My husband and I spent almost 4 hours with our tour guide, Ben Wisdom, eating our way through the French Quarters. The venues ranged from campy to elegant and everything was delicious. It’s a tossup whether we enjoyed the history or tastings more- both were...More
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New Orleans Food and History Tour
From US$55.00
Overview
Combine New Orleans’ best assets—history and food—on this guided tour of the French Quarter. Visit six local-approved restaurants that specialize in classics such as po’boys, gumbo, and beignets at establishments that live up to their hype, and pick up bits of New Orleans' history and trivia along the way.
What to Expect
Begin your tour at the award-winning restaurant SoBou, which specializes in street-food inspired dishes such as boudin balls, pork cracklings, and savory beignets. As you dig in, learn about the American Indian, European, and West African roots of Louisiana cuisine.
Continue to Pepper Palace Hot Sauce Bar to sample dozens of sauces and rubs, followed by a stop at the historical Leah’s Pralines candy shop. Try the shop's signature bacon pecan brittle, and learn the history of this Southern sweet.
Next, bite into two New Orleans inventions, the muffuletta and the po’boy, both served at a funky NOLA dive. Discuss 19th- and 20th-century immigration of New Orleans as you eat these favorite lunchtime sandwiches.
Polish off your tour with Creole cuisine at Tujague’s, which has been in operation since 1856, and Dickie Brennan’s Tableau, famous for its seafood gumbo.
Your tour concludes at Dickie Brennan’s, just in time to take advantage of their happy hour deals.
Continue to Pepper Palace Hot Sauce Bar to sample dozens of sauces and rubs, followed by a stop at the historical Leah’s Pralines candy shop. Try the shop's signature bacon pecan brittle, and learn the history of this Southern sweet.
Next, bite into two New Orleans inventions, the muffuletta and the po’boy, both served at a funky NOLA dive. Discuss 19th- and 20th-century immigration of New Orleans as you eat these favorite lunchtime sandwiches.
Polish off your tour with Creole cuisine at Tujague’s, which has been in operation since 1856, and Dickie Brennan’s Tableau, famous for its seafood gumbo.
Your tour concludes at Dickie Brennan’s, just in time to take advantage of their happy hour deals.
Questions & Answers
jamesesmith2385
17 April 2018|
Response from Whittenburg R | Reviewed this property |
We did not have any kids in our group. One couple on our tour had a young teenager with them, did not seem to be an issue. Don't know about cost.
Dave3249
11 April 2018|
Response from rsr6 | Reviewed this property |
None that have the 6-restaurant set menu itinerary that I saw. Late AM/early afternoon the 6 restaurants hosting such tours are not busy and have room for such groups with lite, sample menus, but they are usually very busy... More