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Earlier this week, most of the Foods of New York Tours staff took the Tenement Museum‘s newest tour: Shop Life. Tenements are an important facet of downtown Manhattan history — as those of you who have taken our Greenwich Village tour know — and the Tenement Museum has a handful of tours that feature different…

Meet Amber (Merchandising Director of Eleni’s New York on our Chelsea Market/ Meatpacking District Tour) MUST EAT ITEM: The sugar cookie (AKA: The Conversation Cookie). Amber says never before has she tasted a sugar cookie that wowed her so much and the details (as seen in this years OSCAR nominee cookies) are unlike anything she’s (and…

We haven’t directly interviewed Director of Operations Amy yet, but we’ve seen a little bit of her on the blog in the past. Here’s her food tour love story. And if you’re looking to cement a food tour love story of your own, don’t forget to get your honey a food tour gift certificate for…

In honor of Valentine’s Day later this week, we’ve got a special theme for you this week… Love! More than one Foods of New York Tours employee has found love on a tour. First, let’s listen to Kerrianne’s story about meeting Roy on the Original Greenwich Village Tour. And if you want to bring the…

We’re excited to introduce our SHOPKEEPERS SECRETS SERIES:  Find out what NYC’s shopkeepers MUST EAT at their own shop? Meet Joe (owner of Joe’s Pizza on our Greenwich Village Tour) and his Grandson Sal. MUST EAT ITEM: Their 1st choice is the (often overlooked) fresh mozzarella slice although they’re all-inclusive: “We serve what we like. If you…

Earlier this week, I shared a little bit of my interview with tour guide Bert. He gives the Greenwich Village Tour and the Chinatown Tour. Bert and I chatted for a while, and there’s more I want to share with you. Read on for some of his favorite (weird but delicious-sounding) foods, how he got…

Tour guide Bert at Patisserie Claude in Greenwich Village Last week, Bert sat down with me at one of my favorite French bakeries. Patisserie Claude has some of the best croissants I’ve had in New York City and the creamiest latte you could ever hope for. It’s definitely a great place to sit down and…

Last week, some of our tour guides took a literary tour of Greenwich Village. (Make sure to read part 1!) The tour continued outside the home of novelist Dawn Powell (1896-1965). Sadly, she has been somewhat lost to history but was a prolific and influential author.   Hopefully the guides are following their own winter weather advice!…

Tour guide education is an on-going process. We can’t just write the tour script, hand it to a new tour guide, and force them to memorize it. That’s not how you get great tours. As often as possible, we take our tour guides out into the neighborhood to meet the chefs, eat the food, and…

After giving some general advice earlier this week on what to wear when taking a winter walking tour, I reached out to the tour guides for some specific tips on what gets them through those colder days in New York City. They, after all, are the ones trudging around in the snow and slush every…

Let’s talk about the weather for a minute. We’re a company that spends a lot of time outdoors. We’re not mountaineers or anything, but our guides and our customers spend a fair amount of time pounding the pavement in New York City at all times of the year and in all types of weather. So…

As I’ve mentioned before, it’s not all fun and games over here at Foods of New York Tours. Not only do we spend some time cleaning up Greenwich Village every day, but we also have to eat all the food we talk about on the tours. It’s pretty grueling. We’re always revamping our food and…