New Orleans Cocktail and Food History Tour

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New Orleans, USA

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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.

What's Included

  • Beverages
  • Food tasting
  • Gratuities
  • This tour does NOT have a gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian, and especially PORK-FREE option.
  • Please notify us of any food allergies (not aversions) during check-out

Meeting Location

Meeting point

Red Fish Grill, 115 Bourbon St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA

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Please enter Red Fish Grill (115 Bourbon St) and check in with host/hostess stand.

End point

Cane and Table, 1113 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA

The tour ends inside Cane & Table Restaurant.

Start Time • 2:00 PM

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.
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35 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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.
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15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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.
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15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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.
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20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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.
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30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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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45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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Additional Info

  • Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • 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

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the activity for a full refund.

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Activity code: C-6484P3

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