North End
Boston's oldest residential neighborhood, with red-brick lanes lined with Italian restaurants, Paul Revere's House, and dessert shops.
The North End has been inhabited since the 17th century and became an Italian immigrant neighborhood in the 19th century. Hanover Street is lined with Italian restaurants and cafés. Mike's Pastry and Modern Pastry are famous for their cannoli, and lines form there year-round.
The neighborhood is home to the Paul Revere House, built around 1680 and the oldest surviving wooden house in Boston (admission about $6), and the Old North Church. Both are stops on the Freedom Trail.
The Italian Feast of the Saints, held on weekends in July and August, is a lively street festival.
It is about a five-minute walk from Faneuil Hall, through a greenway. Book dinner in advance.
Opening hours
Open all day; shops approx. 11:00–22:00
Nearby sights
- Old North Church
- Quincy Market / Faneuil Hall
- Old State House
- USS Constitution / Charlestown Navy Yard
- New England Aquarium
- Massachusetts State House
- Freedom Trail
- Bunker Hill Monument