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Date Attended |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? [v] |
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Mom & Daughter take a bite out of the Big Apple
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| Sat, May 14, 05 11:00 AM |
lunderwood |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| This tour was part of my gift to my mom for her mother's day/b'day trip to NYC. A year ago I took the Greenwich Village tour with this company and enjoyed it so much I wanted to do another tour. Our guide, Wendy, was FABULOUS! She had so much energy and enthusiasm it was contagious. This was Wendy’s first solo tour and you would never know it…she seemed like she had been doing this for years.
I loved the 2 hours we spent in Chelsea Market and would have been happy if the tour ended there as I wasn’t overly impressed with the Meat Packing District part of the tour. It is great that the stores and restaurants have transformed the meat packing plants into their current businesses while still maintaining part of the “charm” of the district in its heyday, but overall that part of the tour was not as interesting.
The food on this tour was fabulous…we literally ate our way through Chelsea Market! I enjoyed hearing how some of the shops got there start and appreciated the way generations of families have been working in the family business. In The Lobster Place, we got to meet Herman the 11 pound lobster!
Both the Chelsea and Village tours were interesting in their own respect and I do recommend taking a trip to both areas on your next visit to NYC.
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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. |
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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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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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First Rate
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| Fri, Apr 29, 05 11:00 AM |
tedukrop |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Our tour guide Todd was great. He definitely had a passion for the area and food. I was surprised that some of my "fellow tourist" lived in NYC. I think that fact sums up the quality of the tour.
I would highly recommend this tour. |
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Great time had by ALL ELEVEN!!
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| Sat, Apr 23, 05 11:30 AM |
gdkrajeski |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Family in New York to celebrate a birthday. The tour of Chelsea Market and the surrounding area was lead by Todd. Not only did we learn about the history of the area, but we got to eat along the way!! Many family members went back after the tour AND the next day to try some of the restaurants. Would recomend either tour! |
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UNIQUE. ENTERTAINING. DELICIOUS.
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| Sat, Apr 23, 05 11:00 AM |
cmwithers |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Got 3 hours? Treat yourself to a novel experience in the surprising meatpacking district of NYC. Curt was our amazing guide filled with humor and wit as he rattled off fascinating area tidbits and doled out tastey treats.
Our group ages ranged from college students and up. Included were fun food facts, New York history, celeb restaurants, designer boutiques, and - oh, that bar!!
LA loves NYC! |
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Loved it!
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| Sun, Apr 17, 05 11:30 AM |
juliene |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Curt was a wonderful guide and very entertaining. My mom is over 60 and loved him. She thought he was great.
I am from Atlanta and have done the Greenwich Village tour twice. Your tours are very entertaining and a break from the ordinary. The Chelsea Market tour was great. The food portions were very large and the different types of food were great. We have said on all occasions that your tours are the best part of our vacation (next to Canal street, just kidding).
Thanks.
I hope you have another new one next time I visit the Big Apple. |
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Mother & Daughter on a time out
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| Fri, Apr 15, 05 10:30 AM |
pjlk1530 |
Female |
70+ |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Our tour guide was Curt, a pleasant surprise to find he was Canadian. He was informative, knowledable. We learned much about the area & local history. It was so much more enjoyable having him give us details about an area that we were unfamiiar with. We enjoyed our tour so much that we booked the Greenwich tour also. I would highly recommend this tour to all, and have already done so to friends travelling there in a few months. Congratulations to you at foodsofny.
June Knowles. |
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Great food - great time!
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| Sun, Apr 10, 05 11:30 AM |
ndpeirce |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| My husband & I were looking for something different than the typical tour as we have been to the city a number of times. We really enjoyed the knowledge of the history of the Chelsea/Meatpacking district that our tour guide (Cindy) had to offer us. Seeing a part of the city that is in such a state of change felt like we were watching history happen before our eyes! The food tastings were delicious and provided a nice variety - afterwards we went back to purchase some more to take back home! Our only complaint was that we didn't get the coupons in our packet as we had been promised. We definitely would recommend this tour to other people! |
