las Vegas areas, including the Strip, Chinatown, Downtown, the Arts District and in individual casino resorts, among many other options.

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“Corporate groups and customer events have changed, and nobody wants three hours stuck in the same chair,” said Donald Contursi, president of Lip Smacking Foodie Tours. “A Lip Smacking dining experience takes groups through three of a city's best restaurants in one evening, with new seatmates at every stop. One night, three experiences and the networking a group dinner was always meant to deliver.”

Lip Smacking Foodie tours are available for up to 1,000 attendees and popular especially with corporate groups looking to entertain clients and colleagues or create networking opportunities during meetings and events. During the tour, guests visit three venues to enjoy a signature dish at each, led by a tour guide that provides a narrative to inform the experience both during the meal and while venturing between restaurants.  

“It's all about the connection,” Contursi said about his company’s offering for meetings groups. “People are meeting regularly to be face to face, to build relationships, to see each other.  

“This isn't geared for foodies. This is geared for a networking dinner,” he continued. “The No. 1 reason they love this is because at each of the three restaurants, they get a new set of tablemates. It's this environment that is conducive to exactly what they're wanting to experience; something the group hasn't ever yet done in prior years and something that allows this engagement.”

Lunch and dinner options are available, along with cocktail packages that pair drinks with the featured cuisine. The experience typically lasts about two and a half hours, and organizations can customize the printed menus to feature branding. Roundtrip transportation between hotels and convention centers can also be arranged.

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IMEX America Fam Tours

To get the Lip Smacking Foodie Tours experience in front of meeting and event planners, Contursi offered free experiences to select planners attending IMEX America as well as media covering the mid-October 2026 event.  

Meetings Today accompanied two “Savors of the Strip” tours before and during IMEX America. Our teamwas impressed not only with the quality of the signature dishes offered at each location, but also the reputation of the restaurants and thoughtful pairing of the cocktails with each venue’s featured entrée.

One staffer, Taylor Smith, visited three restaurants inside Resorts World Las Vegas: ¡VIVA!, Stubborn Seed and FUHU. Meanwhile, Tyler Davidson sampled three restaurants near Aria Resort & Casino: Javier’s, Bardot Brasserie and Mastro’s Ocean Club.

Smith offered the following observations, which are echoed by Davidson:  

• So many food tours give bite-sized samplings, but at every restaurant, we got full servings that really felt like full meals. You definitely get enough bang for your buck with the food!
• It's so well organized. A planner doesn't need to worry about whether the restaurant will be ready to serve their group, but rather whether their group will be organized and on time for each restaurant. Thankfully, the tour guides keep everyone on track.

• Unlike traditional dine-arounds, which break up groups and typically keep the same people seated at the same table for a full meal, this foodie tour got the entire group up and moving such that we sat with someone new at each venue. This allowed for more networking and meeting new people than  a standard sit-down dinner or dine-around does.  

This is high-quality stuff! You aren't just walking up to a street-food vendor and eating something out of a wrapper. These are upscale meals and restaurants I likely wouldn't have tried on my own, so there's a level of access and exclusivity here, too.

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Lip Smacking Foodie Tours  

Following are the cities Lip Smacking Foodie Tours has expanded to:

Arizona

• Scottsdale

California

• Carlsbad  
• Long Beach (Belmont Shore)
• Manhattan Beach
• Palm Springs
• San Diego (Gaslamp)
• San Francisco (Union Square)
• San Jose (Santana Row)
• Santa Barbara
• Santa Monica

Colorado  

• Denver (Larimer Square)  

Florida

• Fort Lauderdale (Las Olas)
• Miami
• Naples (Fifth Avenue)
• Tampa Bay (Water St)

Georgia

• Atlanta (West Midtown)

Illinois

• Chicago (Fulton Market)

Massachusetts  

• Boston (Seaport)

Minnesota

• Minneapolis (North Loop)

Missouri

• St. Louis (Central West End)

New Jersey

• Atlantic City

New York

• Manhattan (Midtown)

Texas

• Austin
• Dallas (Uptown)
• Dallas/Fort Worth (Sundance Square)

Utah

• Salt Lake City

Virginia

• Alexandria (Old Town)
• Virginia Beach

Washington

• Seattle  

About the author

Tyler Davidson is the vice president and chief content director for Meetings Today, which publishes the meetings industry trade magazine Meetings Today as well as MeetingsToday.com, various newsletters, webinars, the in-person Meetings Today LIVE! Hosted-buyer events and other meetings and events industry B2B channels.

Tyler has covered the travel trade for nearly 35 years.  In his role with Meetings Today, which recently won the prestigious FOLIO: Eddies Award for best magazine issue, Tyler leads the editorial team on its mission to provide the most in-depth meetings content in the industry. Previously, he worked as the Asia, Canada, Pacific Northwest and Western U.S. editor at Travel Weekly magazine and TravelAge West. Before joining the dual editorial staff producing destination sections for Travel Weekly and TravelAge West, Tyler was the Africa, Israel, Middle East, Switzerland and Pacific Northwest editor at TravelAge West. He also undertook general news and feature assignments while working at the magazines. 

Besides reporting on the travel trade, Tyler has covered the real estate industry, held various editorial positions at the San Francisco-based national satire magazine The Nose, wrote freelance technology industry pieces and covered the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders for a bilingual newspaper in San Francisco. He has a B.A. in Journalism from San Francisco State University, where he worked in various editorial capacities on its award-winning student magazine, Prism. 

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