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 01 Jul

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Starting at $140.00

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Tue 01 Jul

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)

ketura66

May 2018

My husband and I just took this tour and loved it!! Ben Wisdom was our tour guide and he was wonderful! Super engaging, with a really nice pace for sharing history and keeping the group on track. The food and drinks were great - it was the perfect amount of both with options for the purchase of more if desired. We would highly recommend this tour - especially for first time visitors to New Orleans like us!

Response from Host

May 2018

Thank you Ketura! I appreciate your insightful feedback on the Combo Cocktail & Food History Tour! Glad you and your husband enjoyed it. Red beans and ricely! Doctor G

Dwayne S

Apr 2018

Lindsay (our guide) was extremely knowledgeable, interesting and funny. Our group consisted of 16 people and we found them to be very fun and interesting as well...good social time. Not a lot of walking (we have done some of these tours where you walk a lot) so not so strenuous for folks who don't want to walk too much. Can't remember all the spots we stopped at now but the food was great, the drinks were great and the stories/history was informative. Highly recommend this to people who like to try different foods, unusual cocktails and interesting conversation with good people.

dris813

Apr 2018

I took Dr. Gumbo’s Combo Cocktail and Food Tour with Ben on 4/5 and it was one of the best tours I have ever taken. Ben was a fantastic guide- fun, friendly and informative. He presented a lot of history (of New Orleans, the food and the drinks) but in a manner that always made it entertaining and engaging. The tour included an outstanding assortment of food and drink samples at a variety of establishments (some of which I returned to throughout the remainder of my trip). We had an excellent group and the format of the tour made it easy to mingle with other guests (something I especially appreciated since I was taking the tour by myself). An excellent experience that I highly recommend.

Response from Host

Apr 2018

Thank you so much for sharing your experience with Ben! I'm glad you had a great time, met some new people and discovered some venues you enjoyed returning to throughout your stay. Red beans and ricely, Doctor G