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Date Attended |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? [v] |
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would never have seen Brooklyn otherwise.
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| Fri, Aug 19, 05 11:00 AM |
kennethg |
Male |
70+ |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
| fifty trips to NY (over forty years), and we have never been to Brooklyn. Tour should follow route "East River to Coney Island, and back again". One pizza on the way down, and one pizza on the way back. Should include one ride on the ferris wheel at turn-around time. Four hours is sufficient. Should stop half-hour each at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. Event might end with a final walk across the Brooklyn Bridge to return to Manhattan, with obvious directions to anywhere from that end of the bridge. Non-walkers could continue in bus to starting place. Define the focus: Brooklyn or Pizza....probably pizza, since nobody would be interested in Brooklyn without the pizza gimmick. Will tell everybody we know about the tour, and encourage them to take it. Great idea of having the film clips...and the music |
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Everything you want to know about Pizza and Brookl
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| Mon, Oct 26 11:00 AM |
dawnfish |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| Tony was absolutely fabulous. He is a fun, knowlegeable, friendly guy who made the tour worth taking. There was alot of variety in the tour. A person got a chance to visit a park, go to two famous pizza places, walk the Coney Island boardwalk, see film about famous flims on location and then view through pictures important people who came from Brooklyn. This is my second time and I will go again if I'm in New York. I loved this tour, very professional , informative and fun. Claudia Huntsinger Salem, Oregon |
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More than i bargained for
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| Mon, Oct 19 11:00 AM |
cmarie |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| A slice of Brooklyn pizza tour was far more than i bargained for. Our tour guide "Tony" was incredibly friendly and very knowledgeable about his native, beloved hometown of Brooklyln. This tour gave me a glimpse of the "real" Brooklyn, sqaushing all of the preconceived notions i had based on movies and television. If you're in NYC, i highly recommend this tour! I found it to be an eye opening experience that will bring me back to Brooklyn on future visits to NYC. |
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See the real new york in Brooklyn
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| Mon, Oct 5 11:00 AM |
cordelia12 |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| i highly recommend this tour to any one who wants to experience the heart of new york and it's rich and diverse cultures. Our tour guide was an adorable Brookllynite, as she referred herself to be, besides a "pizza/bagel" (jewish and italian). having grown up in the city, she was full of wonderful historical facts and personal stories of her experiences, which was quite charming.
The Pizza, or Pie, as referred to by the locals, was sinfully delicious. we also had the opportunity to not only have a taste, but extra slices. both sites were very generous with the pizza. amazing! i can't ever eat pizza again other than in NY and Brooklyn.
i highly recommend this tour, as i plan on returning to NY and would happily revisit the Brooklyn pizza tour, with Paola, of course, who has a spark and real love for her town. |
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It's not just about the pizza!
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| Fri, Sep 25 11:00 AM |
nmlarosa |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Other |
| I saw this tour on 'Getaway' and assumed we would only be seeing the inside of 2 pizza shops. What an understatement! I loved driving through Brooklyn and seeing where many movies were filmed. Through the eyes of Paula, our guide, we saw the Brooklyn that she grew up in and loved. It is fabulous to see a family working together to share the good and bad of their beloved neighbourhood. I look forward to my next trip to New York and another Slice Of Brooklyn experience. |
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Wonderful tour.Very good guide, great food.
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| Mon, Sep 14 11:00 AM |
ercheylanier |
Unspecified |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| I will take this tour again when I go to N.Y. So much to learn and so much to see! |
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simple amazing
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| Sat, Sep 12 11:00 AM |
shapiro |
Male |
30-39 |
Local |
Other |
| the three of us had such an amazing time on the Slice of Brooklyn tour.
As incredible as the sites that we saw, and the pizza that we tasted, it was actually bested by the fact that we had such an incredible and entertaining tour leader. Paula was enthusiastic, energetic, humorous, and incredibly knowledgeable about all the aspects of the tour.
I recommend her and the company to any and all!!
looking forward to our next tour with them! |
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A DEFINITE HIGHLIGHT
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| Mon, Sep 7 11:00 AM |
ErikaJeff |
Female |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Other |
| After seeing Tony's "A Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour" aired on the Australian television holiday programme, Getaway I booked the tour in readiness for our up coming trip to New York.
To say it was a highlight of our whole trip in somewhat of an understatement! We had such a good day with Tony and the rest of the tourists. The pizza was awesome and so was Tony's hospitality.
If we are ever back in New York we will definitely book again - we have friends visiting NY in December and have recommended this tour highly to them.
Well done Tony, a big thank you all the way from Australia! |
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Cemented the fact, I was in New York!!
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| Sat, Sep 5 11:00 AM |
jomck85 |
Male |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Other |
| We saw the tour on TV at home in Australia and knew straight away that we were going to do it on our upcoming trip to the US.
We met with Tony on a Saturday around 11am, straight away he was friendly and felt like a pal. We all jumped on the air conditioned bus (needed as it was getting quite hot) and headed for Brooklyn.
Tony makes everyone feel comfortable, asking us all questions about where we're from and cracking jokes like there's no tomorrow. He gave us a run down of the areas we were visiting, culture, history, you name it, there's even a TV with scenes from movies that were filmed in Brooklyn.
Tony was informative and it was fun, a lot of fun. You can feel the pride & passion that he has for his hometown and it actually makes you want to pack up and move to Brooklyn!
One thing that must be mentioned about the tour......... the PIZZA!!!
Grimaldi's is a fantastic place (great soda from there too), if anyone asks why you're jumping the line, just tell them to "fuggedaboutit".
Spumoni Gardens takes pizza to a whole new level. I love my pizza with plenty of sauce and Spumoni does not disappoint. Sauce, cheese in the dough, great service, I wish I could experience this back home every day. The BEST pizza you'll ever eat!
You will actually get quite full and lucky to say I was able to get some extra servings.
I would recommend that if you're remotely close to New York, you MUST go on this tour. No questions, no excuses, just go, you'll be blown away. |
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Even better the second time around!!
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| Fri, Aug 14 11:00 AM |
MarilynHarri |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| My daughter and I took this tour for the second time last week. We enjoyed it as much as we did the first time. Last time Tony was our guide and he was great. This time Paula was our guide and she was also great!! This is just a delightful tour and the pizza is wonderful!! Don't forget to get some spumoni at L & B Gardens!! I would recommend this tour to everyone!!!!! |
