I've gone on many food tours in my travels, but never gone on one locally. Paula's enthusiasm and the care she has taken to curate a such a wonderful experience of both history and food are what makes this tour top notch. The shops and food on the tour were great and will be on my list when I visit the North End in the future. I highly recommend this tour whether you are visiting Boston or are a local. I do have to note, one of the reasons I booked the tour is Viator states it's a small group tour(10), we had 20+. Although it didn't damper our experience our group of 6 was not always able to sit together/stay together. On the plus side you do get to meet people from other parts of the country/world.