New York City Mafia and Local Food Tour

If you’re looking for a crime and mafia tour in NYC like no other then you’ve come to the right place! Starting at the famous Mafia “Red Sauce Joint” as seen in the Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos and Get Gotti, you’ll wind through the East Village & Little Italy while enjoying some delicious food along the way. You’ll hear the true “insider’s perspective” of NYC mafia stories from active and retired line of duty NYPD officers born and raised in Little Italy! Our expert guides grew up alongside New York’s famous families and have been consulted for TV and major film productions on both crime and law enforcement. You’ll get insight into how and where the infamous Mafia crime families of New York City operated on this unique Little Italy mafia walking tour. Our decades of lived experience in Little Italy means we offer an unrivaled New York gangster tour experience.

We begin the tour in the East Village, where you will learn the complex origins of the Mafia in New York City, and learn the hierarchies within each crime family from the foot soldiers, to the captains and the ‘Boss’. Walk in the footsteps of famed mobsters like Lucky Luciano, Joe ‘the boss’ Masseria, John Gotti – the Teflon Don, “Vinny the Chin” and “Crazy Joe” Gallo, as you hear about their lives, and their crimes.

You’ll explore Second Avenue’s prohibition history as we walk along this famous avenue exploring places most tours miss.

After a visit to Elizabeth Street where multiple crime family “social clubs” lined the street and the center of Mafia drug activity known as The French Connection, we will recount the history of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral and tell you about how it came to be included in the Godfather and Mean Streets movies.

We’ll end the tour in Little Italy where you will visit local, historic food joints — including the room where the Mafia was formed. Get your taste buds ready for Italian style dinner with full-sized tastings, including a “primo” and a “secondi piatto”. Finally, end your tour with a delicious ‘dolce’, a cream-filled Sicilian cannoli at the best pastry shop in town!