Foods of New York Tours

A great way to spend 3 hours sampling a variety of foods from local restaurants and speciality shops. Not only do you sample delicious food but you are given an informative insight into the history and culture of the area. Our guide Saphyra soon commanded full attention from the group with her amusing and interesting delivery. A thoroughly enjoyable experience.

I have been on two tours previously and enjoyed them all. This one was, perhaps, of less interest, both in the area of the city and the tastings involved. Oddly enough, the tasting began with a cupcake - admittedly very good - and ended with a pasta tasting. The opposite order may have made more sense. In general, the tastings were fewer in number (it seems to me) and less interesting. The addition of visiting the high line park was a bonus. All of the tours were a good value, and the guides were knowledgeable and pleasant. All in all, I would book another tour with this company when in the area.

Would highly recommend Curt---unbelievably knowledgable as well as very entertaining.

Our guide - Kurt - was fantastic: personable, very funny, and highly knowledgeable. Learned all our names, and played us all in individually during the tour. The tour covers elements of the geography and history of the village, and visits various places for something to eat - all of which were excellent. The whole experience was brilliant, and represented a top highlight of our trip to New York. We had learned of it from a friend who was an experienced NY visitor - maybe it could be publicised more widely.

We had been to New York City several times but had not spent time in Greenwich Village, so I went online to Goldstar.com looking for something to do and found this tour. We had been on a similiar tour in Sacramento Ca. and loved it, so we signed up. We were again very pleased, the tour guide was a special delight all by herself, she was very witty and made us all laugh and at the same time shared historic stories about the mostly Italian community. We had tastes at each location and we were stuffed by the end, we especaially enjoyed the olive oil store with lots of wonderful tastes. Very good way to spend the afternoon.

This tour exceeded our expectations. Sephria, our most excellent guide, was cute, charming and really witty. She was knowledgeable about foods and full of facts and inside stories about Greenwich Village and New York. Try and get on her tour, she's terrific. Come hungry, there's an abundant variety of delicious food, both savory and sweet. Big bang for your buck. We will definitely take another tour the next time we are in New York.

We loved our guide, Zeffra. She was fun, entertaining, relaxed, and very knowlegable. Also, she took very good care of everyone. We LOVED her! The businesses we went to were top notch.

Our tour director was funny and informative. Food was a bit cheesier than hoped for, but then again, not sure what was hoped for. I guess if you're on an Italian themed tour, do what the Romans do.

We were visiting NYC from St. Louis and Kansas City and used this walking tour to orient us to the Village. The history and "street" knowledge of the neighborhood was superb by Cindy who was a resident of the Village for some peiord of time. All of the vendors were very accomodating, taking great pride in their speciality. I requested some food alternatives due to a gluten intolerance and it was handled smoothly and deliciously. (Plus when the tour is over their is a great gluten free restaurant in the neighborhood for a great slice of GF pizza.). Highly recommend to anyone visiting NYC to get out of mid-town and see how the locals live and support the local businesses. On my next trip to NYC I will definitely schedule another tour of a different area by this same group. WELL DONE and great value for the money.

As first time visitors to NYC, we found the tour informative, fun and a great introduction to the Greenwich Village area. Our tour guide, Bert, was delightful, funny and an enthusiastic foodie. We would highly recommend it and wish we would of had the time to take another tour of a different area.

I learned about olive oil, Italian tomatoes, the narrowest house in New York, and Aaron Burr's duel with Alexander Hamilton. I learned about real estate values and American's prejudice against immigrants in the 1800s. It was totally eclectic and informative, PLUS I got to eat. I cannot recommend this more highly. I had the best time!

My husband and I were given the Chelsea food tasting tour as an anniversary gift from our children. Our guide, Bob, was very knowledgeable about the history of the area. We enjoyed both the tour and the tastings and also enjoyed meeting the other members of the group. We will certainly sign up for some of the other tours available.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge of this great spot. We would never have known all of the information and history without Bob's extensive background information on the area.

Cindy was a GREAT guide...energetic, funny, knowledgeable and our entire group was veery complimentary. We have recommended this tour to many people and haver given it as gifts. This is our (my wife/I 4th time on this tour alone; we'd do it again ina minute. Keep up the great work...it's a fun day every way you look at it!

We had a variety of great food and lots of information about the area. Our tour guide,Sephrah, made our tour extra special. Groups are kept small so everyone can enjoy!