Boston North End Food Tour with Wine and Limoncello Tasting
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Boston, USA
- 3 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Eat your way through Boston’s North End and learn about its history with this group tour. Explore the neighborhood’s Italian heritage in the company of a guide and stroll through the area’s scenic streets. Enjoy a local lunch at a North End eatery featuring arancini, pizza, Italian meats and cheeses, a pasta course, cannoli, and more, and hear stories about the neighborhood’s past.
- Discover more of the North End than you would on your own
- Enjoy several tastings of dishes as well as wine and limoncello
- Learn about the area from your guide
- Sit down for lunch at a North End spot
Sample Menu
Starter
Arancini, Sicilian pizza, caprese salad, pasta
Dessert
Cannoli, Gelato, espresso
Starter
Olive oil, prosciutto, balsamic vinegar, cheese
What's Included
- LunchArancini, pizza, Sfogliatella, pasta course in 40 year old restaurant, Olive oil and balsamic tasting, Italian meats and cheeses experience, cannoli and traditional gelato
- Alcoholic BeveragesLearn about Italian wine and limoncello with a certified Italian wine specialist and visit the oldest liquor store in Boston
- MealsRegional foods of Italy will be tied to the local culture of the North End
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- 3 N Square, Boston, MA 02113, USA
The tour meets by the stone map of the North End, located directly across from 3 North Square.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Start time.11:00 am
Itinerary
North End (Pass By)
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Travelers appreciate the tour guides for their deep knowledge and engaging storytelling about the North End’s history and Italian culture, enriched by strong local connections. The food and beverage offerings receive consistent praise for exceptional quality, generous portions, and authentic Italian dishes paired with well-chosen wines. Overall, the combination of informative guides and thoughtfully selected culinary stops creates a memorable experience valued by most travelers.
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We’ve taken food and history tours in NYC (three times), San Francisco, and Seattle, and this was easily one of our favorites!
Paula was a fantastic guide. She shared so many interesting stories about Boston’s North End that gave us a better appreciation for the neighborhood and its history. The food was great, but the standout for me was the sfogliatelle at the first stop in Board Alley. It’s a flaky, shell-shaped pastry filled with sweet ricotta cream with a hint of citrus, and it was delicious! Learning about the bakery’s history and family made that stop even more memorable. If you enjoy good food and learning about the places you visit, I highly recommend this tour. And even if you don’t have time for the tour, make a point of stopping by Board Alley to try the sfogliatelle. You won’t regret it! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Paula was a fantastic tour guide who provided a jam packed tour full of interesting Boston history and amazing food. Well worth the money as we made many stops and were able to try a variety of Italian foods.
Response from Host, Oct 2026
Thank you! I am so happy that you found the tour to be a great value and experience. I want to maximize our time as much as possible.
A great experience. The guide is extremely
knowledgeable of the North End’s history and Italian food!
Absolutely a wonderful experience from the destinations, to the food, and drinks. The absolute highlight was our tour guide. She is extremely knowledgeable about the neighborhood, the choice of establishments to visit. However the most memorable part of the tour is her passion for her community. Outstanding history of the area, knowledge of the food and wine. Her personality is engaging and delightful. She is your friend from the moment you met her. She is a treasure of the community.
Paula was amazing. The history and stories she told along the way were wonderful. The food and wine were perfect. Highly recommend!
The food is plentiful and our guide Paula is very knowledgeable about the history of the area. Especially enjoyed the cannoli
Tour guide Paula did a wonderful job; she is quite knowledgeable and ran the tour as well as anyone could with over 30 people in the group. But the group size was a real problem, in my opinion. Suddenly dumping more than 30 people on ANY restaurant in the North End at noon during the weekend would be a problem; seating becomes an issue, serving food samples another issue, hearing the guide over other conversations another, following the guide along narrow sidewalks with other visitors mixing in with the group getting strung out another. More than 30 people at a time is just too many at once. Paula did the best anyone could do but, I think a smaller more intimate group would be more fun and less hassle.
Response from Host, Oct 2026
Hi Larry,
I appreciate your feedback. This past Saturdays tour was larger than usual due to the holiday weekend and having to reschedule some with travel issues. The North End is getting busier and busier and navigating the streets is always tricky even when the group size is smaller. This is the nature of a neighborhood like this in peak season. Hopefully if you ever come back to Boston you can reach out to me and I would be more than thrilled to provide a private tour for you to make up for this.
Best wishes to you,
Paula
Paula did an amazing job! Was super personable and gave us the best experience learning about Italian culture and history. She was passionate, knowledgeable, and excited to share with us what she’s gathered over the years of living and loving Italian culture. The food was immaculate, but if you book this tour you will quickly realize why the tour guide was the highlight, and not the food! It felt like a local north ender was giving us the rundown on their favorite local spots. On your tour I encourage you to ask her questions, she knows her stuff really was happy to tell me more once I asked a few questions throughout the tour. Amazing experience, book it now!!
As locals we have been to the North End dozens of times. Paula showed us spots and shared info that was news to us. This was the best food tour we have been on and it’s all due to Paula’s knowledge and enthusiasm.
