New York City Culinary Escape
Girlfriend Getaway
2009 Program 

Join us for an unforgettable culinary escape to New York City.   See, smell and taste New York City as you visit the Lower East Side on an ethnic eating tour.  An afternoon will be spent in SoHo sampling our way through some of the top chocolate shops.  Visit Chelsea Market, Home of the Food Network where we visit many fine shops who supply many of the top restaurants in the city.   Let us plan a memorable culinary experience for your group.  Packages can be planned for groups from 10 to 24 people.   See our sample program. 

Day One
Meet your culinary leader at your midtown Manhattan Hotel.  Tonight we enjoy a get acquainted dinner at Marion Battalli’s Del Posto Restaurant.  (D)

Day Two
After a light breakfast we travel to the Lower Eastside for our ethnic eating tour which features a visit to the Pickle Guys, Chinatown and Little Italy.  We will sample plantains, pickles, tofu, candy rose petals, meats, cheeses and canolli’s.  We have lunch at the famous Katz’s Deli.  This afternoon enjoy a guided New Cuisine Chocolate Tour of Soho.  The New Cuisine Chocolate Tour is a very adventurous and friendly approach to chocolate. The neighborhood is known for its hip, young designer stores that cohabitate with the big names in the fashion industry and with other quirky boutiques and discreet restaurants.  You’ll have the chance to taste the finest chocolates with an exotic edge, and an amazing hot or iced chocolate (depending on the availability).  This evening dinner is served at one of New York’s Popular Restaurants.  (CB,L,D) 

Day Three
After a light breakfast, enjoy some free time in the city before visiting the Chelsea Market/Meatpacking District.  Explore two old industrial areas that are evolving into the hottest new destinations in New York City. Discover how these locations are becoming known for gourmet food shops, ethnic restaurants, boutique shopping, and nightlife. Taste delicious specialties from seven food shops during this tour.  Depart for home. 

Inclusions:

Two night’s accommodations Manhattan

Two dinners including dinner at Del Posto

One lunch at Katz’s Deli

Two continental breakfasts

Guided ethnic food tour of the Lower Eastside

New Cuisine Chocolate Tour of Soho

Guided tour of the Chelsea Market

City Transportation to tours

Tax and service charges

Estimated Pricing: 
$669.00 per person, Double Occupancy.