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Asia in Queens: Exploring NYC’s Largest Chinatown

Immerse yourself in America's most diverse Chinatown

Taste the subtle differences between regional noodle dishes

Feast your way through an underground food court packed with obscure delicacies

Feel the steam waft from a basket of freshly steamed dumplings

Meet the master of Flushing's greatest roast duck

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On our Flushing food tour – a full-day stroll through New York’s largest Asian neighborhood – we’ll explore the area’s almost mind-blowing culinary diversity.

A trip to Flushing can feel like taking a trip through Asia itself.

This diversity is perhaps best represented through Flushing’s stellar food scene. On this walk through the neighborhood, we’ll explore the area’s almost mind-blowing culinary diversity while also learning about Flushing’s fascinating history. We’ll visit vendors, the outdoor stands of local restaurants and some of Flushing’s mall-based food courts – considered by locals to have some of the area’s best eats – tasting delicacies from China, Korea, Vietnam and other countries. From stalls selling Hong Kong-style dim sum and snacks to bakeries turning out the Korean take on French pastries and a visit to a local kimchi maker, we’ll dive deep into the best that the neighborhood has to offer. On our Flushing food tour, we’ll take a look at some of area’s unique cultural markers, from a storefront Daoist temple to the Flushing Quaker Meeting House, built in 1694 – a testament to the important role the area, originally a Dutch settlement, has played in the history of New York.

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How to Eat Flushing: A One-Day Food Tour of NYC's Greatest Chinatown

Time and again we've extolled the virtues of Flushing, the Queens neighborhood at the end of the number 7 line that's home to one of New York's largest and best-fed Chinese communities. Few places in this city will feed you better or cheaper, and with an empty stomach and strong resolve, you can fill up on killer dumplings, noodles, and crispy cumin lamb all within a few blocks.

When travelers to New York ask me where to eat, I send them to Flushing. When locals ask me about a new restaurant I'm excited about, the answer's often there. But let's say you have just one day to take a whirlwind tour of the neighborhood. What do you need to try?

Flushing veterans each have their own list of must-eats, and some may disagree with mine. But after years of leading groups of neophytes to feast around Flushing's busy streets, I've come up with an itinerary that's managed to satisfy the most ardent chowhounds. Take a few friends and, depending on how much you devour, you can get away with spending less than $40 a head all day.

Don't eat breakfast.

Mid-Morning Dumplings (and the Food Court of Your Dreams)

Hop off the 7 train and make your way up Main Street to a grubby-looking complex called the Golden Shopping Mall . There, you'll find two floors packed with food stalls hawking everything from hand-pulled noodles to spicy lamb sandwiches (this is one of the first locations of the mini-chain Xi'an Famous Foods ) to exquisite dumplings.

How exquisite? Meet my favorite dumplings in the world : the lamb and green squash dumplings from corner stall Tianjin Dumpling House . This northern Chinese stall sells about 10,000 dumplings a day in over a dozen flavors, but these juicy, aromatic dumplings with tender-yet-chewy skins are the best item on the menu. Also seek out the ace vegetarian dumplings, filled with scrambled egg, glass noodles, and garlic chives. And don't be afraid to ask for some freshly made garlic sauce: raw grated garlic tempered by sesame oil, rice vinegar, and a touch of sugar.

You can get these dumplings (and 98 other varieties) at the nearby Dumpling Galaxy , but they're cheaper here—$5 buys you 12 lamb dumplings—and easier to eat on the run. But do stick around at the Golden Shopping Mall for some fiery Sichuan fare at Chengdu Heavenly Plenty, or Fujian-style tiny wontons at the upstairs Lao Wang Ji shop, or a plate of cold skin noodles from Xi'an. It's hard to go wrong here.

Don't fill up, though. You still have plenty of work to do.

Tianjin Dumpling House

Golden Shopping Mall, 41-28 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11355

Lunch, Part One: More Dumplings

With the Golden Shopping Mall behind you, it's time to start thinking about lunch. But first: appetizers. And yup, you'll be eating more dumplings. Flanking your soon-to-be-lunch-destination are two shops with exceptional wontons in very different styles. If you're feeling ambitious, you can tackle them both, or just stick with one to keep your metabolism from seizing up.

