New Orleans Cocktail and Food History Tour

Overview

Combining the history of Louisiana cuisine and New Orleans-style cocktails, this event is a feast for the senses!

Along with your guide you will visit up 6 locations: award-winning seafood restaurants, James Beard Award-nominated craft cocktail lounges, Creole restaurants, artisanal candy stores and more.

Once inside you’ll sample up to 8 or more different dishes that represent the modern expressions of our culinary heritage: classic dishes like gumbo, and muffulettas, but also new interpretations like savory fried plantains and curried pork skins!

We'll also enjoy 4 full-sized cocktails like the refreshing Pimm's Cup, the rum-heavy Hurricane, the classic Daiquiri and more!

This 4-hour gastronomic odyssey is our way of showing you where we like to go now, and what we like to eat and drink once we're there.

With so many dining and drinking options in New Orleans, why not try up to 6 different places in one fell swoop?!

Note: all venues subject to change based on availability.

City: New Orleans

Sun 23 Feb

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Starting at $130.00

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Sun 23 Feb

Starting at $130.00

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Beverages

Food tasting

Additional Info

Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Minimum age is 21 years
All venues are subject to change based on availability
This tour does NOT have a gluten-free, vegan/vegetarian, and especially PORK-FREE option
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff
Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
COVID-19 vaccination required for guides

What To Expect

Bourbon Street

The walking tour begins inside the award-winning Red Fish Grill in the French Quarter neighborhood of New Orleans. You will begin with two dishes: Alligator Sausage & Seafood Gumbo with freshly baked Leidenheimer French bread. We also kick the party off with our first cocktail here: the Cat 5 Hurricane. This part of the tour focuses historically on the colonial period of Louisiana history, and usually lasts about 35 minutes.

Pepper Palace

Moving four blocks down you will enter Pepper Palace, where we begin to discuss the Cajun influence, and sample an unlimited variety of hot sauces, BBQ sauces, Buffalo Wings sauces, salsas, dry rubs and more. Customers on the tour will also receive a free bottle of Louisiana-style hot sauce.

Royal Street

From there you move 4 blocks up to Leah’s Pralines: a 3rd generation family-owned candy store. You will sample traditional pralines and their unique Bacon Pecan Brittle.

French Quarter

The next stop is two blocks away and known as the Napoleon House, a legendary New Orleans restaurant in an 18th century building with a beautiful courtyard. You will experience their unique Muffuletta sandwich, chicken & andouille sausage jambalaya, and their iconic Pimm's Cup cocktail, a drink introduced to the Americas by the Napoleon House in the 1940's.

Jackson Square

Three more blocks over and you will arrive at the award-winning Dickie Brennan’s Tableau to sip your next cocktail: the refreshing French 75, a combo of fresh lemon, brandy and bubbles.

Decatur Street

From there you pass through famous Jackson Square towards Café du Monde, then along the French Market area, ultimately landing at the James Beard Award-nominated Cane & Table. With a focus on rustic colonial cuisine and playful rum drinks, you will sample plantains and curry pork skins, and a classic daiquiri of Caribbean white rum, fresh lime and sugar.

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (359)

L7238IJjaniceg

Dec 2022

Ben was great. The drinks in the tour, where the best versions of each cocktail. There good was really great also. Highly recommended, Although, don't make any dinner reservations to follow that evening. You're just so full!!

Response from Host

Dec 2022

Thank you so much!

Chris L

Dec 2022

Having done the cocktail history tour a few days earlier, our expectations were high for this experience that combines food and drinks. We were not disappointed. If you have time, I highly recommend taking both of these tasting tours offered by Doctor Gumbo Tours. The foods we tried were absolutely delicious, and they included some iconic dishes like gumbo, jambalaya, and pralines. The beverages were also great, and different to what we enjoyed on the cocktail only tour. Our guide, Ben, was full of fun and encouraged questions. Definitely worth the time and money!

Response from Host

Dec 2022

Thanks so much Chris!

Stacey_C

Dec 2022

Food and drinks were phenomenal! Our tour guide knew how to read the room and give everyone a wonderful experience!

Response from Host

Dec 2022

Thank you Stacey!