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New Orleans Food and History Tour
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Stop At: SoBou Restaurant, 310 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
Meet your guide in the French Quarter in the afternoon and begin your food tour of New Orleans at SoBou, one of two restaurants owned by the award-winning Commander’s Palace family. Sit down and relax as you are treated to three street food-inspired dishes that showcase modern New Orleans cuisine: fried pork skins, boudin balls with Creole mustard, and a seasonal Beignet.
Listen to a narrative history of Louisiana cuisine, starting with the culinary contributions of local American Indian tribes and leading to the arrival of the Europeans and West Africans who created its Creole flavors. You’ll hear about the unique geography of southern Louisiana, as well as the linguistic origins of dozens of local dishes, from beignets and étouffée to gumbo and jambalaya.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Pepper Palace, 224 Chartres St 1 French Market Place, New Orleans, LA 70130-2290
If you’d like, purchase a drink at the full bar before moving on to a stop at the Pepper Palace Hot Sauce Bar, where you can sample dozens of different hot sauces, BBQ sauces, dry rubs, seasonings and more while learning about the spicy, Cajun-style cuisine of rural Louisiana.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Leah's Pralines, 714 St Louis St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
Third stop is Leah’s Pralines, a candy shop established in 1933. After learning its history, taste a Creole praline and sample the bacon pecan brittle.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
Take in the sites and sounds of festive Royal Street as we move on to our next stop.
Pass By: Bourbon Street, New Orleans, LA
Pass briefly along New Orleans' most famous street on our way to NOLA Poboys.
Stop At: NOLA Poboys, 908 Bourbon St, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA
Next, bite into two New Orleans inventions: the muffuletta and the po-boy. Both are served at the funky dive NOLA Po-boys, a local joint with an immense menu. Discuss the 19th and 20th century history of the New Orleans' immigrants as you sample the fried catfish poboy on freshly baked New Orleans–style French bread before moving on to the slightly warmed muffuletta: an Italian-style sandwich of ham, salami, mortadella, provolone cheese, mozzarella cheese and New Orleans-style olive salad.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Tujague's, 823 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA
The next stop is Tujague’s, the second-oldest restaurant in New Orleans, serving up classic Creole cuisine since 1856. Discover the culinary contributions of the butchers of the French Market while you dig into one delicious dish: the Bavarian-style slow-cooked beef brisket.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Jackson Square, 615 Pere Antoine Alley, New Orleans, LA 70116-3234
Your final stop is either Dickie Brennan's Tableau where you will enjoy a savory Seafood Gumbo, or the Creole Cookery for a Chicken & Andouille Sausage Gumbo. Both venues are locally owned and operated, and are great examples of classic Creole restaurants.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: French Quarter, New Orleans, LA
The walking tour covers about one and a half miles (2.4 km) throughout the French Quarter, at a leisurely pace.
Duration: 3 hours
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This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: SoBou Restaurant, 310 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
Meet your guide in the French Quarter in the afternoon and begin your food tour of New Orleans at SoBou, one of two restaurants owned by the award-winning Commander’s Palace family. Sit down and relax as you are treated to three street food-inspired dishes that showcase modern New Orleans cuisine: fried pork skins, boudin balls with Creole mustard, and a seasonal Beignet.
Listen to a narrative history of Louisiana cuisine, starting with the culinary contributions of local American Indian tribes and leading to the arrival of the Europeans and West Africans who created its Creole flavors. You’ll hear about the unique geography of southern Louisiana, as well as the linguistic origins of dozens of local dishes, from beignets and étouffée to gumbo and jambalaya.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Pepper Palace, 224 Chartres St 1 French Market Place, New Orleans, LA 70130-2290
If you’d like, purchase a drink at the full bar before moving on to a stop at the Pepper Palace Hot Sauce Bar, where you can sample dozens of different hot sauces, BBQ sauces, dry rubs, seasonings and more while learning about the spicy, Cajun-style cuisine of rural Louisiana.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Leah's Pralines, 714 St Louis St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
Third stop is Leah’s Pralines, a candy shop established in 1933. After learning its history, taste a Creole praline and sample the bacon pecan brittle.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
Take in the sites and sounds of festive Royal Street as we move on to our next stop.
Pass By: Bourbon Street, New Orleans, LA
Pass briefly along New Orleans' most famous street on our way to NOLA Poboys.
