Boston Culinary and Food Tasting Tours by Michele Topor (North End Walking Sightseeing Tours)

Seller:	MicheleTopor
	Michele Topor, Inc.

Ratings Summary: Rating: 4.78

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	# of Reviews	Overall Rating	=	Positive Points	–	Negative Points	% Positive	Average Rating
Last 3 months	122	306		310		4	97%	4.7
Last 6 months	164	426		430		4	98%	4.8
Last 12 months	327	850		854		4	99%	4.8
All	858	2222		2240		18	99%	4.8

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	Overall Rating	% Positive	Average Rating
North End Market Tour	788	99%	4.8
Boston Chinatown Market Tour	62	100%	4.8

Rating	Date Attended [v]	Reviewer	Gender	Age	Where From?	Group Type?
	We Had a Wonderful Time North End Market Tour
	Fri, Jul 28, 06 10:00 AM	SusanR	Female	50-59	Local	Individual
	I loved the tour. The guide was friendly, informative and interesting. I enjoyed the stores, food and learning about the history of the North End. It was a wonderful experience.
	Logistics North End Market Tour
	Wed, Jul 26, 06 10:00 AM	tcuscino	Unspecified	Unspecified	Unspecified	Unspecified
	Visited about 8 establishments -- bakery, candy store, green grocer, licquor store, a few general grocery stores, butcher, etc. For most of them you go inside, but a few are too small so you stand outside. Food samples are available at many of the stores. Walking itself includes only about 4 small blocks, but you do stand for 3 hours with only 1 brief sitting break. There really are no bathroom breaks and I really did no see a place we visited that even had a public bathroom. Paper handouts are helpful, including a map of stores visited as well as about 17 other interesting stores. The food tour was the highlight of my trip to Boston. So many good foods! The handouts had some web sites listed where you can order some of the foods.
	Good, but a tad too long North End Market Tour
	Sat, Jul 22, 06 2:00 PM	sbzeller	Female	30-39	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family Without Children
	The guide was very knowledgeable and likeable. The places we visited were great! I would recommend reducing the time by about 20-30 minutes.
	great activity for visitors from out of town North End Market Tour
	Sat, Jul 22, 06 2:00 PM	stephanieaki	Female	20-29	Local	Group of Friends
	I went on this tour with my sister and her husband from Chicago, both enthusiastic cooks who know little about the area and were interested in learning about local history, and my boyrfriend who lived in the North End for two years. We all had a great time. My boyfriend said he should have done this _before_ he moved to the North End. He would have had a much deeper appreciation of the neighborhood--not to mention a lot more interesting options for food shopping than the corner grocery store where he usually went. My sister and her husband were thoroughly entertained. And I thought our guide (don't remember his name) was very smart, witty, and well-versed in both neighborhood history and culinary arts. We all agreed we would like to rent him for a week! A lot of the tastings were very sweet, but even the men--both of whom claim they don't like sweet things--tried and enjoyed everything. I've been telling my friends to do this.
	great tour for those new to town North End Market Tour
	Sat, Jul 22, 06 2:00 PM	cnelson	Female	30-39	Local	Individual
	Great review of history of the north end and Italian cuisine and culture. It was a really great way to be introduced to some of the shops of the north end. Although, I would think it wouldn't have been quite as useful for someone from out of town.
	We had a great time!!! North End Market Tour
	Sat, Jul 22, 06 10:00 AM	christinrt	Female	30-39	Domestic Tourist(s)	Group of Friends
	Our guide was very informative, funny and all around entertaining. I especially enjoyed the stop in Marias Pastry shop.
	What a Great Day. North End Market Tour
	Sat, Jul 22, 06 10:00 AM	karamcs	Female	20-29	Local	Family Without Children
	My mother and I went on the Tour on a Saturday Morning with a lovely older gentlemen as a tour guide (his name escapes me at the moment). The tour was better then we had imagined. Our guide was informative, but not in the boring scripted way that tour guides offer are. He shared expericences, storys to enhance the information that he was providing. Anyone interested in the old neighborhood should go see what Michelle and her guides have to offer.
	Great fun, very informative, highly recommend it! North End Market Tour
	Sat, Jul 22, 06 9:00 AM	nedboston	Female	50-59	Local	Individual
	I recently moved to the area and this was a wonderful way to learn about the neighborhood, it's culture, history and all it has to offer. Our group was lucky to have Michele as tour guide and she was wonderful! It would have taken me years of living here to learn all I did in one morning! Whether you live in the city, the suburbs or are on vacation, this is a must-do.
	Wonderful Food Wonderful Stories North End Market Tour
	Wed, Jul 19, 06 2:00 PM	margaretmoon	Female	50-59	Domestic Tourist(s)	Group of Friends
	I thoroughly enjoyed the tour. Michele gave an incredible amount of information in a very relaxed casual manner. The stores we visited were terrific, and the samples yummy. My sister was with me - it was her second time on the tour, and I plan to book the tour for my daughters when they visit Boston. Thanks for a one of a kind afternoon. Peggy Moon
	We Loved It!!! North End Market Tour
	Wed, Jul 19, 06 2:00 PM	DebbieSchuch	Female	30-39	Domestic Tourist(s)	Group of Friends
	We had been to the shops and through the North End before, but this gave us all the history to really understand the community! Michele was an excellent guide, full of information with a great personality! We had fun and sampled many foods I would have never done on my own! I highly recommend this tour!
	Highly interactive North End Market Tour
	Fri, Jul 14, 06 3:00 PM	lrochelle	Female	50-59	Domestic Tourist(s)	Couple on a Date
	This was best part of our trip--enjoyed the tour guide and the detail of the history of culture, people and foods. The sampling of food was great!
	Great Tour-overpriced North End Market Tour
	Fri, Jul 14, 06 10:00 AM	CaroleRomain	Female	50-59	Local	Group of Friends
	The four of us thoroughly enjoyed the tour of the North End. We frequent it ourselves for dinner but it was interesting learning about the neighborhood also. The tour guide was superb and knew his history of the area and foods of Italian cooking. However, we were famished and stopped for a delightful lunch at the end of the tour and then went back to Maria's for dessert. I feel that for the money we paid there should have been more sampling. The cold cut shop and Maria's Bakery were the only real sampling. It was stated that you do not give any of the vendors money. There were 13 of us. You are then making a killing on these tours.
	Enjoyed the Tour North End Market Tour
	Fri, Jul 14, 06 10:00 AM	rcarafa	Female	40-49	Local	Couple on a Date
	I thought the tour guide was excellent, friendly and seemed to know his stuff. I enjoyed hearing about the history of the North End. I thought all the stores we stopped at were great and of course the free samples were delicious! My only negative thing about the tour was that I thought it was a bit too long. I think 2 hours would be great. The last hour seemed too never end. But we had a great time!
	WORTH THE TIME North End Market Tour
	Wed, Jul 12, 06 10:00 AM	RAMCO1	Male	50-59	Domestic Tourist(s)	Couple on a Date
	TOUR GUIDE MADE THE EVENT HE WAS THE WHOLE SHOW INFORMATIVE EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINING
	interesting, educational, good leader North End Market Tour
	Fri, Jul 7, 06 10:00 AM	MS643764	Female	60-69	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family Without Children
	The tour leader was well informed and communicated well. The culinary and historical information was interesting and educational, both for the cook and the non-cook in the family. There was a good variety of establishments visited.

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