New York Essential Food Tour - Half Day

Are you as nuts for history and food as I am? What can be better than combining the two together! The best way to understand the city and its people is through the stomach and I offer you the scenic route. Like hot knife through brisket we will go through all the basic elements of New York City cuisine, starting with famous New York style pizza and moving on to iconic spots to try bao, pickles, smoked salmon, bialys, egg cream, dim sum, and more. Come taste New York history! Our itinerary is built to be busy, energetic, just like NYC. Most of the food establishments we'll visit won't have tables or chairs so there will only be limited opportunities to seat down. I will provide a sanitizer, forks and napkins, everything you need to eat on the go. We have two planned bathroom stops: in the beginning and 2 hours in. There may be other opportunities we may be able to find on the way that would take additional time.

• Our walking route (2 miles long) will go through the old Lower East Side of Manhattan. Now it is divided in smaller neighborhoods like Nolita, Chinatown, East Village, the heart of LES itself but all this used to be the epicenter of the immigrant life in New York and this is where we start our exploration of the city culinary history. • I can't imagine a proper NY food tour without the pizza. The pie as we know it today was invented right here, on the streets of Little Italy and it is here that we will try the iconic slice. A simple dumplings dish will act as an additional appetizer and give us a taste of Chinatown before we move on to Jewish American delis and stores. • The itinerary includes famous New York egg cream (with no eggs and no cream), may also include for an ambitious guest some Ukrainian varenyky (pierogi) and sweets, Italian-American pastry shop or a cardamom bun bakery. Tour can be customized upon request