If you’ve ever dreamed of meandering around Arthur Avenue’s historic markets and stores, snacking and shopping, stocking your pantry like an Italian nonna and gathering ingredients for a big Sunday supper, this is the tour for you. Chicken parm and Bronx tales, first-pressed olive oil and hand-pulled mozzarella, bubbly Neapolitan pizza and fresh pasta cut to order, coal oven-baked loaves and barre
ls full of briny olives, it’s all on Arthur Avenue. Danielle Oteri is a food writer and art historian whose family’s Arthur Avenue shop opened in 1918, the Shopping & Tasting tour draws on 102 years of history and community. Christian is an award-winning sommelier and an Italian wine expert. Or take a guided tour with an expert host. This tour visits 10 historic food shops to meet the shopkeepers and find out what’s best in each shop. Along the way you’ll enjoy a cheese tasting, pizza al taglio, and a fresh-filled cannoli.