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Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
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Amazing, Fun, Informational, Top-Notch!!!!!!
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| Sat, Aug 13, 05 11:00 AM |
4thteacher |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| My daughters from TX and MO (ages 27 and 29 ) and I met in NYC for a week of shows, shopping, and sightseeing. This tour was absolutely one of our very favorite things! We're telling all of our friends that it's a MUST for their next trip to Manhattan. Wendy was our tour guide and she was AMAZING!!! She was so knowledgable and funny too! The history and stories of the place and her own life growing up in the area were fantastic. We just couldn't get enough. We'll be returning next summer and plan to take another one of your tours. Thanks so much!!! |
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enjoyable
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| Fri, Aug 12, 05 12:00 PM |
spengler |
Female |
40-49 |
Local |
Family With Children |
| I enjoyed this tour. I think it would have been more fun if we had spent more time outside Chelsea Market....also a bit more variety in the types of food offerred would be a good idea (fewer breads). Overall, this was an area I would never visit on my own and it was fun to see it through the eyes of someone who was very familiar with the area. |
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I'm a New Yorker excited about showing off my city
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| Fri, Aug 12, 05 12:00 PM |
resafremed |
Female |
60-69 |
Local |
Individual |
| There are only superlatives to descirbe our 3 hour tour with Cindy. I was born and raised in NYC and always knew this area as the meat packer's district. I was impressed with the work being done to preserve it as well as the artistic view that the developers have. The food tasting was good but more importantly I enjoyed the descriptions, history and interesting tidbits about this area. I've already recommended it to several of my friends. |
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Guide was excellent and tour was fun.
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| Fri, Aug 12, 05 11:00 AM |
minniemoose |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| Sorry I draw a blank on our guide's name but he was fun and very entertaining. He had a great understanding about the area and history. I enthusiastically recommend the market tour itself but not necessarily the meat packing portion of it. Might have been better if the weather was not so hot. Fun day. It would be great if you were able to start other tours in the great and diverse city of New York.
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Enjoyed it
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| Fri, Aug 12, 05 11:00 AM |
ronmorrison |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| The tour was very enjoyable. The guide was informative, positive and seemed to enjoy himself. It was a good pace and was packed with interesting information. |
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Fantastic!!
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| Fri, Aug 12, 05 11:00 AM |
anndelisa |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Absolutley loved the tour! Kurt was GREAT and made the experience that much more enjoyable. Certainly liked learning about an area that we had never been to and the changes that are ensuing. I would like to take this tour every year to see the new changes each time. And of course the choices of food were superb. Thank you for a great day, can't wait to do it all over again. Keep up the good work.
Ann |
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Fun, Informative, Good Value, Good Food
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| Sun, Aug 7, 05 11:30 AM |
BrendaEtter |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| This is the second Zerve tour we've taken. We did the Greenwich Village tour two years ago. While this was a great tour that opened up an area of the city that I didn't know much about, I would suggest that people that could do just one, do the Greenwich Village tour first. The tour guides on both tours were knowledgeable and interesting to talk with. They willingly provided individual attention, and tried to accomodate dietary constraints.
Howqever, the chelsea and Meatpacking District tour made for a very enjoyable day. Since there was less walking than the other tour, it was more relaxing. Most of the tour was at the market, going from store to store. There's a great selection of sponts to shop and eat at, and some to dine at that if we had more time we would have patronized. Some of them reminded me of the Pike Place Market in Seattle and other destination markets our here. Especially remarkable was the Lobster Place with the huge selection of seafoods and the great chowders. Also, the produce store was fascinating with its huge selection of mushrooms.
On future trips to New York, we'll be going back to the meatpacking district to see how it evolves.
Thanks for running these tours. I hope that by the time of our next trip there will be new offerings to consider. |
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Entertaining and Informative
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| Sun, Aug 7, 05 11:30 AM |
NJacklin |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
| While I am a native New Yorker, there was much learned after having taken this tour. I think a lot has to do with the luck you have with your particular guide. Mine was very pleasant and definitely had more than just a working knowledge of the environment. I thought that the places we were taken were representative of the area and the many changes that seem to be taking place there. I enjoyed the different samples of food and could definitely see myself becoming a patron of some of those establishments. I also liked the walk outside where the guide pointed out some of the pricey stores that are coming into the area. I think this tour is a worthwhile experience for either a native or a tourist. Relating the information about the High Lline to the special section in the Sunday New York Times was a thoughtful touch.
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Unique insite on interesting up and coming destion
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| Sun, Aug 7, 05 11:30 AM |
Porter |
Male |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| Greate combination of food history and and local history is a rapidly changing eclectic neighborhood.
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It was a great tour, both fun and informative.
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| Sun, Aug 7, 05 11:30 AM |
hstevens |
Female |
60-69 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| Tour consisted of people from different parts of the U.S. Everyone very friendly.
Tour guide (Todd) was exceptional. |
