New Orleans Donut Adventure: Exploring Magazine Street Bakeries
4.9
287 Ratings
New Orleans
Embark on a delicious and casual adventure through New Orleans' Magazine Street, exploring the city's rich history and indulging in traditional beignets and artisanal donuts at four different bakeries. Discover unique toppings and sauces along the way. Join us for a mouthwatering experience!
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Magazine Street - Our tour begins in the Garden District neighborhood at PJ’s Coffee, one of the cutest coffee shops in New Orleans. Here we’ll try some of their amazing beignets, featured above. After that, we’ll take a leisurely walk along Magazine Street. We’ll then continue our way to over to District Donuts, one of the best donut shops in New Orleans. After a brief walk, we’ll visit our 3rd and 4th stops for some amazing beignets. At each location, we’ll sample several different types, flavors and styles of donuts and beignets, so come hungry! Just an FYI - the tour does not begin and end at the same location.
What's Included
  • Breakfast included
  • Tea and coffee available
What's Not Included
  • Tips
Additional Information

While most are versed in Bourbon Street and the French Quarter, many haven’t explored Magazine Street, the backdrop of our tour that boasts a vibrant past centered around food, art, culture, and nightlife. Our journey covers 4 distinctive shops where we will sample donuts and beignets. Kicking off with conventional beignets coated in powdered sugar and paired with a coffee, we will delve into the neighborhood’s robust history and its significant role in New Orleans. On our second detour, we’ll savor handcrafted donuts from a leading donut hub in the city. A brief walk later, we’ll be sampling unique beignets topped and sauced in a manner that you’ve never encountered before. We conclude our tour with a surprise at our final stop, curating a foodie expedition that’s both relaxing and enticing.

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  • Not recommended for travelers with severe mobility issues (cannot walk or stand for 2 hours)
Location
PJ's Coffee
Magazine Street
Great coffee shop located right on Magazine Street.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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428aprilh
Mar 24, 2024
Excellent experience! - Our tour started at PJ’s Coffee. We met our guides (2 guides with 12-13 guests). - At PJ’s Coffee we were able to get a small drink of our choice and 1 whole beignet. - We then stopped at the “picture” wall one block north of PJ’s Coffee. - After that we headed to District Donuts. Our guides had 7 donuts (3 kinds) that were cut into quarters and we got to taste test 2 quarters. - Between District Donuts and Another Broken Egg we received a short history of New Orleans and the Garden District. - Then we headed to Another Broken Egg Cafe where we each got to try a “biscuit beignet”. - Then we headed to The Vintage and each got to try 1 beignet. It seems they have a rotating menu of beignets. Overall, this was a wonderful experience. Our kids age 13, 10, and 9 enjoyed all the treats, dog petting along the way (seems to be many hip pet friendly establishments), and sight seeing some beautiful and oddly decorated houses from recent festivals. I am not sure what average tours run but $400ish (6 people) felt pretty on the more expensive side. However, that being said I did not tally individual donut or beignet prices for each place we visited. So given that it is hard to say. Overall, awesome experience. Our friend (who has lived in New Orleans for 1.5 years) even said she was glad she went and she learned some new places she could try close to where she lived.
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Katehm964nl
Mar 24, 2024
Great Experience - We had a great experience with a new tour guide. It was his first time out and he was very experienced and knowledgeable. Enjoyed every bit of it! The food was great and would recommend this tour!
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Alexandrae1062
Mar 24, 2024
Yummy tour - This was a fun tour! Even though we live here, we learned lots of things we didn’t know about. Plus we got to try some delicious treats and I have now found my favorite beignet in the city!
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Sara
Mar 23, 2024
Tasty and fun small group tour for grown-ups and kids!! - This tour exceeded all expectations. We were looking for a family friendly food tour to introduce our kids to New Orleans, and we had a very tasty and memorable introduction to the Garden District. Bobbie was very personable and entertaining with a lot of background information about each stop and New Orleans in general. The food was amazing…each stop different, each time the donuts and/or beignets arrived hot and made to order! Our group was small enough where the tour was personal and really interactive. Both kids (ages 10&12) loved it (as did the grown-ups). If you want to eat something sweet off the beaten path of a typical tour, do this!
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Michelle_h
Mar 22, 2024
Tasty donuts - Margie and Thomas were a lot of fun. We learned some history and had some delicious donuts. We'd do it again.
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Byhpumpkin
Mar 15, 2024
Phoenix Fam visit on Spring Break - Fun, Fun, and more Fun…. Mixed with a lot of humor and delicious food! We did the Seattle Underground doughnut tour many years ago and THIS one was even better!( sorry Seattle). Glad to see this company do so well and continue to impress. Lovely day spent in The Garden District! See y’all in New York next year!
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Laurajh4145pl
Mar 14, 2024
Donut tour - Thomas and Bobbie were fantastic. The donuts and beignets were even more fantastic. Thank you so much! 100 characters is too much.
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Tcpn4mvpqc
Mar 14, 2024
Tasty tour - Had a great time on this tour. Guides were fun and had lots of information about the stops and the neighbourhood. 10/10 would recommend this to everyone
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Caitlingz190la
Mar 14, 2024
Tastiest tour this side of the Mississippi - Bobbie and Thomas were great tour guides! Lots of fun historical facts in between delicious treats. We got to sample three different beignets and two different donuts at four spots along Market Street. It was a great way to explore this shopping district and enjoy some tasty treats along the way!
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Pioneer21343437284
Mar 12, 2024
Delicious and Entertaining - This was a very fun and tasty tour. Our guide, Emily, was energetic, informative and entertaining. The variety of Beignet was solid and there were options for every taste. You also get to experience a different neighborhood outside of the French Quarter.
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