White Bear: A tiny, much-loved shop with a well-known specialty: menu item number six, "wontons in hot oil." Light, juicy pork and vegetable wontons with gossamer skins come dressed in not-actually-spicy chili oil, ground up roasted chili, and nubs of funky, salty preserved mustard root. They're as flavorful a plate of wontons as you could hope for.

135-02 Roosevelt Avenue (on Prince), Flushing, NY 11354

map 718-961-2322

Sifu Chio: Also known as CHML H.K., Inc., this is where you'll find the finest Hong Kong-style wonton noodle soup in New York. The wontons are packed with crisp shrimp and juicy pork, loaded into a rich chicken broth with some leaves of tender greens, and finished off with thin noodles that retain their bite.

Pro-tip: on a nice day, take either of these dumplings to-go and eat them in the quizzically-named Bland Playground across the street.

40-09 Prince Street, Flushing, NY 11354

map 718-888-9295

Lunch, the Main Event: Fu Run

A growing set of Flushing's Chinese demographic hails from Dongbei, a northeastern region of the country with a taste for sturdy griddled buns, doughy wheat noodles and dumplings, and simple country-style meaty seasonings. Witness the Muslim "lamb chop": a rack of lamb ribs braised until fall-apart tender, blitzed with cumin, sesame seeds, and ground chili to set your mouth on fire, battered, and deep fried. It's one of the main reasons you're heading to Dongbei-style Fu Run , but hardly the only one .

Fu Run's fish is also delicious, from delicate whole-fried flounder topped with chili bean paste to nubs of battered "crispy sliced fish" coated with chili and cumin (fish McNuggets!). An unassuming stir-fry of eggplant, taro, and green pepper ("triple delight vegetables") is a reliable hit with a deep, satisfying brown sauce. And for dessert: nubs of taro coated in molten sugar that you pick up with your chopsticks, drop into cold water to set the caramel coating, and pop into your mouth like candy.

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I know how you feel now. You are bloated. You have dumpling sweats. You are ready to roll yourself home.

Don't give up. Now's time for a tea break.

Head around the corner and halfway down Roosevelt Avenue to a near-unmarked storefront that leads you down a long hallway. This is in fact one of Flushing's many mini-malls, and if you take the last door on your right, you'll find yourself at Fang Gourmet Tea , a shop where a fiver will buy you a tasting of world-class tea .

Fang specializes in fine teas from China and Taiwan with prices that can climb to several hundred dollars a pound. But for five bucks you can taste any of them in a serene tea ceremony, a half-hour-ish process that shows off the full range and depth of flavors in a tea by steeping it five times. The merchants are some of the city's most knowledgeable but also the most approachable—don't think you need any tea know-how to love this place. And if you're looking for a place to digest your meal(s) in peace, there's no better spot in Flushing.

Fang Gourmet Tea

135-25 Roosevelt Avenue, Flushing, NY 11354

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Grocery Break

I know—no more food! (Not yet, anyway.) Instead, we're going grocery shopping, because half the fun of a day in Flushing is bringing the neighborhood home with you.

With 30,000 square feet of space in Flushing's largest shopping mall, JMart is a supermarket to be reckoned with, one of the largest Chinese markets in New York. The selection is astonishingly vast: a lengthy fish and meat counter; aisles and aisles of sauces, condiments, sweets, and instant meals; high quality produce; dry and bulk goods; frozen dumplings, seafood, and buns; and small shops selling Chinese sausage.

Also of note is a small stand called New Flushing Bakery , the sister shop to the location on Roosevelt and Main, and home to New York's finest egg custard tart . Go for the Portuguese variety with its vanilla-flavored custard, burnished top, and beyond-flaky crust. It's best fresh from the oven, but a room temperature tart for the subway ride home is always a good idea.

New World Mall, 136-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Flushing, NY 11354

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Dinner: Barbecue or Dosas

It's getting close to dinner time, but your appetite may not be back yet. So that's why your next stop will take you on a 15-minute walk outside of downtown Flushing and into the neighboring suburban communities. Hike one way and you'll hit Murray Hill, a Korean enclave with some great barbecue restaurants. Walk up Kissena Boulevard instead and you'll eventually find a large Indian community clustered near a beautiful Hindu temple.

