Free New York Food Tours

Free Tours by Foot is proud to present the only FREE New York food tours.  Why pay $45-$70 for a food tour that you can get for simply for the price of the food.  Like always, our guides work just for tips, so you can decide what you think the tours are worth.  How can you beat that?

Lower East Side Food Tour

The streets of the Lower East Side tell the tales of struggling immigrants - Eastern Europeans, Russians, Germans, Puerto Ricans - who came to America in search of opportunity.  They brought with them recipes from the 'old world' and you can still taste these foods today.  Ever eat a potato knish?  How about a bialy or pletzel?  Care to try a green tea doughnut?  Not in the mood for something exoctic - no worries - we'll grab some of the best Chinese dumplings in New York City and we will pick up some pickles along the way (more). 

 Greenwich Village Food Tour  

Greenwich Village is well-known for its shady, winding streets with 19th Century houses, for its bohemian roots and historic Washington Square Park.  But the Village's tree-lined streets are also lined with some of the best restaurants and food specialty shops in all of the Big Apple.  Just ask celebrity chefs of the Food Network, food critics from the New York Times and thousands of New Yorkers: Greenwich Village is THE place to find the best of every cuisine (more). 

Chinatown Food Tour

It is the largest Chinese community in the Western Hemisphere and Manhattan's only growing ethnic neighborhood, with residents from all parts of Asia.  It is also one of the city's densest, with hundreds of restaurants, tea houses, bakeries and street vendors all within a roughly 50 block area.  With hundreds of food options, from pushcart vendors to dim sum palaces, from Cantonese to Vietnamese cuisines, Chinatown has overwhelming possibilities for noshing (more).