The Heart & Soul Of Greenwich Village Food & Culture Tour

Meeting point

Where

Madam JI Restaurant is located at 154 Bleecker Street, between Laguardia Pl and Thompson Street.

Departure

12:00, 14:00 on Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun; scheduled year-round (operator schedule, seats confirmed at checkout)

Return

The tours ends at Monte's Trattoria

Pickup

No hotel pickup: everyone meets at the start point

Operator

Foods of New York Tours; booking and payment are completed on Viator

1. 1
   Greenwich Village

   We start at Cuba Restaurant with a sit down restaurant "cuban feast" of two different flavors of their house made empanadas, plantains and rice & beans.

   25 min
2. 2
   Washington Square Park

   We will visit Washington Square Park (the town square of Greenwich Village) and learn about its radical protesters, infamous hanging tree, the Washington Square Arch, and how the “live and let live” beatniks, writers and poets of the 50s and 60s made Greenwich Village their home.

   30 min
3. 3
   You can't take a NYC food tour without a pizza tasting

   and we try TWO! Taste their signature artichoke pizza AND their classic margarita pizza.

   15 min
4. 4
   Cafe Wha?

   Learn all about the Greenwich Village music scene where Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendricks both got their careers started!

   10 min
5. 5
   Learn the history of this unique areas land and how it developed from swampland to the Gold Coast of real estate and the fishing creek that still runs underground15 min
6. 6
   Peek inside one of the oldest coffee shops in NYC, overflowing with bags of coffee beans that you can smell all down Bleecker Street, and take a special treat to go10 min
7. 7
   Walk the same streets that Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, and Amy Schumer did while learning about the music and comedy scene, and why this section of NYC can only be described as The Village10 min
8. 8
   Have a SEATED RESTAURANT DOUBLE TASTING at this 100 year old Italian restaurant, where the owner still cooks for you his house made pasta with bolognese sauce and for dessert their famous family recipe Tiramisu, in a classic NYC restaurant setting where celebrities, politicians, and even Joey Tribbiani (From Friends) would eat

   Grab a glass of wine to pair with your tastings as well!

   30 min
9. 9
   Visit one of Greenwich VIllage's best keep secrets

   and tea & spice shop where you can find rare spices and teas from around the world, all inside of what used to be an old mafia hangout, where it's classic look has been restored and maintained. Try some freshly brewed tea with local "Blueberry Honey".

   15 min
10. 10
    Finish your tour with a sweet tastings from Li-Lac Chocolates, NYC's oldest chocolate company famous for making chocolate EVERYTHING, from chocolate champagne bottles to a chocolate woman's heel shoe

    Try their signature items for a sweet ending to your tour!

    10 min

About this tour, from the operator