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It is with great enthusiasm that Chelsea Market, and Foods of NY Tours announce a strategic partnership. Our two companies have formed a partnership that combines the respective strengths of both companies to provide access for individuals and groups wishing to tour the historic and delicious Chelsea Market. The partnership will result in significant benefits for those visiting Chelsea Market by…

In this NEW blog series “TAKE 2” we get to dig deeper and re-visit the restaurants and shops on our food tours, but show you a few more delicious options which aren’t offered as a tasting on the tour…and you get to join us on the culinary ride.  Our goal at Foods of NY Tours…

There’s one day in the year dedicated to letting him know he’s a great dad. What better way than to treat him to his favorite things with his favorite people in the city that has everything? If you live in beautiful New York City or if you’re just visiting with your dad when Father’s Day rolls around…

Guess what? We’re hiring! Foods of NY Tours is looking for an experienced Part-time Office Assistant to help with data entry, food bags, and various projects related to weekly and daily food orders. It’s a part-time position needed a few days a week. The office currently is run by two full-time staff and one part-time…

    One of our top rated tour guides, Curt Upton, not only talks about food, shows you food, and hand-delivers you food on our Chelsea Market/Meatpacking District Tours and our Original Greenwich Village Tours…in his spare time he also teaches you how to cook food on his new web site curtupton.com.  Curt, along with…

To Our Loyal Customers over the past 15 years: We’ve got big news and a reason to celebrate. On April 29, 1999, we offered our first NYC Food Tour to the public. Since then, we’ve toured over 250,000 people and spent over 3 million dollars on food, thereby supporting many small, local businesses. We’ve been…

At Foods of NY Tours, our tour guides not only showcase the best of the city’s art–they also create it. Cindy Keiter has led our Original Greenwich Village Tour and our Chelsea Market/ Meatpacking District Tour for over twelve years. In that time, she’s also acted in a number of film, theater, and tv productions in the…

Meet Marie, tour guide on our Original Greenwich Village Tour. Take a trip with her down NYC memory lane and follow her lead for the perfect New York City day. How did you get started with Foods of New York Tours?   I call it a “happy accident”; years ago my friend begged me to go to a party,…

Something to bring a smile to your face on a cold Wednesday afternoon: a collection of dogs waiting while their owners shop at Murray’s, Amy’s Bread and other Greenwich Village establishments. Enjoy!

“This half-hour documentary is for those looking for background information about the real struggles of New Yorkers in the 1800s. Featuring archival pictures, documents, writings, and comments by scholars, this is a good little documentary from discovery that takes you beyond Scorsese’s ‘Gangs of New York’ movie and into real life.” The film is below…

New York City’s Meatpacking District has only recently evolved in to the chic and stylish neighborhood that you visit on our Chelsea Market/ Meatpacking District Tour. The Meatpacking District was originally just that, a meatpacking district; in 1900, there were over 150 slaughterhouses and meatpacking plants. The meatpackers worked from 3am to 3pm every day leaving the neighborhood empty…

“The Mills House” (160 Bleecker Street) seen on our Central Village Tour was built in 1896 as one of three gentlemen’s hotels created by Darious Ogden Mills. A wealthy philanthropist, Mills wanted to create a men’s hotel for the poor and the working class who would have otherwise stayed in a “flop house.” Interior courtyard of The Mills…