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Lower East Side Bites and Bios Small Group Experience
Travel back in time as you walk past and learn about the synagogues, tenements and meeting spaces you won’t be able to find on Google Maps, including a stop inside the historic Museum at Eldridge Street. Visit four of the city’s most famous delis, including Russ & Daughters, Kossar's and Katz’s Delicatessan, to sample iconic New York City delicacies and hear how delis are essential to life in the city. Step into the shoes of a modern New Yorker as you travel through Orchard Street’s fashionable storefronts and stop inside the Essex Market, a beloved local food hall.
Meet your guide outside Cafe Grumpy before visiting the Pickle Guys and Kossar's, two beloved local delis. Inside, you will try some classic Lower East Side eats — pickles and bialys — while hearing the stories of two local businesses.
Next, step inside the Museum at Eldridge Street, one of the city’s oldest synagogues, learning about the history of and the people who helped created the space.
After, you'll visit Russ & Daughters to try a New York City bagel and stroll around the historic synagogues and tenements that Jewish immigrants thrived in when first moving to the neighborhood.
Finally, you will walk to Essex Market, an expansive food hall beloved by New Yorkers, before ending at Katz’s Delicatessan, with the option to join your guide for lunch.
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- people Group Size: From 1 Up To 8
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Evolution of the Village
Immerse yourself in authentic New York life as you explore world-renowned sites like Washington Square Park, the Stonewall Inn and Cafe Wha? Along the way, learn how the Village changed from a suburban hamlet into a musical, artistic, countercultural bohemian haven home to figures like Bob Dylan, Jack Kerouac and Jane Jacobs. Visit the cafes, parks and odd historical sites that New Yorkers have loved for the past century, finishing with an optional stop at a local cafe recommended by your guide.
Meet your guide outside Jefferson Market Library, before hearing about the origins of the Village as a suburban space. Then, walk to Washington Square Park to take photos under the arch, and explore whatever markets and music populate the space that day.
Next, visit the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire memorial and hear how one of the worst workplace disasters in American history shaped the neighborhood
After, explore the Village to see how the neighborhood evolved. Wander the winding streets you'd be sure to get lost in without a guide. Visit the homes and bars that made the Village what it is today, including Jane Jacobs' house and the Village Vanguard.
Continue the area's story by stopping at the Hess Triangle, the single smallest piece of privately owned property in New York history. Then, see the Stonewall Inn, the site where the modern gay rights movement was born.
Walk past the street where Bob Dylan shot the album cover for his second album, "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan," and recreate the cover with your family. Then, walk to MacDougal Street, and see iconic cafes that launched the careers of Dylan and others like Cafe Wha?
Wrap up with a reserved table at a local cafe recommended by your guide.
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- people Group Size: From 1 Up To 8
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- 7th Ave
- 10036
- New York
- NY
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