The Creole Connection: Gumbo and Beyond in New Orleans

On this food tour of New Orleans we visit neighborhood restaurants, food shops and much more to discover the roots of Creole cuisine and meet the people in the city’s kitchens who are upholding its traditions, by the spoonful.

• Tasting of delicious homemade gumbo
• Visit French Quarter and Treme neighborhoods
• Varied food specialties at emblematic eateries

On this tour, we’ll set off in search of New Orleans’s and Creole vivid culture, complex mix of African, Native American, Haitian and European influences, using the city’s incomparable cuisine as our guide and its historic neighborhoods, the French Quarter and Treme, as our stage. Along the way we’ll see monuments and meet members of the community who bring the rich history of this city to life. 
We’ll begin in the city’s oldest food marketplace with coffee and a sweet. According to the season, we may have a fresh oyster or boudin before trying an Italian-Creole sandwich, the muffaletta. Our feast continues with a locally-beloved grab-and-go street snack followed by New Orleans-style ramen. Then we'll have an unmissable cup of gumbo at a neighborhood institution and we'll pop into a corner grocery that also operated a recording studio. Finally, we’ll stop by an artisanal sausage-maker and end with something sweet, be it a homemade praline or a refreshing snoball. 

• New Orleans Downtown View, Morgan Street, Algiers Point, New Orleans, LA, USA
• Crescent City Farmers Market, North Norman C Francis Parkway, New Orleans, LA, USA
• Congo Square, North Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA, USA
• City Park, New Orleans, LA, USA
• St. Louis Cathedral, 615 Pere Antoine Alley, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA
• French Market - Shops of the Colonnade, North Peters Street, New Orleans, LA, USA
• Woldenberg Park, Canal Street, New Orleans, LA, USA
• The Historic New Orleans Collection, Royal Street, New Orleans, LA, USA
• New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, in, Decatur Street, New Orleans, LA, USA
• New Orleans Jazz Museum, Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans, LA, USA
• Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum, Saint Claude Avenue, New Orleans, LA, USA
• The Art Garage, Saint Claude Avenue, New Orleans, LA, USA
• Frenchmen Art Bazaar, Frenchmen Street, New Orleans, LA, USA
• Lafitte Greenway, Lafitte Avenue, New Orleans, LA, USA
• New Orleans African American Museum, Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA, USA

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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:

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