NYC: The Story Of Lower East Side's Food Culture | 3 hours

970 Reviews | New York City
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Private Tour
2 Adults x $385.46
$770.92
Approx Total
$770.92
Small Group Tour
2 Adults x $80.56
$161.12
Approx Total
$161.12
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Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Learn about the importance of immigration to the city
  • Friendly Local, English-speaking food lover guide
  • Stroll in the Lower East Side, Chinatown, and Little Italy on 3 hours food walking tour
  • Get tips on what else to see, do and eat during your stay
  • Sample 4 historic dishes on 4 Food stops (dish samples such as dumplings, pizza, knish, empanada)
  • See 100-year old bakery, churches, and historic New York sites
  • Gratuities
  • Drinks and additional food

Overview

Join this 3-hour New York City walking tour to sample the best ethnic foods in the Lower East Side. But this experience includes much more than sampling delicious foods, as you’ll learn about the history of the dishes, establishments, sites, and people along the way from your guide.

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Additional Info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • This tour was created as well-balanced and thoughtful gastronomy experience (Ethnic dishes samples) and features visits to establishments that are not always able to cater to all dietary requirements. Unfortunately, this tour cannot cater for vegans and gluten allergies, intolerances. For any specific dietary request, we need to know 24 h before the tour start time.
  • Experience happens rain, shine, or snow unless such weather constitutes a dangerous situation.
  • This is a child-friendly tour. Children under the age of 6 are permitted to join this tour free of charge. Please inform us at the time of booking if you’ll be bringing a child under the age. Children between the ages of 6 and 11 inclusively are permitted on this tour at the adult’s rate. Please inform us at the time of booking if you’ll be bringing a child between 6 and 11 years old. You can do so in the special requirements box on the checkout page
  • Suitable for all ages and fitness levels, but please note that this tour covers 1.6 km (1 mile) of walking.

Free Cancellation

June 18100% refund
June 19No refund

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  • 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.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • 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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970 reviews

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  • 3 stars
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  • 1 star
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Supreme Host

Published on Jan, 2025

Jessie is a fantastic tour guide and excellent host. She eats, sleeps, and breathes New York and is full of stories about how the city was built and continues to thrive. She did an awesome job navigating our group in frigid January New York, 5 stars!

A wonderful way to spend a few hours exploring NYC!

Published on Jan, 2025

So much fun! Bruce was really knowledgeable about cool NYC history and facts and tied it all together with the foods we tried. I really wonderful way to spend a few hours exploring NYC. We have done a few NYC food tours, and this was definitely the most enjoyable- highly recommend!

Excellent tour excellent guide

Published on Jan, 2025

Great tour, Bruce N. was an amazing guide. We enjoyed the food and the historical facts and conversation. Would definitely do it again

Fascinating, rewarding and delicious!

Published on Dec, 2024

This was a fantastic tour. Our guide, Bruce, has an infectious love for the Lower East Side and shared his wealth of local knowledge in a genuine, engaging way. The food stops were varied and excellent and learning about this historic area was fascinating. We would have loved to do Bruce's other tours if we had time. Highly recommended!

Would Highly Recommend Tenements Tales and Tastes! (Especially with Brian!!)

Published on Dec, 2024

We had a blast on the Tenements Tales and Tastes!! Brian was great! He was very friendly, and took time to get to know each person on the tour. We felt much more connected to the city learning about the rich history and the immigration from all over the world, and felt like a NYC insider by going to spots that weren't touristy, and felt authentic. Would recommend any tour with Brian, as he makes you feel comfortable and made the whole experience more fun. We will definitely be reaching back out if we are back in the city.

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