Your Own Guide and Orange Umbrella Through Boston's North End
A private Secret Food Tours walk from the Holocaust Memorial into the North End: clam chowder, pastrami, arancini, brick-oven pizza and a cannoli.
Secret Food Tours runs this three-hour walk through Boston's North End as a private booking, so the guide works for your group alone. It starts in front of the New England Holocaust Memorial on Union Street and ends on Hanover Street, the North End's main Italian strip. Along the way there are seven tastings, from a cup of clam chowder to a mini cannoli, plus history about the neighborhood between stops.
As of November 4, 2026, the listing prices this tour by group size: USD 231.49 a head for two, USD 204.49 for three or four, USD 192.49 for five or six and USD 159.99 for seven to twelve. One person booking alone pays USD 397.49. Start times are 11:30 AM, 12:30 PM and 2:30 PM, every day of the week. Gratuity and hotel pickup are not included.
Boston Private Food Tour with 6+ Authentic TastingsA private three-hour Secret Food Tours walk through Boston's North End with seven tastings, from clam chowder and a mini pastrami sandwich to brick-oven pizza and a mini cannoli.www.viator.comChowder at the Start, a Cannoli at the End
The operator lays the menu out in walking order. It opens in the Blackstone Block with a cup of New England clam chowder, then moves into the Boston Public Market for a mini pastrami sandwich. In the North End proper, a 1932 coffee and spice shop hands out a sweet treat, a golden-fried arancini comes next, then a slice of brick-oven pizza. The walk closes with a mini cannoli and a story about the neighborhood's cannoli rivalry. One more dish, the company's Secret Dish, is only revealed on the day.
The listing's own description also mentions a lobster roll and a lemon slush. Neither appears on its list of what is included or on the operator's current menu, so plan around the seven above.
Only Your Group Walks With the Guide
Because the tour is booked as private, nobody outside your party joins. One booking takes up to twelve travelers, and the per-person price drops as the group grows. Children under four ride free on an adult's lap; everyone four and up pays the adult rate. The guide carries an orange umbrella at the meeting point, and the operator asks you to arrive 15 minutes before your start time to check in.
All sales are final through this listing, with no refund if you cancel. The operator may call the tour off for bad weather, so check your messages on the morning of the walk.
About a Mile on Foot, Much of It Cobblestone
The operator puts the walking at about a mile over three hours, and it warns that heels are a poor choice on the North End's cobblestones. The listing rates the fitness level as moderate and does not recommend the tour for anyone with poor cardiovascular health.
The listing marks the tour as stroller accessible, but its own meeting instructions say the operator cannot accommodate guests in wheelchairs or anyone needing special assistance, and the operator's FAQ says many of its tours are not wheelchair or stroller accessible. Anyone relying on a wheelchair should treat this walk as not suitable.
Diets the Menu Cannot Bend Around
The operator says this North End tour does not cater to vegetarians and is not recommended for anyone with a gluten or dairy allergy. Other dietary needs should go to the operator before the day, and the listing notes that stops and dishes can change with each venue's availability and the weather. No drinks are listed as included, and the legal drinking age in the United States is 21. Guests who do not drink can tell the guide and pick something else.
The meeting point is the New England Holocaust Memorial at 98 Union Street, a short walk from Haymarket station. Look for the guide's orange umbrella in front of the memorial. From there the walk passes North Square, where the group stops to eat, and finishes on Hanover Street, with the rest of the North End a few steps away.