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2026 The Creole Connection: Gumbo and Beyond in New Orleans
(9) Reviews
French Quarter
Important Information
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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New Orleans’ food, like the city itself, is impossible to compare. On this six-hour tour, we explore the roots of Creole cuisine through neighborhood restaurants, food shops, and the people who keep these traditions alive. We begin in the city’s oldest food marketplace with coffee and a praline-stuffed beignet, then continue with New Orleans-style iced coffee, Gulf oysters or boudin, and a wedge of muffaletta. Through streets lined with Creole cottages, we head into the Marigny for alligator meatballs, passing landmarks tied to rock ’n’ roll, R&B, and Tremé’s African American history. Lunch is at Lil Dizzy’s, known for its gumbo, followed by seafood by the pound, such as crawfish in season, ...
Highlights
6 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
6 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Bottled water
Snacks
Lunch
Meeting Points
Departure
12 French Market Pl
We will meet you at the Ursuline arch in the French Market.
Return
2026 The Creole Connection: Gumbo and Beyond in New Orleans
(9) Reviews
French Quarter
About
New Orleans’ food, like the city itself, is impossible to compare. On this six-hour tour, we explore the roots of Creole cuisine through neighborhood restaurants, food shops, and the people who keep these traditions alive. We begin in the city’s oldest food marketplace with coffee and a praline-stuffed beignet, then continue with New Orleans-style iced coffee, Gulf oysters or boudin, and a wedge of muffaletta. Through streets lined with Creole cottages, we head into the Marigny for alligator meatballs, passing landmarks tied to rock ’n’ roll, R&B, and Tremé’s African American history. Lunch is at Lil Dizzy’s, known for its gumbo, followed by seafood by the pound, such as crawfish in season, ...
Highlights
6 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
6 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Bottled water
Snacks
Lunch
Meeting Points
Departure
12 French Market Pl
We will meet you at the Ursuline arch in the French Market.
Return
Itinerary
1
Loretta's Authentic Pralines - French Market
This stop includes several well-known Creole elements such as the praline and the beignet.
30 minutes
2
Verti Marte
Has roots in the Italian immigration era, and part of New Orleans corner store history
30 minutes
3
Frenchmen Street
This stop shows the influence of Vietnamese immigrant culture on our foodways, especially as it relates to bread and sandwich culture.
30 minutes
4
St. Augustine Church
Founded in 1841 by free people of color, this is the oldest Black Catholic parish in the Unites States.
