Canal Quarter Downtown Tours!

Try out Downtown New Haven's most exciting food, drink and history filled walking tour. We taste everything from cupcakes, cheeses, wine, mojitos, beer, coffee to various Vietnamese, Irish & Cuban foods. Saturdays $55 per person, 3-4 hours

Theater District Downtown Tours!

Our newest Downtown New Haven walking tour packed with amazing cuisine and stories. With the old Shubert Theater as backdrop we'll be trying pizza, quesadillas, margaritas, chocolate, beer, coffee, pastries and more. Saturdays and Sundays $55 per person, 3-4 hours

Blue Plate Special!

Enjoy a summer evening of culinary delights strolling through Downtown New Haven and ending with world class Jazz. We are teaming up with Blue Plate Radio, The Internet’s Premiere Jazz Station, to bring you a food, drink and jazz package tour. Join us!

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Take a Taste of New Haven! The city's latest culinary and cultural incarnation is led by the animated and knowledgeable historian and food and drink lover Colin M. Caplan. Take a taste that will fill you up and inspire you.

Every week Colin leads a group of culinary adventurers through historic Downtown New Haven. The tours included multiple food and drink stops with a carefully crafted menu that shows off some of the city's best cuisine and cultural surprises.

Taste of New Haven also offers private group tours custom tailored to groups of six or more people. We can focus on a theme or organize a progressive meal to keep the conversation lively and moving. See why New Haven is known throughout the country as a cultural and culinary destination.