Like A Local
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Like A Local brings you immersive experiences for tourists and locals alike. Like A Local showcases neighborhoods through food, fashion and art. Every guide is a working actor, so each experience is packed with personality, incredible stories and cultural anecdotes. There is no better way to know a neighborhood and savor its unique charm than by walking in the shoes of its residents. From epicurean adventures to must-see sights, these unique and memorable tours are your one stop source to experiencing the best ‘hoods … like a local.
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Reviews
01/01/18Immersive Foodie Tour Through Williamsburg, Brooklyn
The food choices were terrific, the history/demographics fascinating and our guide, Walter, stupendous.
01/04/19Eat Your Way Through Chelsea Market Meatpacking District and High Line in This New York Food Tour
This was such a fun experience! Our guide Kate was so knowledgeable, knew so much about NYC history and was so much fun and was so patient with our group. She made the experience awesome! The food we sampled was all amazing, so good. And of course the walk along the highline to Hudson years was beautiful. Highly recommend!
17/12/18Group Walking Tour of Food and Architecture in New York City
Rory was a fabulous and knowledgeable host! Wonderful experience!
07/08/18Immersive Foodie Tour Through Williamsburg, Brooklyn
08/07/19Private Chelsea Market, Meatpacking and High Line Food Tour
My wife and I gave this tour as a present to our good friend and it was money well spent!!!! Our tour guide, Kate, was fantastic! She provided some great anecdotal history about the Meatpacking area, the West Side piers and the High Line as we meandered through the neighborhood. We started at Chelsea Market and got our food on! Pizza at Filaga, some Tahini and Halva at Seed + Mill, Hot Sauce at Heatonist, great tacos at Takumi Taco and then an ode to the Oreo (at the birthplace of the National Biscuit Company, a.k.a. NABISCO) courtesy of Li-Lac Chocolates. A stroll along the HighLine from bottom to top was great and, all told, took about 3 hours. Money and time well spent and we are looking at doing another tour that Like A Local offers for Ellis Island. It was just the four (4) of us and it was wonderful. Thank you Kate and Like A Local!!!!!!
02/12/18Group Walking Tour of Food and Architecture in New York City
Rory is a treasure. The tour was facinating and delicious.
20/05/19Immersive Foodie Tour Through Williamsburg, Brooklyn
I was very impressed with the tour. It was a great experience to see an area of Brooklyn I did not know much about. The food portions were just enough, and not overwhelming!
31/10/17Immersive Foodie Tour Through Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Guide was friendly, knowledgeable, and most informative. Definitely a "homegrown" guy who was very familiar with the vibe of the neighborhood, the architecture, history, and of course the good eats!!!!
01/08/18Group Walking Tour of Food and Architecture in New York City
Roarie was awesome! Food was pretty good. I'll admit, it was a bit more on the touristy side than I would have liked (I'm a foodie already from New York... the history was cool but I was honestly looking to do more walking and fooding). HOWEVER, we received our tour as a Christmas gift from a family member, and our tour guide Roarie was AWESOME and gave my family and I a few extra tips and spots for future trips as we walked from place to place, so it was totally worth it.
07/06/17Immersive Foodie Tour Through Williamsburg, Brooklyn
The host/tour guide was lively and gave us a local's insight to Williamsburg. The NYC best Pizza is a must, the street art and graffiti is a so instagrammable you wont wanna miss snapping it, the view from the water front is breathtaking.
Other interesting picks from the tour would be Odd Fellow's ice cream, Mast Brothers and Pies and Thighs.
Great experience, will definitely recommend to everyone visiting NYC.
18/09/18Private Brooklyn BBQ Tour
Kate was an amazing addition to our party! We aimed for a great afternoon of friends hanging out with a guided experience - so keeping that focus rather than a "tour of information" was a great shaping of it. She brought us to interesting places with interesting information, so it made for a really wonderful afternoon.
09/07/16Group Walking Tour of Food and Architecture in New York City
It was great! Learned several things I didn't know and I've lived in NYC for 15 years! Great food and enjoyed chatting with our guide and the other people on the tour. Will def recommend to others.
12/06/16Immersive Foodie Tour Through Williamsburg, Brooklyn
24/10/16Immersive Foodie Tour Through Williamsburg, Brooklyn
The guide was very good and very knowledegable. The problem is that the tour had too many sweet / dessert type items. Too much ice cream, cookies and candy - not enough main course items. The BBQ, perogie and pizza were great, but you need more of those types of food and less desserts!
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The James Beard Foundation
The James Beard Foundation promotes good food for good™. For more than 30 years, the James Beard Foundation has highlighted the centrality of food culture in our daily lives. Through the James Beard Awards, unique dining experiences at the James Beard House and around the country, scholarships, hands-on learning, and a variety of industry programs that educate and empower leaders in the culinary community, the Foundation has built a platform for chefs and asserted the power of gastronomy to drive behavior, culture, and policy change around food. To that end, the Foundation has also created signature impact-oriented initiatives that include our Women’s Leadership Programs aimed at addressing the gender imbalance in the culinary industry; advocacy training through our Chefs Boot Camp for Policy and Change; and the James Beard Foundation Leadership Awards that shine a spotlight on successful change makers in our food system. The organization is committed to giving chefs a voice and the tools they need to make the world more sustainable, equitable, and delicious for everyone.
