All The Tastes of New York

All the tastes of New York’s food touring is a great concept. I attended an event where we had appetizers, dinner and dessert, each at different locations. There was more than enough food and drink for everyone. Appetizers and dinner were family style, which as a picky eater is nice because you can try different items. Dessert was pick your own, again great for those who aren’t fond of typical dessert offerings. Overall, if highly recommend a food tour, whether as a group outing or just a new experience.

I was invited to the Staten Island Food Crawl with a group of 30. After reading so many positive reviews, I was super excited to join in on all the food fun. I live in Staten Island but rarely eat more than take out in Staten Island. We went to to Lee’s Tavern, awesome food. We got to try around 3 types of pizza and two types of calamari. Our next stop was Denino’s which we got to try around 6 different types of pizza. And our last stop was the Flagship Brewery where we each got a flight of 4 beers to sample. The sample sizes were pretty decent, at least 4oz. My gripes are mostly, while the places they choose were nice, enough with the pizza, I didn’t bother trying all the types of pizza offer because after the first four servings of pizza, who wants to have more pizza. Staten Island has a lot more to offer than that or so I assume. The food selection was a bit meh and to end the tour I was hoping for somewhere sweet and not more beer as we already had the all you can drink option at the other two places. Overall, quite a disappointing food crawl and poor planning on the menu options. I am guessing because we were a group of 30 people and that caused a lot of budget restrictions. But they should have maybe eliminated all you can drink options and offer maybe dumplings, garlic knots, pasta pomodorro, cannolis… Or maybe I am just right in my thinking that all Staten Island has to offer is pizza and take out and this food crawl just reinforced that idea.

All the Taste of New York provides the ultimate «evening out» experience. I’ve participated in 3 different crawl events and each was a fantastic social/​networking experience. The ease of booking online and the prompt, responsive customer service provided by the ATNY team made the planning effortless. Each venue provided a «taste» of the culinary landscape. It was a great way of experiencing various restaurants that have been on my «to try» list.
I enjoyed my experiences so much that ATNY hosted my department’s annual holiday night out. Everyone was super excited and impressed by ATNY’s professionalism and the seamless transition from course to course; restaurant to restaurant. It was the perfect night out in NYC for a group of «Jersey folks». We had a blast… and spoke about this as our best holiday event ever! The food was fantastic and we each got to try new dishes and experiences. A few team members have expressed to their spouses that a date night should include a return to our visited restaurants (Brazil Brazil, Room Service).
All The Tastes of New York… fabulous service, fantastic experience and overall the best in the NYC food scene.