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

Tue 06 May

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Starting at $140.00

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Tue 06 May

Starting at $140.00

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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, dairy-free, vegan/vegetarian, and especially PORK-FREE option

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 Alligator Sausage & Seafood Gumbo. We also kick the party off with our first cocktail here: the Cat 5 Hurricane. This part of the tour focuses historically on the pre-colonial and 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 (748)

Kat O

Jul 2018

We took this tour during November 2017 and had a fabulous time! Our guide was very knowledgeable, jovial, and fun, and our entire group had such a great time we have all stayed in touch. Learning about the history as it relates to the cuisine of New Orleans was fascinating: I've been to the city several times and done a number of tours, but I even learned something new. All the stops offered delicious bites and beverages. Highly recommended.

Lashonda Q

Jun 2018

It was nothing like I expected. I enjoyed every minute of it. We had plenty of great food and the drinks were fulfilling to. We tried things ordinarily we wouldn't try and was surprised at how good it was. Dr. Gumbo was a great host. He was very knowledgeable and entertaining. The atmosphere was great. This tour was the best tour I took during my stay in New Orleans.

LCCosgrove

May 2018

We loved our experience on the food and cocktail history tour. Lindsey was our guide and she was perfect - fun, energetic, extremely knowledgeable, and a wonderful host (I really did feel well taken care of throughout the tour). We had 10 different food experiences and 5 cocktails in total. The food was very good (not mind blowing) but you got to taste just about everything New Orleans is known for - from gumbo and po boys to boudin and beignets. The cocktails though - that is what really made this a great tour! We tried so many new, classic cocktails we had never heard of before (brandy crusta was my favorite!). Beyond the food and cocktail tastings though, we learned about the history of each taste and sip. It was a great balance of food, history, and fun!