| Rating |
Date Attended [^] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Excellent
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| Fri, Apr 29, 05 11:00 AM |
vollmann |
Female |
30-39 |
Local |
Individual |
| I did four tours this week. What I liked about this one was that it had little walking. I plan to take my parents on this tour in the future. This is something you should market. A lot of older people can not do walking tours because two hours of walking is to much. On this tour you could walk, sit, go the the washroom and enjoy a unique part of the city.
As a local I really enjoyed the tour. I found some new spots I would like to go to and some places I will take guests. |
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Good, but underscores neighborhood.
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| Fri, Apr 29, 05 11:00 AM |
EnidLayes |
Male |
30-39 |
Local |
Other |
| Really enjoyed the tour, food and history lesson, but walked away with an overwhelming sadness about the neighborhood. The guide kept saying that the gentrification was really great, but what's great about landlords quadrupling rents, moving an entire industry to a remote part of the Bronx, and gloating about a building going for 12 million, when it was up for 400,000 5 years ago. Restaurants are great, and 60$ t-shirts from the boutiques is terrific. I know this happened in Soho and elsewhere, but I still don't condone it. It was like you're tour had a subtle helping hand in promoting the decline of a once great industry/area in NYC. Even the guide said to me that he nevers ventures there at night as it's a "scene". I couldn't agree more. It seems to me that it's the epitome of New York being sold to the rich. Sad. |
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Informative, Fun, Good Food
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| Sun, May 1, 05 12:00 PM |
janeth |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| This tour and the wonderful guide Todd was one of our favorite events while spending 5 days in NYC. We had a small group of 7 at noon on Sunday which added to our enjoyment. The food tasting was great. We feel like we have been part an event and an area that will become a big tourist attraction in the next years as the words gets out and as the Meat Packing area grows with shops and restaurants. I would recommend it to anyone. |
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One of the best tours we were ever on!
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| Sun, May 1, 05 12:00 PM |
corwiz |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| This is the first food tour my husband and I had ever been on and Todd made it fun and educational. He was very well informed and seems to enjoy giving the tour as much as we enjoyed taking it. With lots of history, humor and good eats we spent the best day of all of our trips to New York City. We hope to take your other food tour on next year’s family trip, and after hearing us talk about it most of the rest of our group wants to come with us.
When we got home, I looked online for other food tours in different cities but yours was the only one I could find. If you start doing other tours anywhere please let us know. We want to take food tours in more cities. Thank you very much for a great day. Suzi and Jay.
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A great 3 hours
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| Fri, May 6, 05 10:30 AM |
alleli |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| I did the Greenwich Village about a year ago. I liked both, but did like the Greenwich Village one a little better. Overall a great 3 hours! |
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So good, we did them both!
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| Fri, May 6, 05 10:30 AM |
colinmckay |
Male |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| After so enjoying the tour of Greenwich with Todd, we set out to do the Chelsea Market tour as well. We enjoyed them both thoroughly: the food, the guides, and the company of other walkers. We think they are exceelent value and would recommend them to anyone visiting or living in New York.
Tell Todd that the reason there was another couple at Chumleys (they said they found it on the internet) might be that it is also featured in the Lonely Planet City Guide of New York (2004 edition), in their walking tour of Greenwich. |
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Informative and good eats!
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| Sat, May 7, 05 11:00 AM |
pburck |
Female |
40-49 |
Local |
Unspecified |
| This was an excellent tour. Two of us went and thoroughly enjoyed the food and information provided by the guide concerning the market history and local neighborhood. We would definitely join a similar tour of another NYC neighborhood. |
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Local Introduction to a Hidden Treasure
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| Sat, May 7, 05 11:30 AM |
tborlawsky |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| As residents of the UWS, my friends and I had never ventured to Chelsea and had no idea what it had to offer. Not only did we get a chance to enjoy some great food, we also learned about the neighborhood and are eager to go back to the Market again soon. Our guide was excellent and very knowledgable of the food and culture! |
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Fun & Informative
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| Sun, May 8, 05 11:30 AM |
brayton5 |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| I really enjoyed the tour. The guide was enthusastic and entertaining. The history of the area was interesting and the food was great. |
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Fabulous; Informative; Delicious & Fun
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| Fri, May 13, 05 10:30 AM |
lizotte |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Fern & the girls visit NYC annually and we all agreed that this is one of the highlights of our trip this year. Kirt was great! Very informative and a wonderful sense of humor. We learned a lot about the area while eating our way through the market - food was delicious - chocolate sour dough bread from Amy's was our favorite. We highly recommend this tour to anyone interested in learning about the area. Chelsea is lucky that Mr. Cohen took on such an ambitious project. |
