Top 5 Free Food Tours in NYC

New York City is a metropolis of tremendous size and diversity with a lot to offer culturally to both resident and tourist. As with almost anything in the city, there is a plethora of free food tours available that will give you a guided culinary adventure through Gotham. We are going to briefly go over what we believe are the top food free food tours in New York City and hopefully help you to enhance your next visit to the Big Apple.



1. Lower East Side Food Tour: Rich in both history and culture, the Lower East Side is the perfect place to experience a diverse food tour. Many immigrants settled in the Lower East Side in
search of a better life and the American dream. They brought with them many of the ingredients
that make the USA the great melting pot that it is. You experience dishes such as potato knish,
bialys, pletzels, green tea doughnuts and Chinese dumplings. You will be taking in the delights at
Yonah Schimmel Knish Bakery, Prosperity Dumpling, Kossar’s Bialy and Bagels, The Pickle Guys
and Sugar Sweet Sunshine. http://www.freenyfoodtours.com/



2. Flatbush Brooklyn Food Tour: If you have a taste for Caribbean cuisine, this is the tour for
you. Flatbush is a hotbed for Caribbean cultures as well as their respective food offerings. Jerk
Chicken, Chick Peas, codfish and even the offerings of an Italian deli are available on this colorful
tour. The stops you will visit are; De Hot Pot, Scoops, Tugboat Tea Company, Jamaican Pride
Bakery, Immaculate 2 Bakery, Peppa’s Jerk Chicken, Mama Louisa’s Hero Shoppe, and Allens’s
Bakery.

3. Chinatown Food Tour: Chinatown is the largest Chinese community in the Western Hemisphere
and a prime location to find genuinely authentic Chinese dishes. A dense neighborhood, there
are an amazing amount of food options for you to choose from. This Tour will help hasten the
selection process and give you access to some of the best versions of spicy cumin lamb burgers,
fried pork and chive dumplings, hand pulled noodles and tiger salad, and bubble tea as well as
much, more.



4. Harlem Food Tour: Taking the Harlem Food Tour is almost like taking a jet-setting world tour
with your palate. With flavors originating from everywhere from Africa, to the Mediterranean,
to Latin America and the Caribbean, you will experience a world of food in a matter of hours.
Sweet plantains, empanadas, tacos, burritos, pizza, monfongo, fried fish and much more are
available a the stops; Cuchofritos Frituros, Don Paco Panderia, Fish Fry Market on 116th
Shabazz Harlem Market, Patsy’s Pizza as well as various food trucks.

5. Greenwich Village Food Tour: A beautiful neighborhood with a nostalgic feel, Greenwich village
is the the gorgeous backdrop to a great free food tour. You’ll be stopping at Artichoke Pizza,
Bleeker Street Pizza, Bantum Bagels, Sugar & Plumm, Momoums Falafel. Another great food
tour, you can’t go wrong spending and afternoon amongst the tree lined streets of Greenwich Village. http://www.cityfoodtours.com/newyork/new-york-greenwich-village-food-tour.html
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