New York City Food Cart Walking Tour

Fantastic, educational and delicious tour with Corinne in midtown. We are a family of 5, with three teens. Everyone finished every dish. The pace was great, and love the Turnstile philosophy and community support. Looking forward to doing it again. Wonderful tour!

This was our first tour with Turnstile Tours. We chose the Food Cart and Food Truck walking tour of Midtown, although two additional food tours are offered. We paid $54 each online in advance and tipped $10 each at the end. There were 5 on our tour although Brian said his groups have ranged from 1 person to 16 people. We started at 42 nd St. and Sixth Avenue, walked to 52 nd St. and Sixth Avenue and ended at the starting point, a little over 2 hours later. We could hear Brian very well and he was excellent at finding us both shade and seats on a warm, sunny day. We learned a lot about licensing, permits, inspections, and regulation. Food carts are on sidewalks. Food trucks are in the streets. I was very interested in this because of the Street Vendor Project, an advocacy group that gains donations from this tour. Brian was very personable, informative, and sensitive to dietary restrictions. He ordered for us from 5 hand-chosen vendors. The 4 savory items and 1 sweet were more than I could eat. The chicken tikka from the first stop and the Birria taco from the second stop were excellent. I was too full for the Greek souvlaki and the kata roll. I may not have that last name correctly. The Belgian dessert waffle was good, too. He also bought each of us a bottle of water and handed out plenty of napkins. I highly recommend this tour.

I loved trying the variety of foods. Very good quality and our guide shared interesting historical anecdotes.

Amanda took us on the Walking Food Cart Tour. The food was amazing and we learned so much about the food carts, how to tell which ones are good. Don't eat for at least a day before this tour. We had 4 savory stops and one dessert stop and each one was a meal in itself! Thank you Amanda for an incredible experience!!

We had an absolutely terrific tour of Midtown food carts. Our guide, Amanda, told us all about the delicious food we were eating and the vendors who made it. We really enjoyed learning about the history of food vendors in NYC (and beyond) and their working conditions today. What made it special was that Turnstile Tours has a long working relationship with the vendors. It was clear that Amanda knew them and their work. The tour group works with the non-profit Street Vendor Project, so there is an awareness of social justice issues alongside the amazing food. The tour gave us a whole new perspective on a slice of NYC. Bring your appetite! It's extremely filling (by evening we were still too full for dinner).

The food cart tour was fantastic! Our tour guide Amanda was great! We didn't just eat great food that was filling, but we also had a great learning experience from the culture and history of food carts. Highly recommend!

I did the Food Cart Walking Tour in Mid-town Manhattan with Brian on 8/20, and it was great. We sampled food at 5 carts, four savory and one sweet-all delicious. Brian was a wonderful source of information about the history of food carts in NYC and how they operate today. I'm a native New Yorker and learned a lot, and ate enough to hold me for two days. Highly recommended.

Midtown Food Cart Tour on 8/4 with Turnstile Tours was informative, fun and yummy. I gained a larger appreciation of the vendors and their challenges and their contributions to NYC, especially in the environment of Covid. Brian, the tour guide, was a pleasure, with knowledge, personality and enthusiasm. I strongly recommend this tour and any others given by Turnstile Tours. My experience with them began early in the pandemic with their numerous virtual programs, and they are varied and consistently knowledgeable and personable.

Brian was a great guide. He was very friendly, and knowledgeable about the different carts we visited and the dishes we sampled. The food included some old favourites (e.g. falafel) and some dishes I'd never tried before - but will definitely look out for again - such as kathi rolls. It was all washed down with a lovely cool cup of iced chocolate. :) Thank you, Brian, for an interesting and flavoursome tour!

Doug was a very hospitable tour guide, making it comfortable, engaging, and educational as we walked around, met Food Cart owners and chefs, and tasted the most delicious small plates. (seriously - go for the food if nothing else). Our college class is studying food, culture, power, and art, so this was a perfect place to do field research. Thanks to Turnstile for bringing this kind of tourism to the NYC landscape!