NYC: Greenwich Village Pizza, Beer, and History Tour

NYC: Greenwich Village Pizza, Beer, and History Tour

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Discover the best food in New York with a 2.5-hour walking tour of historic Greenwich Village. Explore the history and culture of the area with an expert local guide while tasting regional specialties at some of the best pizza spots around.

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Highlights

Enjoy three Pizza tastings from some of Greenwich Village’s best-known pizza restaurants
Discuss the art of making pizza with one of New York’s top pizza chefs
Walk in the footsteps of some of America’s best-known writers, artists, and musicians along quaint tree-lined streets and architecture
Toast to Village legends at two of the West Village’s most famous and notorious bars

Description

Explore the best pizza and beer in Greenwich Village, a historical and cultural mecca on the Westside, with the help of a licensed tour guide. You will enjoy learning interesting tidbits and increase your cultural knowledge, all while savoring three pizza samplings and two beer tastings. About the Pizza: No neighborhood does pizza quite like Greenwich Village, with everything from amazing coal-fired thin crust pies, to traditional New York slices dripping with mozzarella cheese and oil, to newer pizzaiolos (pizza makers), many recent immigrants from Italy, who are showcasing how pizza is cooked in their home regions in the Old Country. Three amazing spots have been scouted to try three different styles of pizza. You will examine what makes each so unique, from inspiration to ingredients, to ovens. About the Beer: Drinking in Greenwich Village has always been as big a part of the culture as music, painting, and writing. Not even a little thing like Prohibition stopped the party, the Village was home to some of New York’s most famous speakeasies, and you will enjoy a beer at one of its better-known former speakeasies. Learn how they snuck in the booze and kept their customers from getting arrested while enjoying drinks in the bars that helped transform Greenwich Village into The Village, as much a state of mind as a physical neighborhood. You will be walking the same streets as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jackson Pollock, Dylan Thomas, Bob Dylan, and other Village legends, chatting about what drew them all to this amazing corner of New York. You will schmooze, take photos and sightsee as well as eat and drink, learning the amazing stories of the Village and all of the establishments you visit.

Includes

All food tastings One bottle of water First beer at two different bars

Important Information

Please let us know a couple of days prior to your tour if you (or anyone in your group) has a dietary restriction (e.g. vegetarian, diabetic, allergy, etc.) when you purchase your tickets, we can usually substitute a food tasting
Please dress casually and wear comfortable shoes or sneakers