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“A New York City Culinary Experience, just in time to enjoy “The Big Apple” in Holiday Style”

After dozens of requests for a NYC food tour, from guests who participated in the ”Worth Tasting” Culinary walking tour of downtown New Haven, it’s here. What’s better than getting ready for the holidays? How about finding yourself immersed in NYC’s festive, glittering holiday lights, and delicious seasonal bevs and bites….!

Join Stephen Fries, food columnist for the New Haven Register and Chris Bartlett who host the New Haven tour for their FIRST-EVER NYC culinary tour on Monday December 16, 2019!

It’s going to a fun-filled, foodie adventure that includes an exclusive lunch gathering with Jose Meirelles, owner/founder of Le Marais, for a meal you will always remember. Then, a stop at Bookmarks Lounge on the rooftop of the Library Hotel. Afterward, we’re going to make our way to Brooklyn, where we’ll experience one of the season’s most unique and exciting (not to mention satiating!) culinary experiences at the Brooklyn Museum – the annual Latke (potato pancake) Festival, the ultimate celebration of a holiday favorite benefiting The Sylvia Center! The beloved Latke Festival – in its 11th year – raises funds for The Sylvia Center, a non-profit that teaches nutrition and healthy cooking to young people and their families in underserved neighborhoods throughout New York City to help assure happier, healthier and more productive lives.

Great Performances – a name you have tasted, whether at a corporate or social event, a restaurant, café or a concession in several of the city’s most prestigious cultural institutions, produces the event. The 11th Annual Latke Festival, as part of the sustainability oriented catering and events company’s ongoing support of The Sylvia Center,

The tour details: • Travel to NYC on your own • We will meet at the information kiosk in the center of the main floor of Grand Central Terminal (GCT) @1:00pm• Includes full lunch with one beverage at Le Marais, with chef/owner Jose Meirelles (1:30pm) • Stop at Bookmarks Lounge on the rooftop of the Library Hotel for one beverage, before we head toward Brooklyn (4pm) • Includes roundtrip MetroCards for subway between GCT and the Brooklyn Museum and back to GCT. The museum, one of the world’s finest and NYC’s third largest, it has it’s own subway stop! • VIP entry to the renown NYC Latke Festival in the sizzling lobby of the Brooklyn Museum, where we will eat our way through countless latke variations plus other holiday treats and open bar. With the group’s VIP status you will have access to the exclusive VIP:Lounge, with another open bar, a buffet of latke complementary comestibles and another open bar! (6:30pm – 8:30pm) • We will travel back to GCT with you and get you to your train for your return to New Haven

Tour cost: $275.00 per person (limited to 10 people) For more information and to make reservations and payment please call 203-415-3519 (Stephen) 203-494-4806 (Chris)