Tastebud Food Tours is a food tour in New Orleans.
Tastebud Food Tours is the oldest food tour in New Orleans, 15-plus years running. The Signature Tastes walking tour through the French Quarter samples gumbo.
Editorially verified May 31, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Route: Signature Tastes of New Orleans walking tour through the French Quarter
Tip: Family- and veteran-owned, with intimate air-conditioned restaurant settings between stops. Book direct at tastebudtours.com.
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.
Tip: The 13:00 tour daily; bring an empty appetite, the five tasting stops fill you up by stop three.
New Orleans Culinary History Tours runs a four-restaurant French Quarter tasting walk with stops including jambalaya, gumbo and muffuletta plus historical.
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.
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.
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.
Tip: Tour ends at a secret dish; the route covers heritage stops, not the trendy modern Bywater rooms.