Make memories with NYC’s best culinary experiences and food tours

Taste your way through a mile of the storied Lower East Side on this walking tour led by a local foodie. You’ll eat crispy fried dumplings in Chinatown, try some of the most delicious pizza in Little Italy (don’t forget to fold it like a real New Yorker!) and nosh on other melting pot delicacies like knishes and empanadas. The Lower East Side is known for the diverse history that has always informed its culinary scene, so expect to drool over cakes in a century-old bakery, visit an 1809 cathedral that celebrates liturgies in three languages and see the city’s sacred African Burial Ground.

Two hours of cupcakes? We’re all in. Find Greenwich Village’s very best crumb-and-frosting combo with the experts who’ve eaten every last cupcake the city has to offer. Try the tie-dye mini cupcakes at Baked by Melissa, the gigantic, icing-heavy pink cupcakes made famous by that Sex and the City scene at Magnolia Bakery and even get the chance to create your own totally custom cupcake at Molly’s Cupcakes. Just in case you’re still in the mood for something sweet, you’ll also get the chance to score a scoop of gelato. It’s a walking tour, so you’ll have plenty of time between stops to take in the sights and work up your appetite again.

Get a new view of New York City from an all-glass dinner cruise that takes off from the Hudson River. You’ll get to take in the iconic NYC skyline as well as some ‘gram-worthy panoramas of the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building and the glittering Brooklyn Bridge. Whether you book your reservation for brunch, lunch or dinner, you’ll eat your way through a three-course prix fixe meal while you listen to live music and expert narration of the sights. A brunch ticket comes with unlimited mimosas, so you can toast to the city with a never-ending glass of bubbly.

Hear mafia lore while you “take the cannoli” and stop for dim sum at a hidden dumpling spot on a food tour that combines the city’s secret history with some of its best insiders-only spots. From crooked Doyers Street—where gang wars once earned it the nickname the “Bloody Angle”—to Mulberry Street, home of the traditional Feast of San Gennaro, Chinatown and Little Italy are as packed with history as they are with snacks. Try Hong Kong-style sponge cakes, pizza still made in the style of the neighborhood’s earliest Italian immigrants and rich, creamy cannolis from a 130-year-old bakery.

Get off the beaten path—and into the outer boroughs—on this 4.5-hour pizza bus tour. You’ll try pizza at four different locations, zooming from Manhattan to Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island or the Bronx and back again to try some of the very best pies in the city that’s famous for them. Discover the oldest brick ovens in the city at old-school pizzerias, perfect your “fold-and-go” technique at a classic slice counter and go out on a limb with a topping you’ve never tried before. You’ll learn about pizza from the host, Scott Wiener, whose love of pizza has landed him spots on the Tonight Show, the Food Network, and now—the very same yellow school bus as you.