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

Mon 30 Jun

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Starting at $140.00

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Mon 30 Jun

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)

VeazieMDI

Jan 2018

We went on the Combo Cocktail and Food History Tour which costs $120 each. The guide was very good (4 stars worth) and we learned a lot about food history. Plus the cocktails were fine. But really Dr. Gumbo guys, this is a foodie tour and the food was a major disappointment. Most of it was mediocre at best (being charitable), and the portions were miniscule. As an example, we were given a 2 inch wide piece of a po-boy sandwich (no exaggeration) at one place and a small sausage ball at another. Another place was a hot sauce tasting business that is free to the public so we got nothing on the tour we could not have gotten off the street. So tour guys, you need to pay the restaurants enough for them to give your customers something worthwhile for their money, and get a few better spots to stop.

Response from Host

Jan 2018

Dear VeazieMDI, Thanks for taking the time to provide your "charitable" feedback on both the tour and how to conduct our business. I'm always looking for insights from our customers. Which is why I'm going to put more faith in the 92% of TripAdvisor reviewers who feel we have an Excellent 5-star product vs. the 1% of people who feel we have an Average 3-star product. If the reverse were true I'd really do some soul searching and make drastic changes. But in the meantime, we're just going to keep working hard every day to show people a wonderful time and introduce them to the amazing food, cocktails and history of New Orleans! Red beans and ricely! Doctor Gumbo

Elizabeth S

Jan 2018

Tour guide was fabulous, incredibly knowledgeable and made it a lot of fun!! We had a great time. Thoroughly enjoyed this tour.

Jinny K

Dec 2017

I'll admit I can be a bit lazy about leaving reviews but seeing as how I left New Orleans this morning and I'm writing a review during my only free moment in the same day, that should speak volumes. I did the Food and Cocktail Combo tour with Lindsay and was fortunate enough to share the tour with a great couple from Tennessee. We were a small group and all around the same age which contributed to the flowing conversation and relaxed atmosphere. The food and drinks were all amazing in their own way and I happened to enjoy the variety of choices and their timing. The tour is very well organized and the food and drinks are ready for you as soon as you arrive at each location. You will definitely be stuffed by the end of the tour! The drinks are generous so I'd agree with the reviewer who suggested partakers pace themselves. :) The group had such a great time together we stayed at the last restaurant for another round and four more hours after the tour ended! We would have loved if Lindsay could have stayed too but alas, she had to leave due to her other bartending duties. Lindsay is a super cool individual and I loved her laid back yet informative style of guiding. I can't say enough great things about this tour and I would definitely recommend it to everyone who visits Nola!