Stop At: NOLA Poboys, 908 Bourbon St, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA
Next, bite into two New Orleans inventions: the muffuletta and the po-boy. Both are served at the funky dive NOLA Po-boys, a local joint with an immense menu. Discuss the 19th and 20th century history of the New Orleans' immigrants as you sample the fried catfish poboy on freshly baked New Orleans–style French bread before moving on to the slightly warmed muffuletta: an Italian-style sandwich of ham, salami, mortadella, provolone cheese, mozzarella cheese and New Orleans-style olive salad.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Tujague's, 823 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA
The next stop is Tujague’s, the second-oldest restaurant in New Orleans, serving up classic Creole cuisine since 1856. Discover the culinary contributions of the butchers of the French Market while you dig into one delicious dish: the Bavarian-style slow-cooked beef brisket.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Jackson Square, 615 Pere Antoine Alley, New Orleans, LA 70116-3234
Your final stop is either Dickie Brennan's Tableau where you will enjoy a savory Seafood Gumbo, or the Creole Cookery for a Chicken & Andouille Sausage Gumbo. Both venues are locally owned and operated, and are great examples of classic Creole restaurants.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: French Quarter, New Orleans, LA
The walking tour covers about one and a half miles (2.4 km) throughout the French Quarter, at a leisurely pace.
Duration: 3 hours
Included
- Lunch
- Gratuities for servers at establishments
- Entry/Admission - Pepper Palace
- Entry/Admission - Leah's Pralines
- Entry/Admission - NOLA Poboys
- Entry/Admission - Tujague's
Not included
- Beverages other than water
- Gratuity for guide (optional)
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- This tour features a set menu. We do not offer a gluten-free, pork-free or vegetarian option.
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- There is no charge for infants in strollers
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- All venues subject to change based on availability
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 18 travelers
Features
Tourism
95%
Cultural
85%
Food
60%
Original
15%
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Kudos to Dr. Gumbo for not dumbing down the tour and providing solid historical, culinary and local customs facts, factoids and antidotes to this tour. Too often guides go for the yucks and quick laughs and don't take the message seriously. There are blatant commercial efforts to buy a drink or a discussed goodie, but no pressure. I even spent a few extra bucks - it's vacation in a great place with a well spend couple of hours. From Po Boys to Boudin with foie gras dipping sauce it was an experience!
Magic Mike was our guide, and he was fantastic. Very interesting history mixed with the right amount of humor, and the food samplings were fantastic.
Our tour guide Lindsey was so knowledgable and fun. The stories and history are very interesting and informative. The food was delicious! Very worth every penny.
Our guide was awesome and delivered a great history tour. The food was really good but we stopped at pepper palace where all of the hot sauce is made in Tennessee. Kinda odd seeing as how two of the worlds beat hot sauces are made in LA.
This was a great tour and Lindsey was a wonderful guide. I learned a lot of history and ate some amazing food.
Excellent tour. We walked around the Quarter and sampled food at maybe 7 places. Crawfish beignet, crackle, brisket, pralines, gumbo, po-boy, muffuletta, and hot sauces. We were too full for dinner! Not super good for physically challenged due to poor quality of sidewalks. Lots of historical tidbits to go with the food.
Excellent Tour - Great Food with very well presented historical information intertwined. Dylan was a fantastic tour guide and engaged each of the participants.
This was by far the best tour we've taken in New Orleans, and we've taken several. Our tour guide, Ben, was incredibly knowledgeable on the history, the culture and the cuisine(s) of NOLA. We learned so much from him! The stops on the tour were very interesting as well, and the food "samples" excellent. I say "samples" because by the time the tour was over, we were too stuffed to even think about dinner. Our stops were Sobu, The Pepper Palace, Laura's Pralines (be sure to try the bacon and pecan brittle), NOLA Po Boys, Tujague's, and Tableau. This $70 was worth every cent. I highly recommend it. If you take one tour in NOLA, take this French Quarter Food and History one.
We got Ben! He was a local, had great tips, recommendations and knowledge! Highly recommend!Fun way to explore the French quarter. Food was not that crazy, so don't worry if you're not an adventurous eater. Not for anyone that is vegetarian or gluten free. Small groups, ours had 10. Really great tour would do again!
I loved our guide, Ben, I have learned so much about New Orleans and the different types of foods, Ben is the best story teller, the history of the area, how different things got their names. I learned so much about Creole and Cajun, the history of the French Quarter. Ben is the best. I will recommend this tour to all my friends.
Lindsey was the most amazing tour guide. We really got to know some of New Orleans history and its food. The food OMG true Cajun and Creole. Make sure that you go on this tour.
Great tour guide-so much information given out.Great food and walk around French Quarter sampling local food