Mapo: If you're feeling the craving for flame-licked Korean barbecue, Mapo is tops , with its real-deal charcoal grill (for a smoke flavor that will permeate your meat and your clothes) and superior marbled short rib for kalbi . The banchan here are plentiful and delicious, and sides like soups are deeply flavorful (and may come on the house if you're nice).

But this place is really all about the beef: order the kalbi (and plenty of it) and watch the servers grill, flip, and snip your barbecue to perfect doneness; no sauce required to cover up this beautiful meat. A meal here is a little pricier than other barbecue spots, but the upgrade in quality is certainly worth it.

149-24 41st Avenue, Flushing, NY 11355

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Ganesh Temple Canteen: For something completely different, visit the basement of America's oldest Hindu temple for a taste of the finest dosas in New York . The temple's canteen, which is open to the public seven days a week, serves a whole roster of south Indian vegetarian food, but crackly-crisp, ultra-buttery dosas are the best of the lineup. Try the paneer dosa, with chunks of paneer folded into spicy mashed potato, and the ghee roast, shaped like a traffic cone and loaded, if you can imagine it possible, with even more browned-butter flavor than the others.

While eating at Mapo can get pricey—as much as $50 a head for a big, meaty meal with drinks—you can stuff a crowd of eight at the canteen for 40 bucks.

Ganesh Temple Canteen

45-57 Bowne Street, Flushing, NY 11355

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And for the Subway Home

You've done the hard work now and you're ready for a nice trip home on the 7 train. If you haven't bought some already, head to the Roosevelt-and-Main location of New Flushing Bakery to pick up an egg custard tart. Do note they run out in the late afternoon and close for the evening.

Fortunately, Coco is open later and is even better for soothing stomachs. The international chain makes consistently delicious, high quality tea; you can control the level of sweetness, and the bubbles are fresh with a soft chew. My go-to refreshing specialty: a tart, bracing grapefruit green tea with no milk or bubbles whatsoever. It's exactly what you need after a feast day of epic proportions.

CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice

39-22 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11354

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Flushing Food Tour: 1 Day Self-Guided Itinerary

• March 24, 2022 July 17, 2022

Updated: June 17th, 2022

If you’re visiting New York and looking for good Chinese food, look no further than Flushing. Taking a 1-Day Flushing Food Tour is one of the best things you can do while visiting New York City . There are so many Chinese restaurants to choose from, all covering cuisines from different regions. Whether you’re looking for the best XLB, Taiwanese breakfast, or simply want to eat to your heart’s content at AYCE hotpot, there’s something for every taste bud in Flushing’s Chinatown.

How to Get to Flushing from Manhattan

But first, how the heck do you get to Flushing? Located in Queens, Flushing is to the east of Manhattan across the East River. Depending on where you’re staying in the city, it could be easier to subway or drive to Flushing for a food tour.

To get to Flushing by subway you’ll need to get on the 7 train. From Midtown Manhattan, you can take the E, NW, or D and then transfer to the 7. The whole journey takes about 40 to 50 minutes.

If you’re located anywhere that’s not by a 7 or easily transferrable to the 7 train, driving may save you some time. Driving from East Village to Flushing takes about 30 minutes, without traffic of course.

Now that transportation is out of the way, let’s get to the fun part. What are the best Flushing food spots to hit up?

1. Duck Buns at Shanghai You Garden

135-33 40th Rd, Queens, NY 11354

Duck buns are one of my favorite Chinese foods, so when I discovered that you could get a single duck bun for $2 at Shanghai You Garden, I was stoked.

A Shanghainese restaurant, Shanghai You Garden offers sit-down dining and takeout. Their menu features aesthetically pleasing soup dumplings, scallion pancakes, and of course peking duck!

If you’re feeling fancy, give their sit-down dining experience a try. Otherwise, just the $2 pork bun will make you wanting more.

2. Rice Balls at Go Go Fast Food

135-50 Roosevelt Ave, Flushing, NY 11354

Growing up in Taiwan , I often had rice balls for breakfast. Having them again at Go Go Fast Food during our Flushing food tour had all the good memories flooding back.

