- Public tour
Combine your love of food + famous NYC landmarks! Visit Chelsea Market, the High Line and Hudson Yards (including the Vessel) on this VERY popular foodie tour! Available 7 days a week 11am-2pm + Noon-3pm Saturday & Sunday.
Tour Info
Duration: 2 Hours
Tour Includes: 6 tastings! Professional tour guide. Drinks not included.
Dietary restrictions: Vegetarian friendly. Vegan and gluten-free currently unavailable on this tour.
Walking Distance: 1.5 miles / 2.4 km
Tour Capacity: 4 people minimum / 14 people maximum
Tour Reviews (text at bottom of page):
Are you ready to embark on an unforgettable culinary journey through the heart of Hell’s Kitchen, New York City’s dessert paradise? Join us as we explore this iconic neighborhood, where history meets gastronomy, and where you’ll taste the sweetest treasures the Big Apple has to offer. Our expert guides will transform every step of your adventure into a delectable experience you won’t soon forget.
Tour Highlights:
- Hell’s Kitchen History: Begin your sweet adventure by diving into the captivating history of Hell’s Kitchen. Stroll through the charming streets of this once-gritty neighborhood, where historic stories are as rich as the desserts we’ll savor. Explore the heart of Hell’s Kitchen, where legends are born and culinary wonders come to life.
- 9th Avenue Culinary Mecca: Continue your journey along 9th Avenue, a culinary mecca that has witnessed the evolution of New York City’s diverse food scene. Learn about its historical and gastronomic significance.
- Sweet Stops: But the real highlight of your day is the dessert extravaganza. We’ve curated a selection of the city’s finest sweet treats to satisfy your cravings:
- Little Pie Company: Bite into the Big Apple with a slice of heaven, featuring classic pies that are a New York institution.
- Poseidons: Embark on an authentic Greek treat with baklava that transports your taste buds straight to Greece.
- Schmakerys: Savor inventive and irresistible cookie flavors that redefine sweet indulgence.
- Amys Bread: Discover the perfect fusion of chocolate and carbs with the city’s best chocolate sourdough twist.
- Huascar & Co: Taste victory with a cupcake crafted by the esteemed winner of Food Network’s Cupcake Wars.
Please note that, just like the ever-evolving culinary landscape of Hell’s Kitchen, our stops may change to keep your experience fresh and exciting.
Join us on this Hell’s Kitchen Dessert Expedition, and let us take you on a journey that tantalizes your taste buds, sparks your curiosity, and leaves you with a deeper appreciation for the sweet tapestry of this iconic New York City neighborhood. Discover your sweetest moments in Hell’s Kitchen!
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“As good citizens of our community, we feel a responsibility to contribute to its health! Every day we donate our extra bread to 2 local food pantries and City Harvest (3000 lbs per month gathered from our locations!). We’ve participated in countless local school fund-raisers, hunger-related charities, and community events.” – The team behind Amy’s Bread
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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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Hell’s Kitchen
- Hell’s Kitchen refers to the area between 34th and 57th streets, and 8th avenue and the Hudson River. This was a popular neighborhood for the Irish in the mid 19th century who were escaping the great famine in Ireland. It was an attractive place to live for them because nearby 11th avenue was home to slaughterhouses, gas plants, and glue and soap factories where many of the Irish worked. This was a very rough neighborhood. Local gangs with names like the Hudson Dusters, the Gopher Gang, and the Gorillas, ran the neighborhood and terrorized it, so that even the police would only venture here in daylight and in groups of 3 or more.
- There are varying ideas about how Hell’s Kitchen got its name. The oldest idea comes from Davy Crockett. Davy Crockett said that the Irish he met in the neighborhood of 5 Points were “savages” who were “too mean to swab the Hell’s Kitchen.” Other explanations of the name “Hell’s Kitchen” refer to specific tenement buildings; one on 54th street and another on 39th street. Eventually, people started calling the whole neighborhood Hell’s Kitchen, instead of just a single building. The most popular legend says that two policemen were watching a riot on a summer night and one said-“this neighborhood is hell itself.” The other: “Hell is cool- this here is Hell’s Kitchen.”
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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.
