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North End

Hanover Street’s Italian-American food row, Paul Revere’s house, and the densest restaurant footprint in the city.

The North End is Boston's oldest neighborhood and its most concentrated food destination. Hanover Street is the spine — Mike's Pastry vs Modern Pastry on cannoli day, Regina Pizzeria's coal-fired pies, the red-sauce institutions that have been there since the immigration waves of the early 20th century, and the newer wave of small-plates restaurants that know they're inheriting a tradition. The Old North Church, the Paul Revere House, and the cobblestoned squares along the Freedom Trail give the neighborhood its tourist-day shape. For cannabis-aware adults 21+, the North End is a no-on-site-consumption zone (every restaurant and bar is a public space), so the rhythm is the same as any Boston restaurant night: pre-consume back at the rental, dinner on Hanover or one of the side streets, espresso at a caffè, walk the harborwalk back. Licensed retail is a short walk over to Downtown Crossing or across the river toward Cambridge.