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Eat your way through the best food neighborhoods NYC has to offer on this small group 3-hour walking food tour through Chinatown, Little Italy and the Lower East Side. Explore the spots New Yorkers love with six filling tastings as you learn the area's diverse immigrant stories.
- Feast at local hidden gems, like an abandoned mall home to award winning hand steamed pork buns
- Avoid the typical tourist traps in Little Italy — munch on slices from hipster pizzerias and homemade cheese at Di Palo's Fine Foods, a 100-year old grocery
- Enjoy a historic pickle sampler and a pastry made in the old Jewish NYC style while absorbing immigrant stories
- Visit with a small group, ensuring a personal experience
- Skip the line like a local at the area's most popular restaurants, including beloved noodle spot Shu Jiao Fu Zhou
- Come hungry — with six substantial tastings, you'll get plenty of food to fill you up
- We can accommodate dietary restrictions — just let us know beforehand!
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Meet your guide on the second floor of Essex Market on 88 Essex Street.
Itinerary
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1Essex Market
Meet your guide on the second floor of Essex Market at 88 Essex Street. This historic food hall has been at the center of Lower East Side life for centuries, from its days as a series of pushcarts to its present uber modern aesthetic. Take some time to browse around the many diverse stalls as you arrive.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2The Pickle Guys
Only one store in New York still makes pickles the old fashioned way — we'll be going there to try a whole historic sampler of their pickled goods. Learn about how pickles are essential to Lower East Side history as you munch down on these briny bites.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3
Next, stop by a near-century old bakery for an only-in-New York experience: a bialy, made with New York City's own tap water. And if you don't know what a bialy is, your guide will tell you all about the backstory of this historic baked good.
15 minutes • Admission ticket included -
4Lower East Side
Maybe no neighborhood has changed more in the past century than the Lower East Side, going from the heart of Jewish New York to a cross-cultural and cross-age blend of residents. Thankfully, you'll have a guide ready to take you through the neighborhood's full history.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
5
Taste New York's best food hidden gem: delectable pork buns hidden in the basement of an abandoned mall.
15 minutes • Admission ticket included -
6Chinatown
Delve into the authentic history of Chinatown: rather than taking you to tourist traps, we'll go to local institutions, talk about the area's social movements, and show off what the neighborhood is truly like.
15 minutes • Admission ticket included -
7
You've probably seen Lower Manhattan in a gangster movie before — now, you'll get to see the actual locations the films were based on. Explore the Five Points, the one-time heart of mobster New York, as your guide unfurls tales of the bloody battles, political corruption, and ultimate social uprisings that defined New York's gangster era.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
8
No food tour would be complete with a visit to Di Palo's, an over 100 year old Italian grocery store. The shop is home to food from 20 different regions of Italy, and the owners make delectably soft and salty mozzarella in-house every single day — mozzarella that we'll be biting in when we visit.
15 minutes • Admission ticket included -
9Little Italy
Walk up Mulberry Street, a green, red and white-clad extravaganza, to see Little Italy in action.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
10
If there's one thing New Yorkers adore, it's their pizza. See why as you visit Williamsburg Pizza, a shop renowned for their "grandma slice," and enjoy a crispy, doughy, saucy delight
15 minutes • Admission ticket included -
11
New York is a city of lines, and that's certainly the case at this Chinatown staple. But fear not: we'll skip the line as we wrap up our tour with one of the tastiest dishes in the whole city, world-renowned peanut butter noodles.
15 minutes • Admission ticket included
Additional info
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Additional info
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please inform us of an allergies
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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