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Explore City Tours Presents: Akron BLU Zone Food Tour

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Celebrate Akron's Bicentennial in the BLU zone. Experience this artsy, historic, multi-block region that has repurposed some of the city's oldest buildings.

Explore:

Follow the leader and let our guide take you on a whirlwind tour of the north end of downtown. We zig and zag to get into some spots right before they close, and hit others just as they open. 

  • Akron Main Library
  • Public Art / Pocket Gardens
  • Akron Art Museum
  • Rubber City Worker Statue
  • Nightlight Theatre
  • Sojourner Truth Plaza
  • Hop House
  • BLU-Tique Hotel

Discover:

Engage in lively conversation with your tour guide, business owners, and other attendees! You’ll learn more about…

  • General Akron history
  • Our jazz and musical roots
  • LeBron James
  • Public Art & Architecture
  • Quaker Oats
  • Cascade
  • A River Ran Through It (sort of)
  • Sojourner Truth
  • Carnegie Library 

Eat & Drink:

Small plates and samplers from an average of four of the following restaurants:

  • Heera
  • El Patron
  • Green Dragon Inn
  • Circle of Fifths
  • Totally Baked Pizza
  • The 1 Food & Spirits