The Downtown Alliance has extended its popular culinary walking tours.

Culinary expert Nicole Harnett introduces foodies to a rotating cast of Lower Manhattan's most exciting eateries and purveyors. The tours will take place from noon to 3:00 p.m. on February 13th & 27th, March 13th & 27th, April 10th & 24th, and May 8th & 22nd.

Previous participants have enjoyed succulent sliders, Italian eggplant parmigiana, fine wine and cheese pairings, lobster BLTs, decadent hot chocolate and some of the best cookies and coffee in town. Stops along the way have included Harry’s Italian, Les Halles Downtown, Jack's Stir Brewed Coffee, Passanella and Son Vintners, Trinity Place and Provisions and Zaitzeff.

As participants sample house specialties, they are also introduced to the eclectic culinary ambiance of a neighborhood unlike any other in New York - where ancient cobblestone lanes, 19th century streetscapes and modern skyscrapers bring past and future together.