The United Kitchens: Going Deep in the Borough of Global Eats

On this full-day Queens food tour, we’ll visit Corona and Elmhurst, two of the boroughs more diverse neighborhoods where we will sample more than a dozen specialties of Latin America, Southeast Asia and more.

• Culinary walking tour
• Visit to Corona Neighborhood
• Visit to Elmhurst Neighborhood
• Taste of South American Specialties
• Taste of Asian Specialties

The largest of New York’s five boroughs, Queens is the home of over two million people, half of them born outside the United States, speaking more than 150 different languages. It’s also home to countless immigrant stories of the most classic kind: a newcomer arrives and sets up shop – or, more frequently, cart – selling the food of his or her homeland as the first step towards making it in America. As a result, for the culinary explorer, Queens is truly the promised land. On this deep dive into Queens, we’ll visit several neighborhoods that have managed to stay under the radar. We’ll start our day off in bustling Corona Plaza, with a visit to a family-run Mexican bakery. From there we will be ducking into markets and stopping by vendors representing Mexico, Ecuador and Argentina. We'll also head over to Elmhurst, home to a number of immigrant communities from throughout Asia. 

We’ll end our Queens food tour at a neighborhood cafe – part of a local mini-chain opened by an immigrant family from Taiwan – that specializes in desserts made from the intriguing durian fruit, for an end of the day sweet and another reminder that what has always made America great is the ability for anyone from anywhere to come here and make a successful new start.

• Diversity Plaza, 37th Road, Flushing, NY, USA
• The Reformed Church of Newtown, Broadway, Queens, NY, USA
• New York Hall Of Science, 111th Street, Queens, NY, USA
• Citi Field, Seaver Way, Queens, NY, USA
• Sherpa Temple, 75th Street, Queens, NY, USA
• Queens Botanical Garden, Main Street, Queens, NY, USA
• St. James Episcopal Church, Broadway, Flushing, NY, USA
• Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Building, Queens, NY, USA
• Queens Night Market, 111th Street, Queens, NY, USA
• Rockaway Beach, Cross Bay Parkway, Far Rockaway, NY, USA
• Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Van Wyck Expressway, Queens, NY, USA
• The Hindu Temple Society of North America, Bowne Street, Queens, NY, USA
• Astoria Park, 19th St, Astoria, NY, USA
• Gantry Plaza State Park, 47th Road, Queens, NY, USA
• Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Avenue, Queens, NY, USA
• Socrates Sculpture Park, Vernon Boulevard, Queens, NY, USA
• MoMA PS1, Jackson Avenue, Queens, NY, USA

Liability Waiver

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If you have food allergies, you are ultimately responsible to ensure your own health and safety. If you share information about your allergies, we can provide you with some guidance about the food purveyors on your tour, but we are not responsible for any allergic reactions that you may have. We are not responsible for any damages or losses incurred as result of acts by entities beyond our control, including but not limited to restaurants, shops, market stalls, eateries and food carts. We are not responsible for acts beyond our control, including but not limited to acts of God, act of nature, acts of war, or other unrest caused by state or non-state actors. If you are disruptive, we have the right to ask you to leave the tour without refunding you or providing you with a credit for your tour. You are aware of and responsible for all damages or losses that may arise during the course of the tour resulting from:

Risks associated with food, water or other drinks, including alcoholic beverages; physical accidents during the tour or at any of the locations visited; transportation failures; forces of nature; criminal activity; damage, loss or misplaced property; or accident or illness without means of rapid evacuation or availability of medical supplies or services. You agree that any claims that may arise will first go to arbitration and only if not resolved in that manner shall be heard in court. In both cases, grievances shall be heard in the jurisdiction of Washington, DC. You further agree to be responsible for your own welfare and property and accept any and all risks of delay, unanticipated events, inconvenience, illness, injury, emotional trauma or death. You further acknowledge that participation in Culinary Backstreets tours is based upon execution of this Liability Waiver. By completing the reservation process you release and discharge forever Culinary Backstreets, its employees, owners, affiliates, officers, directors, successors, agents, and assigns, from and against any liability arising from participating in this tour. You further agree that this release shall be legally binding upon you personally, all members of your family, all minors traveling with you, your heirs, successors, assigns, and legal representatives, to the maximum extent of the law.

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