Go Go Fast Food is your no frills, grab and go Chinese spot that features things like Rice Balls containing minced meat, Pork Buns, and Skewers.

Visit Go Go while you’re in Flushing. You won’t regret it!

3. Mango Smoothie w/ Cheese Cap from Song Tea

38-21 Main St, Queens, NY 11354 (Located inside Queen’s Crossing)

At this point in your Flushing food tour, you might start to get a bit thirsty. Nothing’s better than a good cup of boba (or what some call bubble tea) to go with your food.

Song Tea is right in the middle of Downtown Flushing and they have THE BEST mango smoothie I’ve ever had. And I’ve had a lot of boba. Be sure to get the Mango Smoothie w/ Cheese Cap. I’m pretty sure it’s the cheesy foam on top that made it the perfect drink.

4. Joe’s Steam Rice Roll

136-21 Roosevelt Ave # A1, Queens, NY 11354

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If you like dim sum, you won’t want to miss Joe’s Steam Rice Roll . Only a few years old, the restaurant serves freshly made steam rice rolls with shrimp or beef, egg, and 3 toppings of your choice.

There are three Joe’s Steam Rice Roll locations in New York City, and I’ve somehow already made my way to all of them!

Wanderer Tip: Since Joe’s makes their steam rolls fresh, you could wait a while before you get your food. Make this one of your last stops so you aren’t starving when you get here and are more likely to appreciate a bit of downtime between food stops.

5. Wontons from White Bear

135-02 Roosevelt Ave Ste 5 Flushing, NY 11354

I haven’t met a person who doesn’t like wontons with chili oil. Visit White Bear and order their Spicy Wontons if you don’t know what I mean!

Their spicy wontons are perfectly cooked – not too soggy and not too firm, the wrap is perfectly thin but impenetrable, and the chili oil is so delicious even those who don’t normally like spicy food might want a second serving.

6. Egg Tarts from New Flushing Bakery

135-45 Roosevelt Ave, Queens, NY 11354

Wrap up your 1-day Flushing food tour by visiting New Flushing Bakery . They’ve got all kinds of egg tarts: classic, Portuguese, coconut, and even a mango-flavored one.

These egg tarts are perfectly portable and can last a few days so bring some home if you’re feeling stuffed by the time you get here.

Tips for the Best Flushing Food Tour

Not gonna lie, I’ve never come to Flushing for anything other than the food. So if there’s anything better than eating all day in Flushing, please let me know in the comments!

Before I wrap up, I’ll leave you with these tips to have the best Flushing food tour possible:

• Order just a few things at each stop . Over order and you won’t make it past the first couple of spots
• Go with a group of friends . The beauty of Chinese food is that a lot of it can be shared. Go with maybe 3 to 6 people so you can share things and try more. Food tours are funner with friends anyway!
• Bring cash. Many places are cash only. Don’t be that person who tries to pay for a $2 food item with your credit card.

The most important tip of all is to enjoy the experience and know your limit! Trust me, it’s easy to overeat.

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Exploring New York’s Other Chinatown: A Flushing Chinatown Food Crawl

• September 2, 2022
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Chinatown in Manhattan is famous for its vibrant streets, delicious cheap eats, and knockoff bags galore. But there’s another Chinatown in NYC that most tourists don’t know about, and it’s arguably more authentic, more diverse, and some might say flat out better: the Chinatown in Flushing, Queens.

 Walking around the Flushing Chinatown is like being transported back to Asia. The chaotic streets are lined with people selling everything from spices to t-shirts. Mandarin and Cantonese take precedent before English. Massive Asian grocery stores are on each block. And there is a seemingly endless number of food options ranging from hot pot to dim sum. Many of these qualities are akin to the Chinatown in Manhattan, minus all the tourists.

I made the trek out to Flushing Main Street with one goal in mind: food.

Before diving into my Flushing Chinatown food crawl, let’s set the scene with a little history.

