Boston's North End Neighborhood

Plan your North End adventure Here, the streets are narrow and compact, and there is history – Old North Church, Paul Revere’s house, burial grounds – seemingly around every corner. The neighborhood is packed with restaurants, virtually all of them Italian, and the locals carefully maintain their deeply-rooted ties to Italian culture. Find Boston: Lodging | Attractions | Restaurants | Nightlife | Shopping

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HOTELS

• Millennium Bostonian Hotel

  Three brick 19th-century buildings make... More

ATTRACTIONS

• Old North Church

  Officially named Christ Church, this is the oldest... More

• Paul Revere House

  One of the most pleasant stops on the Freedom Trail,... More

• The New England Holocaust Museum

  Erected in 1995, these six glass towers spring up... More

• James Rego Square (Paul Revere Mall)

  A pleasant little brick-paved park known as the Prado,... More

• Copp's Hill Burying Ground

  The second-oldest cemetery (1659) in the city is...More

RESTAURANTS

• Artú

  Plates of roasted vegetables draw your eye... More

• Billy Tse Restaurant

  A pan-Asian restaurant on the edge of the Italian... More

• Giacomo's Ristorante

  Fans of Giacomo's seem to have adopted the... More

• Piccola Venezia

  The glass front wall of Piccola Venezia ("little... More

• La Summa

  Because La Summa isn't on the restaurant rows... More

• Daily Catch

  This storefront restaurant is about the size... More

• Mamma Maria

  In a town house overlooking North Square and... More

• Galleria Umberto Rosticceria

  The long, fast-moving line of businesspeople... More

• Pizzeria Regina

  Regina's looks almost like a movie set, but look...More

NIGHTLIFE

• Improv Asylum

  The posters that catch your eye on the Freedom Trail... More

SHOPPING

• Dairy Fresh Candies

  This North End hole-in-the-wall is crammed with... More

• High Gear Jewelry

  The biggest jewelry snob I know makes up excuses... More

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