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Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Great Tour
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| Mon, Mar 24, 08 11:00 AM |
karenroselew |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| The whole family loved the pizza and the history of Brooklyn. Tony was a fabulous guide. |
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Great Way to See Brooklyn
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| Mon, Mar 24, 08 11:00 AM |
Droogan |
Female |
60-69 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| The pizza was wonderful, but the insight into Brooklyn was equally as good. The views of Manhattan from under the Manhattan Bridge were spectacular. And the movie clips were an added bonus. This is a well planned and well paced tour. I've been to Brooklyn many times, but this tour covered areas, I never visited before. I'd recommend this tour to any New Yorker, especially if they love pizza. |
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tony the magician
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| Mon, Mar 24, 08 11:00 AM |
davidframe |
Male |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| as someone who avoids tours like the plague i cannot reccommend A Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour highly enough.Tony our guide was extremely informative and enthusiastic about the area he comes from.his enthusiasm only helped us to enjoy the day more.We learnt so much about Brooklyn,and visited areas we would never have been to.As someone who has only spent time in Manhattan it was enlightening to see what one of the other boroughs has to offer.And as for the pizza,two completely contrasting types but both outstanding.Without doubt the highlight of our recent trip to NYC. |
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Very informative and delicious day.
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| Sat, Mar 22, 08 11:00 AM |
eleanorward |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| This has to be a one of a kind tour! Tony is very accommodating and eager to please. The pizza is great and if you are a movie buff, that is a plus. Tony has also put together a terrific presentation of combining movies and actual real locations together, along with a great history lesson of Brooklyn. An enjoyable day ! |
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One of the highlights of our trip
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| Fri, Mar 21, 08 11:00 AM |
sarac482003 |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| This was a fantatic trip which we would recommend to anyone visiting the city - Tony is funny, charming and full of information about his area and pizza of course! The bus was really comfortable, the other passengers friendly and all in all it was a really fun way to spend an afternoon. It was definately one of the highlights of our one week trip from Ireland. Next time we come back to New York we will 'fugedabout' Manhattan and be heading straight for Brooklyn! |
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Thank you Tony
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| Fri, Mar 21, 08 11:00 AM |
Konfuzius511 |
Male |
20-29 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| Great impression about Brooklyn |
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Very informative and fun
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| Fri, Mar 21, 08 11:00 AM |
ggersong |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Four of us, ages 59-66, had a wonderful time on this tour. We saw a lot of Brooklyn and very much enjoyed the commentary provided by Tony. We particualrly enjoyed going to areas where famous movies were filmed. The pizza itself was good though we all thought we've had better NY pizza in the past. We highly recommend the tour to anyone who wants to know the history of the city. |
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Great way to spend half a day
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| Mon, Mar 17, 08 11:00 AM |
sburklin |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| We enjoyed the Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour immensely. It was interesting and informative. The pizza was exceptionally good, too. Slip away from Manhattan for part of a day to see and taste some of Brooklyn's best. Tony's the perfect guide for your journey. |
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good idea
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| Sat, Mar 15, 08 11:00 AM |
marfny |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| loved tony's enthusiasm. learned lots about parts of brooklyn and loved the pizza. |
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A fascinating tour!
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| Fri, Mar 14, 08 11:00 AM |
humbletiller |
Male |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| This tour had two aims, eating great pizza and Brooklyn sightseeing. I am pleased to say that it met both objectives with flying colours. Tony is a most engaging tour guide. If you left him to it, he could talk about the geography, demographics, history and culture of Brooklyn for hours, and what's more it would all be compelling listening. Tony clearly loves Brooklyn, and that is obvious to anyone that takes the tour.
The pizza at both Grimaldi's and Spumoni Gardens was delicious, and unlike any pizza I have had anywhere else. As for the sightseeing, Brooklyn Bridge was a predictable, albeit essential place to visit. We also visited the Manhattan Bridge down the river. However, it is when we left the shore of the East River and headed into unknown territory in deepest Brooklyn that the already high interest level rose still further. I loved Bay Ridge (yes, Brooklyn does have middle class areas!). Also fascinating were the areas of Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights and Bath Beach and their Italian-American influences. We saw the pizzeria where John Travolta purchased a pizza in 'Saturday Night Fever', and a few other locations from that film. We drove down the road featured in the car chase in 'The French Connection'. We visited the Coney Island Boardwalk and on the way back to Manhattan passed from various intriguing Ethnic neighbourhoods.
One possible suggestion for future improvement. Make the tour 2-3 hours longer, so that we can discover even more areas of Brooklyn and we can make more stops at points of interest. And eat more pizza of course!
Overall, an excellent tour. My perception of Brooklyn has changed forever. The next day I was on the D train back to Coney Island. I now find myself saying 'Forget About It' at random times! As the trailer says, you can take the tourist out of Brooklyn, but you can't take Brooklyn out of the tourist... |
