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A dumpling held by chopsticks. 1
A multi-story brick building with fire escapes, storefronts, and a street intersection. 2
A church with a cross on top, arched windows, and wooden doors. 3
A busy urban intersection with a large red truck, traffic lights, and a bridge in the background. 4
A narrow alley with shops, yellow lanterns, and outdoor seating areas. 5
By Unscripted Tours

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Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is CA $123 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • Eat your way through the best food areas NYC has to offer on this 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 immigrant stories.

    • Feast at local hidden gems, like an abandoned mall home to New York’s tastiest 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

    • Sample pickles and pastries made in the old Jewish NYC style while absorbing immigrant stories

    • 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

    • This tour is 60% food, 40% history, great for lovers of both

    • We can accommodate dietary restrictions — just let us know beforehand!

Activity location

  • Essex Street Market
    • 88 Essex St
    • 10002-3809, New York City, New York, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Essex Market
    • 88 Essex Street
    • 10002, New York, New York, United States

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Best of NYC Food Tour

  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
CA $123.47 x 1 AdultCA $123.47
Total
Price is CA $123.47
Until Mon, Aug 24

Private Tour

  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English

Private Tour

Language options: English
Price details
CA $277.46 x 1 AdultCA $277.46
Total
Price is CA $277.46
Until Mon, Aug 24

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Savour iconic LES deli food: a pickle sampler and a bialy
  • Inclusions
    Tour led by a local expert foodie
  • Inclusions
    Option available for a private tour
  • Inclusions
    Avoid Little Italy tourist traps by eating hipster pizza and homemade mozzarella
  • Inclusions
    Munch on Chinatown classics like pork buns and peanut noodles
  • Inclusions
    Hear the stories of the Five Points gangsters
  • Inclusions
    Take a historical tour of three iconic Manhattan areas
  • Inclusions
    Six tastings in Chinatown, Little Italy and the Lower East Side
  • Exclusions
    Service charge

Know before you book

    • Wheelchair accessible
    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
    • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • Please inform us of an allergies

Activity itinerary

Essex Street Market

  • 5m
Meet your guide on the second floor of Essex Market at 88 Essex Street.

Essex Street

  • 10m
Visit Essex Street's last remaining pickle store for a sampler platter full of veggies pickled using a traditional method

Kossar's Bagels & Bialys

  • 15m
  • Admission ticket included
Walk to an iconic New York institution to try a world famous deli treat

Williamsburg Pizza

  • 15m
  • Admission ticket included
Learn about the difference between Little Italy and NoLita — and which the locals prefer — as you munch on some world-acclaimed pizza

Little Italy

  • 15m
Explore one of New York's most historic immigrant areas while avoiding the area's ever-present tourist traps

Di Palo's

  • 15m
  • Admission ticket included
Stop inside a 100-year old grocery to try some homemade cheeses.

Historic Five Points

  • 15m
Visit the one-time heart of New York's gangster scene, the Five Points and the Bloody Angle, while you hear about the infamous characters who once populated the area

Chinatown

  • 15m
  • Admission ticket included
Delve into the history that makes up one of Manhattan's most notable areas as you explore Chinatown.

East Broadway Mall

  • 15m
  • Admission ticket included
Taste New York's best food hidden gem: delectable pork buns hidden in the basement of an abandoned mall.

Shu Jiao Fu Zhou

  • 15m
  • Admission ticket included
Wrap up your tour with a plate of noodles at a locally beloved Chinatown staple.

Location

Activity location

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    Essex Street Market
    • 88 Essex St
    • 10002-3809, New York City, New York, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Essex Market
    • 88 Essex Street
    • 10002, New York, New York, United States

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