Description
New Orleans cocktails and food history tour
New Orleans is home to some of the greatest food in the USA. Enjoy this 4 hours food tour to taste some famous cocktails and learn more about the food and the history of New Orleans. Get the finest of Louisiana with this historical tour that mixes a trip into the past with all the flavors of New Orleans. Eight distinct places across the city, including Creole eateries, cocktail lounges, sandwich shops, and pre-Civil War pubs, will be visited as you proceed with your knowledgeable guide. This tour includes four full-sized beverages that highlight the finest of Louisiana’s culinary and cocktail heritage, along with tastings of up to ten distinct foods. This tour is ideal for foodies because it lets visitors enjoy the finest in one afternoon!
Duration: 4 hours
Group: 16 people max
Price: $130
You can book this food tour directly with Doctor Gumbo Tours
New Orleans cocktails and food history tour – itinerary
Your tour starts at 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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