Flushing began as a Dutch colony in 1645, and was originally named Vlissingen. In line with Holland values, freedom of religion was allowed to all residents. The area became a haven for religious minorities, including the Quakers, and some say that Flushing paved the way for freedom of religion in the New World. (For a more in-depth look, click HERE ). The area was taken over by the English in 1683 and incorporated into Queens County, followed by being incorporated into New York City in 1898.

Fast forward to the 1970s. Mandarin-speaking Taiwanese immigrants were looking for a place to settle. The Chinatown in Manhattan was missing quality housing, and most residents spoke Cantonese. Immigrants flocked to Flushing, and it quickly became Little Taipei. Since then, Flushing has attracted diverse populations from Taiwan, China, South Korea, and Malaysia, among other Asian countries.

Now… Time for the Flushing Chinatown Food Crawl Rundown.

Stop 1:  eight jane for jianbing, $5.

Jiangbing is a popular Chinese breakfast street food that you will find across China and Taiwan. It’s a crepe filled with egg, cilantro, scallion, a crispy fried wonton, and perhaps a healthy slather of chili for fellow heat lovers. I noshed on jiangbing in Taiwan , but how would it stack up at Eight Jane?

Well… I wasn’t too wowed. While the texture was nice, the jianbing from Eight Jane was disappointingly flavorless. There was an odd flavor that reminded me of vegemite, but apart from that, it didn’t taste like too much other than salt.

Foodies rave about Eight Jane, so perhaps I caught them on an off day.

Stop 2: White Bear for Chili Oil Wontons, $10

White Bear is a small restaurant with quite a large menu, and the second stop on my Flushing Chinatown food crawl. The No. 6 chili oil wontons are what this spot is known for. One order comes with 12 steaming wontons, and I took them over to the adjacent Bland Playground to dig in. Ironic to be eating in Bland Playground, because that’s exactly what the wontons were. The wontons themselves were missing flavor and the texture of the wonton wrapper suggested they had been made some time ago. Thank god for the chili and green onion on top, which saved the day.

Stop 3: Mochiido for a Black Sesame Mochi Donut, $3.75

Last spring I went on a quest to find the best mochi donut in NYC , so of course I had to pop in to Mochiido to give it a try. The donut had a nice flavor that wasn’t too sweet, and the texture was pretty solid- just chewy enough without an overbearing “bready” quality.

Stop 4: Random stall for a sesame ball, $1.75

This sesame ball was the best thing of the entire Flushing Chinatown food crawl. Amazing chewy texture, just enough filling, and the perfect touch of sweet.

Stop 5: Tian Jing Dumpling for Dumplings, $7

Tian Jian dumpling was the final spot on this Flushing Chinatown food crawl. I ordered 6 pan fried pork dumplings, and they were pretty darn tasty. Super juicy with a nice soy, onion, and cilantro flavor. I couldn’t resist two steamed “juicy buns”, which were just larger versions of the fried pork dumplings. Tasty, but my busting belt only allowed me a few bites

Wrapping Up This Flushing Chinatown Food Crawl

Walking around the streets of Flushing felt like being back in Asia. The smells, noises, and sheer chaos were invigorating and exciting. Did I find the best eats? Certainly not. But you better believe I’ll be back to try again.

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Neil Young and Crazy Horse ‘Love Earth Tour 2024’: Where to buy tickets

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Neil Young and Crazy Horse will bring the “Love Earth Tour” to Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camden, New Jersey, on May 12, 2024. Here, Young performs at the BottleRock Napa Valley Music Festival at Napa Valley Expo on Saturday, May 25, 2019, in Napa, California. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP) Amy Harris/Invision/AP

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Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s “Love Earth Tour” starts at the end of April and includes one stop very close to Pa.

The tour is support of the new album, “Fu##in’ Up,” which will be released on April 26.

The tour includes a concert at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 12, at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camden, New Jersey.

Live Nation said the album  “ reveals Neil Young + Crazy Horse in all their ragged glory, playing songs from their long relationship. Neil and The Horse have played together for over 50 years and the performances of these familiar songs, recorded in 2023, is a true highlight.”

