New Orleans Culinary Heritage Food Tour

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.

Meeting Point

3rd Block Depot Kitchen + Bar

316 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA

Please enter 3rd Block Depot (formerly SoBou Restaurant) at 316 Chartres St and check-in at the host/hostess stand.

What's included:

• Gratuities for servers at establishments

Not included:

• Beverages other than water
• Gratuity for guide (optional)
• 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. No PORK-FREE option.

What to expect:

Duration: 3 hours

French Quarter

New Orleans, Louisiana

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.

30 minutes

Pepper Palace

224 Chartres St, 1 French Market Place, New Orleans, 70130-2290, Louisiana

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.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Leah's Pralines

714 St Louis St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA

Third stop is Leah’s Pralines, a candy shop established in 1933. After learning its history, taste a Creole praline and sample the bacon pecan brittle.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Royal Street

Royal Street, , New Orleans, 70130, Louisiana

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

Pass by without stopping

Bourbon Street

, , New Orleans, 70130, Louisiana

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

Pass by without stopping

NOLA Poboys

908 Bourbon St, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA

Next, bite into two New Orleans inventions: the muffuletta and the po-boy. Both are served at the funky dive NOLA Po-boys, a local joint with an immense menu. Discuss the 19th and 20th century history of the New Orleans' immigrants as you sample the fried catfish poboy on freshly baked New Orleans–style French bread before moving on to the slightly warmed muffuletta: an Italian-style sandwich of ham, salami, mortadella, provolone cheese, mozzarella cheese and New Orleans-style olive salad. As if that wasn't enough, we also indulge in savory Boudin Balls with Creole Remoulade sauce!

30 minutes

Jackson Square

751 Decatur St, , New Orleans, 70181, Louisiana

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

30 minutes

French Quarter

New Orleans, Louisiana

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

3 hours