Donut Pub to Petit Chou, Past the Old CBGB
A two-hour guided walk from The Donut Pub at Astor Place through the Bowery's music history to La Cabra and Petit Chou, tasting donuts and pastries along the way.
This is a two-hour dessert walk with a guide who talks neighborhood history between bites. The booking listing times seven stops: twenty minutes at The Donut Pub, twenty at Astor Place, twenty along the Bowery, fifteen walking past McSorley's, twenty at La Cabra, fifteen at Russo's and ten at Petit Chou, where the walk ends.
Not every stop is a tasting. At Astor Place and on the Bowery the guide talks. At Russo's, a cheese and pasta shop, the listing says the guide points out things to buy after the tour.
Recent travelers write about the history as much as the sweets. One parent gave it four stars in March 2026 and noted that the music and theatre stories landed better with the adults than with a fourteen-year-old.
Booking runs through the listing below. One booking takes up to ten travelers. Children aged 10 and under have their own rate and book alongside an adult, and a full refund needs at least twenty-four hours' notice.
New York East Village Food Tour: Donuts, Pastries & Sweet TreatsDonut and pastry tastings with a guide · Tips extra · Ends at Petit Chouwww.viator.comFour Sweet Stops, and a Route That Shifts
The listing describes four tastings. It opens with the most famous flavors at The Donut Pub, which it says has been around for over fifty years. An Italian stop for bomboloni comes next, and the operator's own page puts that Italian pastry second, heading south into NoHo. La Cabra is the stop for cardamom buns, which the listing calls a recent viral hit. One traveler wrote in 2024 that the group skipped the line there.
The stop list and the description on the booking page do not line up exactly. The description promises artisan donuts to finish, while the stop list ends at Petit Chou, a choux pastry bakery. Treat the order as a shape that can change from one departure to the next.
The Walk Ends on First Avenue
The last stop is Petit Chou on First Avenue, a French-inspired bakery the listing describes as focused on choux pastry, the dough behind eclairs, cream puffs and profiteroles. It gets ten minutes on the timeline, so expect a final bite there.
The tour does not loop back to The Donut Pub. The operator says its walks run roughly one and a half to two miles and that most can be walked end to end in about thirty minutes, so plan your own way home from First Avenue.
The Stops Where the Guide Does the Talking
Astor Place gets twenty minutes for the buildings, theaters and sculptures around it. On the Bowery the guide talks about the music venues that used to line the street, CBGB among them. McSorley's, which the listing calls the city's oldest Irish pub, is a walk past. At Russo's, a cheese and pasta shop known for fresh mozzarella, the guide points out what to buy after the tour.
Travelers who reviewed the walk often name the history as the highlight. A Viator reviewer in June 2025 called it a tour for fans of music, theater, art and East Village history, with the donut stops as part of the fun.
Timing, Weather, Food Limits and Access
Departures are at 11 AM and 2 PM. As of November 3, 2026, both the booking listing and the operator's own calendar show the tour running Thursday through Sunday, with no departures on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve or New Year's Day. The guide waits until five minutes past the hour, then starts walking. The operator asks late arrivals to call 844-366-8848 and join at the second stop.
The whole tour is outdoors between shops, so dress for the weather. The operator says many of its shops do not currently carry vegan or gluten-free options, and asks guests with food allergies to tell it ahead of time. The listing marks the walk as not recommended for travelers with mobility impairments while also marking it stroller-friendly, and the operator's own pages say nothing about step-free access.
Tips for the guide are not included.
📍 The group meets inside The Donut Pub at 740 Broadway, at Astor Place. The listing asks you to go in and find your guide there. Start with the shop's best-known flavors, and save room for the sweet stops still ahead.