2 hours (approx.)
Daily Tour
10 people
English
Italian cuisine takes on a life of its own in New York City: discover the classic flavors of New York Italian as you learn about the city's Italian culture too on this small-group Greenwich Village walking tour led by a local guide. You'll sample the likes of focaccia, gelato, meatballs, arancini (rice balls), and sweet treats as you visit churches, a coffee shop, and more.
The start point is St Anthony of Padua, which is he first church built in the Americas for Italian Catholics. We will see the church’s Romanesque interior complete with magnificent marble altar and Corinthian columns.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Sample this 10 person restaurant’s sweet onion focaccia baked daily on sight, along with fresh prosciutto from the neighboring Pino’s Prime Meat Market!
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Move to Unico Taste of Sicily, where you can taste this Sicilian Cafe’s all natural, three ingredient, creamy gelato.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Raffetto’s. Savor a tasty and juicy Northern Italian meatball in this 1907 family owned Pasta Palace!
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
At Porto Rico Importing Company you have a chance to smell the intoxicating aroma of over 100+ coffees and teas at this 1907 family-owned coffee shop.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The next destination is Faicco’s Italian Specialties. See this 100+ year Italian Specialty Store and sample their fresh made arancini, rice balls from the family’s old Neopolitan recipe!
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Pasticceria Rocco is Greenwich Village’s last Italian Pastry shop and bakery.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Now you are at Father Demo Square. This quaint square’s vista of the church’s bell tower juxtaposed with the fountain, gives tourists a look into Italian American of this neighborhood.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
See this gorgeous Italianate 1892 Church, the only NYC Roman Catholic Church with weekly Sunday Mass in four languages: English, Italian, Portugese and Tagalog/Phillipino!
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free