This food tour was one of the best we have been on, and we have been on many. Paula was an excellent tour guide. She is passionate about her job and has so much knowledge about Boston. It was truly a wonderful experience to spend a few hours with her! The food was wonderful as well. There was so much of it - so many things! Drinks were included, as we took the afternoon tour on a Saturday. I'm so glad we did! Do not hesitate to take this tour - we loved it so much!
Paula is an absolutely fantastic guide! Her expertise on everything North End Boston is amazing, and adds so much to the tour. I know several people who have been on Paula's tour in the past and raved about the experience, so I knew I'd be in good hands. This tour did not disappoint! Excellent food combined with interesting historical details - the perfect combination.
Tour leader extremely knowledgeable of the area. Don’t eat before you go. Food was breakfast, lunch, some wine and limoncello, and dessert. Loved we could pick our gelato flavor and never had such a good cannnoli.
This was a great way to experience the North End! Paula was an amazing guide and took us to the best off the beaten path food spots, while teaching us about the neighborhood’s vibrant history. Left very full and a lot more knowledgeable about a part of the city I thought I knew well!
Excellent Food tour from an authentic local. Paula is a North End Local and clearly knows a lot of the people in the neighborhood. She gets access to the best experiences as the shop/restaurant owners treat her like family. This translates to a very authentic experience that combines incredible food as well as local history. If you like food from southern and central Italy as well as conversation that feels like friends, take this tour! Highlight for our trip! We will recommend this tour to everyone!
Great tour to try several Italian restaurants and learn about the Italian history of the North End. Paula was very engaging and shared fun history facts about the area.
Wonderful tour of Little Italy by an outstanding tour guide. Paula provided us with so much fascinating historical information on the area, as well as detailed descriptions of food and wines. Loved every minute of it!
Paula was amazing. The tour was perfectly delivered pairing Italian dishes with the history of the North End.
Paula was an excellent tour guide. She was very knowledgeable about the North End of Boston. She shared many stories about the area and provided a lot of background history as well. Recommend this tour
Paula was fantastic! For a group that was larger, she made sure to connect with everyone during the tour. It was fun, educational, and the food tasters were excellent! Ended up making a good friend during the experience.m
Superb tour with details about the neighborhood’s history. We learned interesting facts about immigration into the US and we learned about the food. There were plenty of interesting stops with delicious food. Just note. This is not a small group tour. There were 30+ on our tour. That has it’s pros and cons, but overall I’d say it was a fun experience and the group size allowed you to meet a variety of people. Thank you Paula!
Paula was an amazing wealth of knowledge about everything not just the North End of Boston. She was so personable and truly has a gift for sharing information in a fun memorable way where the facts stay with you long after the tour is over. She loves history and that passion flows through to her listeners. The food stops were delicious and well thought out to align with the historical topics. If you take a history and food tour of Boston, take this one. You will not regret it.
Paula is a SUPER FANTASTIC guide and this foodie/history tour was absolutely the best choice! I was stuffed by the end of the tour - both with knowledge and amazing food. A well planned tour with appropriate portions-come to the feast!!!
Such an amazing tour! I went in thinking it was simply a food tour, but it was so much more than that. The history shared alongside each food stop made the experience even more enjoyable and fascinating. I loved getting to learn about the area while also experiencing the food. Highly recommend!
We have done a lot of food tours and this was by far the best. Our guide Paul was exceptional. Full of information and stories. Her background and years of experience in the neighborhood put her above and beyond any other guide we’ve ever had. The stops and food were as amazing as her stories. If you’re in Boston don’t miss this tour.
We enjoyed a wonderfully delicious and informative tour with Paula. She lives in the neighborhood and clearly knows the best spots for authentic Italian tastes. We were pleasantly surprised that two stops were seated in restaurants for pasta and pizza. Yum!
I’ve taken this specific tour twice. It’s that good. Your tour guide is the owner of her business, resident of the North End, and she is highly respected within her community. Paula, provides her customers with an education on Italian immigration into the US and into Boston and allows you to benefit from her experience by tasting the best of the North End!!
Paula was excellent! The history of North End was informative and interesting. The restaurants we dined in, and food was excellent! Paula is a great food tour guide!
Paula was WONDERFUL! It was so special touring this historic area with a local. The food was absolutely amazing! We will definitely take her tour again when we come back to Boston.
I took my dental office team here for an outing and Paula was FANTASTIC!! There were a total of 36 of us in our group (we were 9), and Paula did a great job navigating the group, making sure everyone was well attended to. Her information about Italian culture was insightful, especially since my relatives are from Southern Italy. I would highly recommend this tour!!
Great tour of the North End. While the food is the reason we’re here, Paula provides a rich context of how the neighborhood has changed over the generations through immigration and urban development/ renewal. Three hours long with plenty of very good Italian food. Dietary restrictions are honored. An easy walk (leave the flip flops at the hotel because the streets are uneven). I felt completely comfortable as a solo traveler. Well worth it your time and money.
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