Meet the Top Dog Tours New York City Guides

Our tour guides are local professionals who are passionate about the history, culture, and uniqueness of New York City.

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Nicole

Hometown: Northridge, CA
Favorite Neighborhood: Gramercy Park and the West Village
Favorite NYC Landmarks: Ellis Island and the Chrysler Building
Favorite Restaurant: Keen's Steakhouse
Favorite Tour to Give: Ghost Tour
Best Pizza In NYC: John's on Bleeker Street
Favorite Broadway Shows: Cabaret and Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Favorite Movie about NYC: Radio Days and Muppets Take Manhattan
Favorite NYC Park: Washington Square Park
"The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world."-F. Scott Fitzgerlad, The Great Gatsby
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Patrick

Hometown: San Jose, CA
Favorite Neighborhood: Hell's Kitchen
Favorite NYC Landmark: Daily News Building
Favorite Restaurant: There are over 24,000 places to eat in NYC, I'm working my way through all of them
Favorite Tour to Give: Broadway Tour
Favorite Pizza in NYC: Joe's Pizzeria on Bleeker
Favorite Broadway Show: Sunday in the Park with George and West Side Story
Favorite Movie about NYC: Can't Stop the Music
Favorite NYC Park: Central Park
"Being miserable and treating others like dirt is every New Yorker's God-given right."-Ghostbusters
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Liz

Hometown: Leominster, MA
Favorite Neighborhood: Upper West Side
Favorite NYC Landmark: Lincoln Center
Favorite Restaurant: Flor de Mayo
Favorite Tour to Give: 3 Neighborhoods Tour
Best Pizza in NYC: Two Boots
Favorite Broadway Show: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Favorite Movie about NYC: Gangs of New York
Favorite NYC Park: Riverside Park
"It'll be a great place if they ever finish it."-O Henry

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Marshall

Hometown: Enid, Oklahoma
Favorite Neighborhood: Greenwhich Village/West Village
Favorite NYC Landmark: Washington Arch
Favorite Restaurant:  Bamonte's
Favorite Tour to Give: Ghots of Greenwhich Village
Best Pizza in NYC: Robertas in Bushwick
Favorite Broadway Show: Come from Away
Favorite Movie About NYC:  When Harry Met Sally
Favorite NYC Park: Washington Square
"But there is one thing about it—once you have lived in New York and it has become your home, no place else is good enough.”―John Steinbeck

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Gabi

Hometown: Toledo, Ohio
Favorite Neighborhood: Little Italy
Favorite NYC Landmark: The Chrysler Building
Favorite Tour to Give: 3 Neighborhood Tour
Favorite Restaurant: T-Swirl Crepe
Best Pizza in NYC: Krave It
Favorite Broadway Show: Fun Home
Favorite Movie about NYC: When Harry Met Sally
Favorite NYC Park: Central Park

"New York is a city that plays hard to get.  You want me? You better work for it."-Rony Vardi