You can buy tickets for the May 12 concert here (prices are as of the time of this post):

• Stubhub, prices start at $65
• Vivid Seats, prices start at $61
• SeatGeek, prices start at $57

The concert tour dates are:

April 24 - Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, San Diego, California

April 25 - Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, San Diego, California

April 27 - Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre, Phoenix, Arizona

May 1 - Germania Insurance Amphitheater, Austin, Texas

May 2 - Dos Equis Pavilion, Dallas, Texas

May 5 - Orion Amphitheater, Huntsville, Alabama

May 7 - Ameris Bank Amphitheatre, Atlanta, Georgia

May 8 - FirstBank Amphitheater, Franklin, Tennessee

May 11 - Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, Virginia

May 14 - Forest Hills Stadium, Flushing, New York

May 15 - Forest Hills Stadium, Flushing, New York

May 17 - Xfinity Center, Mansfield, Massachusetts

May 18 - Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater, Bridgeport, Connecticut

May 20 - Budweiser Stage, Toronto, Ontario

May 22 - Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkson, Michigan

May 23 - Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island, Chicago, Illinois

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The Moscow Metro Tour is included in most guided tours’ itineraries. Opened in 1935, under Stalin’s regime, the metro was not only meant to solve transport problems, but also was hailed as “a people’s palace”. Every station you will see during your Moscow metro tour looks like a palace room. There are bright paintings, mosaics, stained glass, bronze statues… Our Moscow metro tour includes the most impressive stations best architects and designers worked at - Ploshchad Revolutsii, Mayakovskaya, Komsomolskaya, Kievskaya, Novoslobodskaya and some others.

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The guide will not only help you navigate the metro, but will also provide you with fascinating background tales for the images you see and a history of each station.

And there some stories to be told during the Moscow metro tour! The deepest station - Park Pobedy - is 84 metres under the ground with the world longest escalator of 140 meters. Parts of the so-called Metro-2, a secret strategic system of underground tunnels, was used for its construction.

During the Second World War the metro itself became a strategic asset: it was turned into the city's biggest bomb-shelter and one of the stations even became a library. 217 children were born here in 1941-1942! The metro is the most effective means of transport in the capital.

There are almost 200 stations 196 at the moment and trains run every 90 seconds! The guide of your Moscow metro tour can explain to you how to buy tickets and find your way if you plan to get around by yourself.

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Moscow metro private tours.

• 2-hour tour $87:  10 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with hotel pick-up and drop-off
• 3-hour tour $137:  20 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with Russian lunch in beautifully-decorated Metro Diner + hotel pick-up and drop off. 
• Metro pass is included in the price of both tours.

Highlight of Metro Tour

• Visit 10 must-see stations of Moscow metro on 2-hr tour and 20 Metro stations on 3-hr tour, including grand Komsomolskaya station with its distinctive Baroque décor, aristocratic Mayakovskaya station with Soviet mosaics, legendary Revolution Square station with 72 bronze sculptures and more!
• Explore Museum of Moscow Metro and learn a ton of technical and historical facts;
• Listen to the secrets about the Metro-2, a secret line supposedly used by the government and KGB;
• Experience a selection of most striking features of Moscow Metro hidden from most tourists and even locals;
• Discover the underground treasure of Russian Soviet past – from mosaics to bronzes, paintings, marble arches, stained glass and even paleontological elements;
• Learn fun stories and myths about Coffee Ring, Zodiac signs of Moscow Metro and more;
• Admire Soviet-era architecture of pre- and post- World War II perious;
• Enjoy panoramic views of Sparrow Hills from Luzhniki Metro Bridge – MetroMost, the only station of Moscow Metro located over water and the highest station above ground level;
• If lucky, catch a unique «Aquarelle Train» – a wheeled picture gallery, brightly painted with images of peony, chrysanthemums, daisies, sunflowers and each car unit is unique;
• Become an expert at navigating the legendary Moscow Metro system;
• Have fun time with a very friendly local;
• + Atmospheric Metro lunch in Moscow’s the only Metro Diner (included in a 3-hr tour)

Hotel Pick-up

Metro stations:.

