The first place to call in America for millions of Jewish immigrants to America were tenements on the Lower East Side. What was life like for them? Get a sense of this with a tour led by Randy Settenbrino, the artist, architect, and developer who transformed the last Jewish tenement on Orchard street into an award-winning hotel. Built in 1879, the Historic Blue Moon is a National Geographic recognized destination hotel. The Blue Moon is also home to Sweet Dreams Cafe, a kosher homage to Nona Carolina’s 1930’s Trattoria Vesuvius, featuring handmade mozzarella, raviolis, gnocchi, all sauces cream, pesto, marinara. Indeed, all desserts and delicacies are baked on the premises. Included in this tour is full-meal featuring: Focaccia, antipasti choice of hand, mozzarella plate with pesto and balsamic glaze, soup zuppe del giorno, entrée eggplant parmigiana, lasagna classico, or  plant-based risotto with salmon, a fusion dish that has all the beauty of the Italians and Jews. Made with pappardelle eggs, zucchini, vegan Italian sausage, rapini, and mushrooms. The spicey one has pepperoncino and the cheese one has provolone, mozzarella, and hand-grated parmigiana. A glass of wine and dessert house made lemon tiramisu or Tuscan Italian cheese cake.

Your guide and chef for this tour, Randy, received his FBA from Brooklyn College. His brainchild The Historic Blue Moon, the last Jewish tenement on Orchard Street, was chosen by National Geographic as “One of a Hundred in The Western Hemisphere to Check into” as well as Allan Sperry’s select in “100 Best little Hotels”, Best boutique Hotel by New Yorker Magazine and City Search. Blue Moon has been the recipient of over forty major articles, NYTimes. L.A. Times, International Herald Tribune, Bloomberg, London Chronicle, Toronto Star, Wall Street Journal, & Forward.