My husband, young adult daughter, and I went on Greg’s excellent NYC Greenwich Village Italian Food Tour on a Saturday. Since this experience is not just a food tour, but also interwoven with very interesting history, we met on the steps of the beautiful St Anthony of Padua church where Greg greeted us with some brigadeiros from the shop across the street. These are bite-sized deliciously rich and sweet Brazilian treats that he shared with us due to the large Italian community that resides in Brazil. Therefore, the brigadeiros were used as a clever segue to introduce the history of Italian immigration to Brazil, after which we followed Greg inside the church to officially begin our tour. The ornate décor was stunning and the history Greg conveyed was intriguing. Once we left the church we were taken to experience excellent and fresh gastronomic delights which included, pasta, cappuccino, an Italian dessert, a pizza slice, a meatball sub, and fresh mozzarella. Walking with him through the streets of Greenwich Village on a gorgeous day and through Washington Square Park where we met a skilled chess player friend of his and heard the melodic tones of some nice jazz made a perfect day of food tasting complete.
Greg’s upbeat personality and engaging conversation made this a fun day, and I strongly recommend this family friendly food tour. I will definitely make it a point to reserve one of his other tours the next time I am in NYC.