Komsomolskaya

Novoslobodskaya

Prospekt Mira

Belorusskaya

Mayakovskaya

Novokuznetskaya

Revolution Square

Sparrow Hills

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Victory Park

Slavic Boulevard

Vystavochnaya

Dostoevskaya

Elektrozavodskaya

Partizanskaya

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• Drop-off  at your hotel, Novodevichy Convent, Sparrow Hills or any place you wish
• + Russian lunch  in Metro Diner with artistic metro-style interior for 3-hour tour

Fun facts from our Moscow Metro Tours:

From the very first days of its existence, the Moscow Metro was the object of civil defense, used as a bomb shelter, and designed as a defense for a possible attack on the Soviet Union.

At a depth of 50 to 120 meters lies the second, the coded system of Metro-2 of Moscow subway, which is equipped with everything you need, from food storage to the nuclear button.

According to some sources, the total length of Metro-2 reaches over 150 kilometers.

The Museum was opened on Sportivnaya metro station on November 6, 1967. It features the most interesting models of trains and stations.

Coffee Ring

The first scheme of Moscow Metro looked like a bunch of separate lines. Listen to a myth about Joseph Stalin and the main brown line of Moscow Metro.

Zodiac Metro

According to some astrologers, each of the 12 stops of the Moscow Ring Line corresponds to a particular sign of the zodiac and divides the city into astrological sector.

Astrologers believe that being in a particular zadiac sector of Moscow for a long time, you attract certain energy and events into your life.

Paleontological finds 

Red marble walls of some of the Metro stations hide in themselves petrified inhabitants of ancient seas. Try and find some!

• Every day each car in  Moscow metro passes  more than 600 km, which is the distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
• Moscow subway system is the  5th in the intensity  of use (after the subways of Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai).
• The interval in the movement of trains in rush hour is  90 seconds .

What you get:

• + A friend in Moscow.
• + Private & customized Moscow tour.
• + An exciting pastime, not just boring history lessons.
• + An authentic experience of local life.
• + Flexibility during the walking tour: changes can be made at any time to suit individual preferences.
• + Amazing deals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the very best cafes & restaurants. Discounts on weekdays (Mon-Fri).
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The iconic Ukrainian Diner Veselka, open in the East Village since 1954, has new signage up at 646 Lorimer Street, near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, in Williamsburg. The family behind the restaurant, Justin and Jason Birchard, say the restaurant will open in May. The 4,000-square-foot building was constructed as a garage in 1918 and recently operated as a car wash . Veselka signed a 48-year lease on the property last year . The opening will mark the first time the Ukrainian restaurant has operated in Brooklyn; in addition to the original diner in the East Village, there is another location in Grand Central .

For a day, pizza costs a dollar again

Remember the dollar slice? On Thursday, April 18, dozens of New York pizza makers will come together and sell their slices — margherita, plain, and coal-oven — for a buck each. The event at St. Anthony’s Church (155 Sullivan Street, near Houston Street) is a fundraiser started by Scott Wiener of Scott’s Pizza Tours for local group Slice Out Hunger . Participants can purchase $1 tickets at the event and exchange them for a slice, a drink, or a dessert. This year’s lineup includes Di Fara Pizza, John’s of Bleecker Street, Don Antonio, and others.

Hand Hospitality is opening a new restaurant

Odre, a new concept from the prolific restaurant group, Hand Hospitality — Her Name is Han, Ariari, Seoul Salon, Cho Dang Gol — has signed on a new spot in the East Village. It’s heading for 199 Second Avenue, near East 13th Street, this summer, a spokesperson confirms. Odre will serve an under $50 per person, four-course prix-fixe restaurant; it’s the first Hand spot led by chef Changki Kang, an alum of the Michelin-starred Seoul restaurant, Onjium (which now has a Manhattan outpost ). Think: seasonally changing dishes like summer squash shrimp jeon and oysters with pear and sea cucumber. — Emma Orlow, reporter

An Ops alum has a new wine shop

Haley Burke, one of three owners of Colors , a new wine shop near the Brooklyn Navy Yard, says it's a homecoming, having grown up nearby. Burke, who is overseeing managing and buying for Colors, has worked at Bushwick pizzeria, Ops, known for its wine list, and Ridgewood wine shop, Foret , among other spots. It opened in March, at 138 Flushing Avenue, near Vanderbilt Avenue, replacing Navy Wine Merchants, which first opened in 2017. — Emma Orlow, reporter

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