UPPER WEST SIDE FOOD TOUR

City street scene with bare trees, snow on the ground, parked cars, and historic brick buildings under a partly cloudy sky.

  • Duration: 2.5 hours

  • Meeting Point: Giuseppe Verdi Statue (exact location communicated upon booking)

  • From $399 for one guest (+$90 per additional guest)

  • All-inclusive food and drink (5 curated food stops)

  • Private tour—just your group

  • A local, five-star guide with deep neighborhood roots

  • Fully customizable

THE BASICS

A smiling young man with brown, wavy hair and a beard in front of Washington Square Arch in a park with people, street vendors, and tall buildings in the background.

Fine dining and high culture on the exclusive Upper West Side.

Tucked between Central Park and Riverside Drive, the Upper West Side is a neighborhood long associated with intellectual life, artistic prestige, and an unmistakable New York sensibility. On this private walking tour, we’ll visit five of the area’s best food stops — from old-school classics to new, chef-driven standouts — while tracing the story of how a patch of farmland far uptown evolved into a mecca of high culture and iconic architecture.

This is a tour of architectural grandeur and culinary discovery. From the Dakota to the Ansonia, the neighborhood’s Gilded Age glamour is etched into its buildings. Along the way, we’ll explore how the Upper West Side became home to both iconic New York institutions and trailblazing restaurants that continue to shape the city’s food scene today.

A multi-story residential building covered with green ivy and purple flowering vines, with parked cars in front and trees along the street.
 

This tour includes:

  • Five (5) food and drink stops at a variety of Upper West Side bakeries and restaurants

  • Guided walking tour of the neighborhood from an officially licensed NYC tour guide and New York local

  • A history of the neighborhood, from colonial-era landmarks to modern music history

  • Behind-the-scenes look at the neighborhood’s cafes and restaurants

  • Stops include: Original 72nd St. NYC Subway Station, The Ansonia, The Dakota, the San Remo, Beacon Theater, Banksy mural, 5 local food stops

With endless opportunities for history, food stops, and quintessential NYC photos along the way. This tour generally begins near the Giuseppe Verdi statue next to the 72nd St. Subway stop on the Upper West Side and ends near 80th Street and Broadway (exact location communicated upon booking). Tour is ADA accessible.

City street scene with cars parked along the curb, a truck, green trees, a brick building with purple flowering vines, and a church steeple against a blue sky.

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