Melting Pot Food Tours co-founder Diane Scalia, center, addresses her group inside the Little Door restaurant on Third Street. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Scalia and her group outside the Farmers Market in the Fairfax district. She and her sister also offer a tour of Old Pasadena. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Bill Thee, owner of Thee’s Continental Pastries in the Farmers Market, talks to the group about his monkey bread. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Huntington Meats is one of 11 stops on the Original Farmers Market tour. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
A variety of hot sauces fill the shelves at Light My Fire. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Diane Scalia, right, leads a tour group along Third Street past AOC wine bar. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Scalia addresses her group. She and her sister founded Melting Pot Food Tours in the summer of 2008. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
The group noshes in front of Bob’s Coffee & Doughnuts, “Bob is the patriarch of the Farmers Market,” Scalia tells them. “He’s worked here since he was 11; his father owned the original meat market.” (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Tour group member Jessica Wang of Diamond Bar enjoys a food sample. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
