Hi friends, welcome back! I hope you aren’t hungry because today I’m taking you along on our Greenwich Village Food Tour. Ryan over at Tasty Tours NYC reached out to me to see if we’d be interested in attending and it was an extremely easy yes! He offers group tours of Greenwich Village, the Upper East Side, and the Upper West Side that last about two to two and a half hours. The cost is $79 a person which seems to be the going rate in NYC for a tour this length. Our group for the day included us, our guide Ryan, and a local father daughter duo who are also big foodies. Our tour started at 11am at Bagel Bob’s for some mini everything bagels on the creamiest cream cheese. They make their bagels the old-fashioned way by hand rolling, boiling, and then baking them. It was the perfect start to the tour!
We then walked through Washington Mews and this historic street used to be stable houses before being purchased by NYU and converted into faculty houses and offices. I’ve walked by this street many times and was always curious, now I know!
A few blocks south we stopped at Washington Square Park, one of the most famous parks in NYC. We all couldn’t believe when Ryan told us this used to be a Potter’s Field, essentially a public graveyard for those that couldn’t afford a private burial. They built the park on top of the bodies and we all agreed maybe we didn’t want to know that, but it explained a lot about the park today ha!
Our next bite was a delicious falafel from Mamoun’s Falafel and it was so flavorful! I dipped mine in some tahini but they also have some hot sauce that is presented with a disclaimer.
Next up some cozy arancini risotto balls from Faicco’s Italian Specialties. We saw them making sandwiches in the back and they looked like they weighed about five pounds. I’ll have to go back!
We passed by Taylor Swift’s old apartment on Cornelia Street. It has a pool in there and rents for $45-50k a month! People are constantly taking pictures in front so I don’t think I’d want to live here anyways 😉
Next, we warmed up with some Bleecker Street Pizza. Jon and I were first here in July 2019 and really loved the slices. They were famously voted by the Food Network as the Best Pizza three years in a row. We had their most popular Nona Marie Pie and couldn’t resist some garlic knots.
We passed by the Friends apartment building on our way to The Little Taco House for some tasty al pastor tacos. This spot was very little, so it seems a great spot for takeout.
Our final stop of the day was for a sweet treat at Molly’s Cupcakes. They won the first Cupcake Wars back in 2009 with their Peach Cobbler cupcake. Jon and I shared a Peach Cobbler and Cake Batter and they were both delicious! A sweet way to end our tour 🙂
Jon and I had such a great time on this food tour! I thought the portion sizes were perfect and we finished very full but not feeling sickly full. We loved the variety of stops along the way and that most of these spots were new to us. Ryan did a great job organizing the tour and was also very prepared with a Mary Poppins backpack filled with waters, extra plates, and napkins. Ryan was very personable, knowledgeable, and well-organized making for an outstanding tour! Highly recommend joining one of the Tasty Tours next time you’re in NYC!
