Embark on our Pizza and Gelato Challenge Private NYC Food Tour, where culinary adventure meets cultural discovery. Guided by a culinary historian you’ll get to taste pizza from three pizzerias and rate each on looks, crust, toppings and taste – while learning about NYC’s pizza history. The journey concludes with a gelato tasting at two gelaterias, offering insights into gelato creation and its contrast with ice cream in the US. You’ll rate the gelato on presentation, flavor, value, taste, texture and overall satisfaction. A unique, appetizing way to experience New York City as a food critic!
Tour Itinerary & Highlights
Note: This is a suggested itinerary – we can customize based on your preferences.
- Your walking food tour begins when you meet your expert tour guide at the Arch at Washington Square Park. And when we say expert, we mean expert! Her accolades include a certificate of outstanding achievement from The James Beard Foundation and a book award from The International Association of Culinary Professionals. From Jacques Pepin to Julia Child, Thomas Keller, Jacques Torres, Daniel Boulud and Padma Lakshmi, she has worked with the most distinguished culinary talent.
- While at Washington Square Park you’ll gather around the statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi, one of the leaders of Italian unification, where you’ll learn about Italian immigrants in New York City.
- From there you’ll head to three different neighborhoods – South Village, the West Village (aka Greenwich Village) and Union Square. In each one, you’ll stop at a pizzeria for a slice of pizza to enjoy and rate. They may include Joe’s Pizza, Bleecker Street Pizza, Rivoli Pizza and/or Ribalta, (which is a sit-down restaurant) for Neapolitan pizza.
- Also among your scrumptious stops with be two gelateries – aka gelato shops – to sample and rate different gelato flavors. These include Venchi on Bleeker Street and Amorino between Union Square and Washington Square.
- But you’re not only eating great food on this tour! As you wander through Lower Manhattan you’ll also learn about the different ethnic neighborhoods, their food scenes, hidden gems and more!
- All stops, timing and inclusions of the tour are dependent on traffic and weather conditions.
Inclusions:
- Experience the city and receive local tips from your savvy local guide
- Food tastings are included
*Gratuity for the tour guide is not included.
More Information:
- The duration of the tour is four hours.
- The starting time and date of the tour are customizable to fit your schedule.
- This tour is offered all year round, seven days a week.
- Monday through Wednesday: 10:30 am to 2:30 pm ONLY.
- Thursday through Sunday: 10:30 am to 2:30 pm (or any later start time).
- Restrictions may apply depending on the date and time of the tour.
- The starting location of the tour is the Arch at Washington Square Park (Washington Square North). The meeting location can be customized upon request, additional cost may apply.
- This walking/food tour can accommodate up to 8 guests.
- We can customize the tour and stops to fit your needs upon request.