New Orleans Cocktail and Food History Tour

4.9
(797 reviews)

4 hours (approximately)
Offered in: English

Combining the history of Louisiana cuisine and New Orleans-style cocktails, this event is a feast for the senses!

Along with your guide you will visit up 6 locations: award-winning seafood restaurants, James Beard Award-nominated craft cocktail lounges, Creole restaurants, artisanal candy stores and more.

Once inside you’ll sample up to 6 or more different dishes that represent the modern expressions of our culinary heritage: classic dishes like gumbo, and muffulettas, but also new interpretations like sweet fried plantains with lime crema!

We'll also enjoy 4 full-sized cocktails like the refreshing Pimm's Cup, the rum-heavy Hurricane, the classic Daiquiri and more!

This 4-hour gastronomic odyssey is our way of showing you where we like to go now, and what we like to eat and drink once we're there.

With so many dining and drinking options in New Orleans, why not try up to 6 different places in one fell swoop?!

Note: all venues subject to change based on availability.

What's Included

Beverages
Food tasting
Gratuities
This tour does NOT have a gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian, and especially PORK-FREE option.
Please notify us of any food allergies (not aversions) during check-out

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point
Red Fish Grill

Please enter Red Fish Grill (115 Bourbon St) and check in with host/hostess stand.

End point
Cane and Table

The tour ends inside Cane & Table Restaurant.

Itinerary

Duration: 4 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    French Quarter

    The walking tour begins inside the award-winning Red Fish Grill in the French Quarter neighborhood of New Orleans. You will begin with Alligator Sausage & Seafood Gumbo. We also kick the party off with our first cocktail here: the Cat 5 Hurricane. This part of the tour focuses historically on the pre-colonial and colonial period of Louisiana history, and usually lasts about 35 minutes.

    Admission ticket free
  • 2
    Pepper Palace

    Moving four blocks down you will enter Pepper Palace, where we begin to discuss the Cajun influence, and sample an unlimited variety of hot sauces, BBQ sauces, Buffalo Wings sauces, salsas, dry rubs and more. Customers on the tour will also receive a free bottle of Louisiana-style hot sauce.

    Admission ticket free
  • 3
    Napoleon House

    Our fourth venue will be a seated experience at the iconic Napoleon House restaurant. Famed for their unique Muffulettas and Pimm's Cup cocktails, you'll enjoy both of those in addition to a savory Chicken and Andouille Sausage Jambalaya. At this point, the Tour Guide will not only explain these dishes, but also the 19th century immigrant patterns to New Orleans that affected Louisiana’s cuisine once again.

    Admission ticket free
  • 4
    Bourbon Street

    From there you walk past Bourbon Street and move 4 blocks up to Leah’s Pralines: a 3rd generation family-owned candy store. You will sample traditional pralines and their unique Bacon Pecan Brittle.

    Admission ticket free
  • 5
    Decatur Street

    Next you'll head to the James Beard Award-nominated Cane & Table. With a focus on rustic colonial cuisine and playful rum drinks, you will sample their fried plantains with lime crema and salsa macha and a classic daiquiri of Caribbean white rum, fresh lime and sugar.

    Admission ticket free
  • 6
    Jackson Square

    Pass by the iconic Jackson Square during your walking food tour.

    Admission ticket free
  • 7
    Royal Street

    Stroll past all the shops on Royal Street.

    Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Minimum age is 21 years
  • All venues are subject to change based on availability
  • This tour does NOT have a gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan/vegetarian, and especially PORK-FREE option
Supplied by Doctor Gumbo Tours

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Half-day Tours
Cultural Tours
Historical Tours
Walking Tours
Culinary Tours
Cocktail Tastings
Restaurants
Food & Drink
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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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