GOURMET FOOD SHOPPING IN MANHATTAN’S LITTLE ITALY/CHINATOWN

SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2012

SEATS/TICKETS:     48 (TOTAL – PLEASE CALL FOR CURRENT AVAILABILITY)                          

DEPARTURE TIMES:                                                                     RETURN TIMES:

*SPARTA POLICE STATION:                               8:35AM          SPARTA:                               6:20PM

ROCKAWAY MALL                                                                        ROCKAWAY MALL

LOT #36:                                                                    8:55AM          LOT #36:                                6:00PM

DOVER TERMINAL:                                              9:10AM          DOVER TERMINAL:          5:50PM

ARLINGTON PLAZA PARK & RIDE:                 9:30AM          ARLINGTON PLAZA:         5:30PM

* Please note that we need a minimum of 10 passengers for a Sparta pick-up. When booking, if you are interested in picking up in Sparta, let our reservationist know. If we get 10 or more, we’ll contact you.           

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PRICE:  $29.00pp

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TRIP ITINERARY/MISCELLANEOUS:

11:00am          Arrive Little Italy/Chinatown in Manhattan

Little Italy, where in 1932 an estimated 98% of the inhabitants were of Italian birth or heritage. With the encroachment of Chinatown, Little Italy’s heart and soul is Mulberry Street, which is crowded with restaurants, cafes, bakeries, imported food shops and souvenir shops. Ferrara’s Bakery, in the heart of Little Italy, is one of the oldest bakeries in the city, built in 1892.

New York’s Chinatown has a population of 150,000; that’s 2nd only to San Francisco in the country. The first Chinese people in the area came in from California where they had been employed in building the first transcontinental railroads. Its main businesses are restaurants and garment factories; some 55% of its residents speak little or no English. Chinatown is now livelier than ever - a thriving marketplace crammed with souvenir shops, food markets and restaurants in pagoda-style buildings and crowded with pedestrians day and night.

4:00pm            Depart Manhattan, NYC

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Please contact a tour representative for more information and/or reservations at (973) 366-0600 ext. 602.