New Orleans Culinary History Tours runs a four-restaurant French Quarter tasting walk with stops including jambalaya, gumbo and muffuletta plus historical commentary on Creole cuisine.
Route: Four-restaurant French Quarter tasting tour
Tip: The tour avoids the most-touristy stops; small groups and the guide tailors stops to interests.
Doctor Gumbo Tours also runs the New Orleans cocktail history walk through the French Quarter, with four bar stops covering the Sazerac, French 75, Vieux Carre and the Ramos Gin Fizz.
Tip: The combo food and cocktail history tour is four hours; book the combo to save versus the two separate tickets.
Destination Kitchen runs the New Orleans Garden District tasting walk along Magazine Street, with three restaurant stops, history commentary on Creole architecture and a praline finish.
Tip: The walk includes a sit-down small course at Coquette; pace yourself, three stops fill you up.
Secret Food Tours runs the French Quarter Creole walking tour, with six tasting stops including beignets at Cafe du Monde, jambalaya, muffuletta and a secret dish reveal at the end.
Tip: Tour ends at a secret dish; the route covers heritage stops, not the trendy modern Bywater rooms.
Nola Spice Tours runs the Creole French Quarter walking tour with five tasting stops, hot sauce sampling and history commentary on enslaved African contributions to Louisiana Creole cuisine.
Tip: Small group caps at 10; this tour goes deeper on African and Haitian heritage than most.
Doctor Gumbo Tours runs the New Orleans food history walk through the French Quarter, with five tasting stops including gumbo, po-boy, pralines and a pause for boudin. USA Today Top 10 Food Tours.
Tip: The 13:00 tour daily; bring an empty appetite, the five tasting stops fill you up by stop three.