1. Culinary Tourism is defined as the pursuit of unique and memorable eating and drinking experiences.
2. Members of Group A are: Priyanka, Kathleen, and Chris
3. At the Brooklyn Bridge Park and in DUMBO, we observed that most restaurants are seasonal. The best time to go is between spring and summer. Fornino and Lizzmonade, for example, are currently closed, but Ample Hill’s Creamery and Luke’s Lobster have specific hours of service.
4. Four significant activities that take place on the Brooklyn waterfront:

• Brooklyn Flea’s Sunday location features 80 vendors, April through October, 10am-6pm. The Flea in DUMBO is part vintage bazaar, part old-fashioned town square, and part food bonanza.
• Smorgasburg, in Prospect Park, offers a range of cuisines from local and regional food purveyors on Sundays from 11 am until 6 pm, from April through October. This highly regarded outdoor food market features 100 vendors offering packaged and prepared food and beverages.
• Kings Country Distillery (corner of Sands Street and Navy Street) offers drop in tours every Saturday from 1 pm to 4 pm. The tours cost $8 and cover the history of whiskey and New York City prohibition along with an explanation of the distilling process. The distillery currently makes three different whiskeys – Moonshine, Bourbon, and Chocolate Whiskey – all of which you can sample at the end of the tour. The distillery also offers weekday tours with a reservation.
• Kings County’s long-running wine festival Brooklyn Uncorked returns in May for its 10th annual celebration of quality drink and nosh. The lineup includes a variety of award-winning wines from wineries across New York State as well as food from popular restaurants in both Brooklyn and Manhattan.

• Our group’s area of focus is cultural tourism. Culture tourism can be defined as a branch of tourism that allows travelers to experience and learn the cultural values and lifestyle of local communities through rituals, activities, art, architecture, religion, music and much more.
• People in the group: Jose, Shade, Sabiha, D’Asia
• Some of the observations that were made while visiting the Brooklyn Bridge and Dumbo that relate towards cultural tourism was the significance of how things changed from ancient time. The restaurants that are surrounded in the area. The activities that are provided and the beautiful landscape that brings out the culture of New York City.
• Activities

1. Hindu Lamp Ceremony
   People will get the opportunity to learn about an important and beautiful Hindu Aarti ceremony done for peace and harmony. One is allowed to make their own palm leaf lamp to release in the East River. This is done as a symbol to display gratitude and to ask for protection from the mother river. To complete the ceremony, people are invited to listen to a traditional music.
2.  Granite Prospect
   Granite Prospect is located on Pier 1 and is an iconic feature of Brooklyn Bridge Park. Granite Prospect relates to cultural tourism because the place host many events to help individuals learn about local culture through activities such as wedding ceremonies, watching performances like Romeo and Juliet and discussing literature through the event “Books Beneath the Bridge”
3. Navy YardThe Brooklyn Navy yard, a shipbuilding site is now a vast, modern park. The park offers tours and exhibitions at the BLDG 92. The “Brooklyn Navy Yard: past, present & future” tour exhibits the history and culture of the yard. The Brooklyn Navy Yard includes the Rooftop Reds, the first rooftop winery and Brooklyn Grange, a large rooftop farm.
4. Waterfront Museum
   The museum offers tours and exhibitions to promote and preserve the historic and cultural heritage of the water way in Brooklyn. Access to waterfront piers and gardens providing view of Lady Liberty.

CULINARY TOURISM

• Definition:  The area of tourism we have is culinary tourism.  It is defined as the pursuit of unique and memorable eating and drinking experiences of the destination.
• People in our group are:  Samantha, John, and Jackie
• Observations:  Some observations we have made is that most of the restaurants that are directly on the waterfront are seasonal restaurants. Restaurants are closed for the winter and reopen again when the weather gets warmer.

• Activities: One restaurant that defines culinary tourism would be the River Cafe because it is located under the Brooklyn Bridge overlooking the NYC skyline and the Statue of Liberty. It is a modern American cuisine but the chefs use the finest and freshest ingredients available and utilize them as the foundation for the unforgettable dining experience.
• Stopping by the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory and taking a short walk around Dumbo, sitting nearest to the water enjoying a scoop of freshly made fudge ice cream.
• Grab a nice slice of coal-oven pizza at Grimaldi’s, then walk over to the park to picnic out on the lawn by the waterfront. afterwards, make your way to the Jane’s Carousel to ride while the sun is setting away.
• Hang out at Brooklyn Roasting Company and have a cup of one of their many locally roasted, fair trade coffee. Each coffee that they brew come from different parts of the world and has its own unique taste and flavor profile.