New York Food On Foot Tours To Hold Charity Food-On-Footathon November 6

Nov. 4, 2010 - PRLog -- One day before the runners run others will take part in a marathon of gastronomic gluttony for up to seven hours by subway and foot.  Visitors and locals will be experiencing New York City  in a totally unique way on Saturday November 6, 2010 as New York's  Food On Foot Tours hosts its first charity Food-On-Footathon. Food fans and foodie fanatics will traverse Manhattan for up to seven hours to benefit the Bowery Mission and City Harvest.  Food On Foot Tours, New York's highest rated food tour on TripAdvisor's Things To Do In New York City will donate 50% of the net proceeds from the event (up to $250) to benefit the charities. Participants will experience New York items such as deli, hot dogs and pizza and other surprises at hidden gems and well known restaurants and stands around town.  Fall special tour cost is $35 per person and the tour will last for about seven hours. Participants may stay for all or part of the tour. Food costs and Metrocard are not included.  Advanced reservations at  (631) 491-0326 are recommended but not necessary. Tour leaves Penn Station from the Amtrak Information Booth at 10:30am.

New York City  visitors and residents continue to enjoy Food On Foot Tours unique take on the New York experience that utilizes both the subway and walks through the city for quintessential inexpensive New York food. Guests visit neighborhoods in the different boroughs (counties) outside of the tourist areas and participants purchase their own food so they get to eat what they like. This difference has proven to be a hit with tour participants.

New York Food On Food Tours offers a variety of excursions including the East Village Variety Tour,  the International Express Tour, the Midtown Mix Tour and the World Famous Sweet Tooth Tour (named #3 Sweetest Attraction in the U.S.A..by TripAdvisor in July 2010). During the spring and summer months tour participants get to visit Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach, Brighton Beach and Coney Island as part of the Brooklyn Waterfront Tour. The popular Food For Fans Baseball Tour is also available on selected dates during the season. These tours combine most fans passion for food and sports on one delectable day. New York Food On Foot Tours expects to add three to five unique new tours for the 2011 spring/summer season and will be running tours all winter long..

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Food On Foot Tours takes visitors to the largest buffet in the world, New York City. You see the neighborhoods where New Yorkers live and eat. You share our passion for all things New York and you’ll travel the way New Yorkers do, by subway and foot.