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Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Take the tour...
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| Sun, May 25, 08 12:00 PM |
jcrews |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| This tour was in line with what we were looking for; a tour of the area where the Food Network is housed as-well-as multiple food stores and specialty shops and bakeries. The guide was energetic, witty and very approachable to all in the group.
This was our second tour while in NYC and our guide, Sam, was excellent about asking whether or not we needed to be escorted back to the origin. The previous tour guide ended the tour and left us basically to our own devices to get back to the origin. Not a big deal for a local but an out-of-towner might feel somewhat uneasy.
Overall - a highly enjoyable way to spend three hours in a teriffic city!
Take the tour... |
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Chelsea Market
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| Sun, May 25, 08 11:30 AM |
rainydayes |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| I had a great time on the tour. Bob was very knowledgeable and cordial. He did a great job! I especially liked The Lobster Place when he pulled the lobster out of the tank to show us, Del Posto and Chef Mormito's place. The grand finale was the view from the top of the last restaurant we visited.
It would have been nice to stop on the FoodNetwork floor and pop our heads in, however I imagine that might take some string pulling.
Overall, I loved this tour! |
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Chelsea Market/Meatpacking Dist Tour EXCELLENT!
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| Sun, May 25, 08 11:30 AM |
Marcyb |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We no longer live in the metro area, but were visiting for a long weekend and decided to take the Chelsea Market/Meatpacking District tour and we are so glad we did!
Our guide, Bob, was excellent...a wealth of information about Chelsea Market. I had no idea of the building's history...very interesting. And the samples were plentiful and deliscious.
I liked that the group was small, only 14 people and the tour lasted about 3 hours...definitely got our monies worth.
I would highly recommend this tour to any foodie and I am ready to go on other Foods of New York tours! |
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The Good, the Bad, and the Unnecessary
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| Sun, May 25, 08 11:30 AM |
JMVanLeuven |
Female |
60-69 |
Unspecified |
Other |
| This tour takes three hours, the first two hours inside Chelsea Market, and the last hour outside touring the neighborhood. I enjoyed hearing about the history of Chelsea Market and tasting various foods inside the speciality shops, but found the last hour outside, when the tour guide pointed out high-priced Manhattan real estate, rather boring. I would suggest future tours spend three hours inside Chelsea Market, with more tastings and a tour through Food Network studios instead of peeking in the Buddha Bar and other high-priced restaurants.
There is a place for the outside tour, but this should not have been it. If this change cannot be effected , then I suggest the tour be shortened to 2 hours, all of it inside Chelsea Market. |
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exceptional
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| Sat, May 24, 08 11:30 AM |
yonnie48 |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We took the Greenwich Village tour twice and thought it was exceptional; so decided to take the Chelsea Market/Meatpacking District tour and we were just as pleased. The tours are fun, educational and most of all TASTY!! Had a great time. Sam was our tour guide and he made everyone feel at ease immediately and provided so much information and was just was the best! |
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great history, food order needs to change
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| Sat, May 24, 08 11:30 AM |
KHUONG |
Female |
30-39 |
Local |
Other |
| Hi- I've been on your Greenwich tour as well and I prefer that one better than this one: the food was more spaced out with the walking, the order of the food was better. On this tour, we started with a wonderful cookie that should have been the last as dessert. The visit at Buono Italy should have been first with the bread and the meats. Our tour started at 11:30 so that would have made sense to have the first tasting at that time with the meats, cheese and bread. Unfortunately with the way all the eateries are contained in the market, it's understandably hard to space out the walking with the eating. I really enjoyed the history of the area. Most of the walking was done after we left the market, so ... I'd recommend the Greenwich one to friends before I would this tour. I'm going to try the Chinatown one next, so I hope you'll get that up and running in time for the fall weather. |
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Fun, delicious and informative tour!
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| Sat, May 24, 08 11:00 AM |
laurenqt |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| The tour of Chelsea market was spectacular. Our guide was very personable and had a wealth of knowledge about the history of the area. It was nice to be in a smaller group for a more intimate experience. We sampled foods from almost every place in the market and made it well worth the money. I left there completely stuffed! |
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Everything is not always bigger in Texas!!
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| Fri, May 23, 08 12:30 PM |
sxolalpa |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Coming from Houston,Texas; where we have a very diverse culture of cusines and people from all over the world, I was very impressed with the tour of Chelsea Market. There are few (to none) places in Texas where you can get the finest, freshest and very delicious items located at the all in one location such as Chelsea Market; many being local.
I was a bit skeptical at first about spending 3 hours on a tour, but let me tell you it was well worth the experience. For those of you with a refined palate, or as my husband jokingly calls "food connoisseurs", you will enjoy the fine products available and the tasting of the various foods available in the market.
If you get to taste the fine baked goods at Eleni's, or the fresh milk from Ronnybrook Dairy, to the scrumptous seafood from the Lobster Place, then you will realize it was worth the tour. For those of you that are "finicky" eaters, such as my friend that accompanied me, then this tour may not be the best for you (if it's not a Burger, then she won't touch it). All the rest should enjoy!
Hopefully, you will be charmed by the tour guide (our guide was Cindy) as we were. |
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A not to be missed tour - so very memorable!
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| Fri, May 23, 08 12:00 PM |
Louise123 |
Female |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Our guide Ed was upbeat and enthusiasic as well as having the expected degree of knowledge. The tour was just the right pace and the food stops truly amazing. This was certainly a highlight of our trip to New York. Having only a few days in the Big Apple we were working on a very tight schedule. the only down side being that we should have planned more time to go back to all of the stores to brows and buy of course. We did both the Chelsea Market and Greenwich Village food tasting tours and I preferred the Chelsea and my partner preferred the Greenwich - I suggest you book both, time permitting and make your own mind! |
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Not as good as the Village tour
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| Fri, May 23, 08 12:00 PM |
binky1 |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| Expected the tour to be more like the Village tour. Disappointing that 99% of the tour was in just one building. Meatpacking portion of the tour was extremely brief and of little value. Our guide had nearly lost his voice from some activity the night before, so it became very irritating to have to strain to hear him and to constantly be told to gather in closer to him so he wouldn't have to talk louder |
