New Orleans Food and History Walking Tour

Overview

This New Orleans food tour has every culinary taste covered. With a history-savvy guide leading the way, you’ll walk from classic Creole restaurants and neighborhood sandwich shops to hot sauce bars and artisanal candy stores. Visit up to five locations to sample diverse foods representing the breadth of Louisiana’s culinary heritage, including dishes like seafood gumbo, po-boys, muffulettas and pralines. Learn about the historical origins of each cuisine and, when possible, hear the chefs discuss their influences. Enjoy plenty of food on this afternoon tour.

Please note: all venues are subject to change based on availability. This tour features a set menu and does not have a gluten-free, dairy-free, pork-free or vegetarian option. However, please notify us of any food allergies (not aversions) during check-out.

City: New Orleans

Sat 07 Jun

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Starting at $75.00

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Sat 07 Jun

Starting at $75.00

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What's Included

Lunch

Gratuities for servers at establishments

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
We do NOT offer a gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan/vegetarian, and especially PORK-FREE option.
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
There is no charge for infants in strollers
All venues subject to change based on availability

What To Expect

French Quarter

Meet your guide in the French Quarter in the afternoon and begin your food tour of New Orleans at 3rd Block Depot (formerly SoBou), one of two restaurants owned by the legendary, award-winning Commander's Palace family. Sit down and relax as you are treated to Chicken & Andouille Sausage Gumbo. Listen to a narrative history of Louisiana cuisine, starting with the culinary contributions of local American Indian tribes and leading to the arrival of the Europeans and West Africans who created its Creole flavors. You’ll hear about the unique geography of southern Louisiana, as well as the linguistic origins of dozens of local dishes, from beignets and étouffée to gumbo and jambalaya.

Pepper Palace

If you’d like, purchase a drink at the full bar before moving on to a stop at the Pepper Palace Hot Sauce Bar, where you can sample dozens of different hot sauces, BBQ sauces, dry rubs, seasonings and more while learning about the spicy, Cajun-style cuisine of rural Louisiana.

Royal Street

Take in the sites and sounds of festive Royal Street as we move on to our next stop.

Bourbon Street

Pass briefly along New Orleans' most famous street on our way to NOLA Poboys.

Jackson Square

Your final stop is the Creole Cookery for Red Beans & Rice, followed by our dessert course: Bananas Foster Bread Pudding.

French Quarter

The walking tour covers about one and a half miles (2.4 km) throughout the French Quarter, at a leisurely pace.

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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 (1000)

W1964PSalices

Mar 2025

Pros: our guide provided lots of context on New Orleans/Louisiana history and how this gave rise to popular foods in area, and we got to try many of the "classic" local foods Cons: - 2 of the 5 stops on the tour were just at stores, and really didn't feel worth it - Pepper Palace is purely eating unlimited sampling of sauces (tiny spoonfuls of sauce) which they already offer for free to anyone who walks in the door, and our "extra" from the food tour was we got a free spice jar which is prety silly for families who paid per head and walked away with 2-4 sets of the same spice for their shared kitchen. Our praline stop (Royal Praline Company, not Leah's Pralines as advertised) was just a free praline that would have cost $2-3 on its own - within the 3 food stops, everything was fine but nothing amazing and aside from delicious boudin balls at NOLA Poboys, everything else was lukewarm when served to the group. Nothing I would return to on my own but honestly probably would have been better if I had visited those restaurants individually in which case the food might have been more freshly prepared - when we arrived we were informed the tour was overbooked and therefore we would go through the tour backward instead. This was a bummer because 1) we started at Creole Cookery, and as our first stop that is where most of the background information was explained by our tour guide, but it had terrible acoustics and we couldn't hear anything, 2) because we went in reverse order we didn't get the bananas foster bread pudding we were looking forward to, 3) it threw our tour guide off where he gave us the whole history of gumbo then realized he meant to save that for our last stop - our tour guide was very well informed about the history of the city, but honestly didn't feel like I was getting a local's insight. All recommendations given on things to do in the city were already things I found on broad tourist websites Overall felt like we got good history, but overpaid for pretty meh food :(

Sarah_T

Mar 2025

Super fun! Tour guide was very informative, and the food was delicious! Great way to start a vacation!

522christid

Mar 2025

Very fun, very informative tour! All the food we sampled was delicious and definitely enough to leave you feeling full at the end of the tour. Beth was friendly and knowledgeable, and also very funny. Would definitely recommend!