- Public tour Tour Type Public tour
From Eataly to NYC’s best bagel, this tour is enough food for lunch with incredible history and architecture along the way. Recommended by Fodor’s! Tour runs Wed, Fri, & Sat 10:30am-1:30pm.
Tour Info
New York City is a city built by immigrants; take a walk in their footsteps and explore the tenements of the Lower East Side, the busting streets of Chinatown and the iconic heart of Little Italy. With opportunity in each neighborhood to purchase their signature dishes, you get a real taste of New York’s past and it’s influence on us all today.
| Quick Details
Location: Manhattan Duration: 3 Hours Tour Maximum: 4 people minimum / 14 people maximum. Our groups are small for intimate, SAFE, COVID friendly, high-quality experiences. Tour Includes: All food (enough for lunch) Walking Distance: 2 miles. Guests must be able to move at a moderate pace. |
Explore America’s great melting pot: learn about the rich cultural diversity and history of the Lower East Side through delicious food. The streets of the Lower East Side tell the tales of struggling immigrants who came to America in search of opportunity. They brought with them recipes from the ‘old world’ and you can still taste these foods today.
From historic synagogues to street art and trendy food markets, your knowledgeable guide will provide amazing stories and an insider’s look at how these foods are made and what they mean to the cultures they represent. Your guide will point out interesting architectural flourishes and parks and discuss the history of the neighborhood and the ethnic groups that influenced the scrumptious foods you’ll be savoring.
*Tour runs rain, snow or shine.
Included on the food tour:
- North Dumplings: Delicious hidden gem in Chinatown
- Kossar’s Bagels & Bialys: Enjoy a classic bialy
- Economy Candy: A Lower East Side institute, serving candy since 1937
- Yonah Schimmel: Sample a local favorite, knish
- Nolita Pizza: Get a taste of Little Italy with one of the best slices NYC has to offer
- Ferrara’s Bakery & Cafe: A sweet taste of Little Italy with Ferrara’s amazing cannolis
Stops are subject to change at any time.
Our tour guides: All of our tour guides are working actors, comedians or writers, as well as amazing storytellers. Every tour comes packed with personality! We bring destinations to life through engaging storytelling.
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On your tour you will hear the term “social impact”, but what does that really mean? For us, social impact is making sure that we have a positive impact on the communities we live and work in, as well as the amazing places we explore with our tours. We believe that truly experiencing a place “like a local” means having meaningful engagement that supports local, community-based organizations and learning about their causes and the people making them happen. Just as we carefully select the places you’ll visit and the food you’ll try, we have also carefully selected our social impact partners to showcase the amazing work being done in our communities. Your patronage on our tours is a small act to help these initiatives flourish. We want to help our visitors explore NYC on an authentic level and make sure that we are all having a positive impact while doing it.
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Plans sometimes change. We get it; it happens to us too. So we’re happy to provide a hassle-free, 100% refund if you give us 24 hours’ notice.
Inside of 24 hours, we’ve already started preparing for your visit, and can’t easily fill your slot, so we sadly can’t provide you a refund in that case.
