Julie’s guidebook
Food scene
Love this local watering hole! Reasonably priced and great food. My favorite drink: No Vacancy (with Gin)! Yum
6 locals recommend
Public Kitchen
397A Main StLove this local watering hole! Reasonably priced and great food. My favorite drink: No Vacancy (with Gin)! Yum
A true taste of Italy, without visiting the North End in Boston -- which I recommend!! Tonno has excellent food and drinks/cocktails. Our favorite is the orchetti (homemade on site) and ask for the boulanaise sauce with it. Fantastic!
Wakefield Station
A true taste of Italy, without visiting the North End in Boston -- which I recommend!! Tonno has excellent food and drinks/cocktails. Our favorite is the orchetti (homemade on site) and ask for the boulanaise sauce with it. Fantastic!
Who doesn't come to Boston and not get seafood! Best local neighborhood seafood restaurant. Five miles from our home.
16 locals recommend
Turner's Seafood Grill & Market
506 Main StWho doesn't come to Boston and not get seafood! Best local neighborhood seafood restaurant. Five miles from our home.
Want the best gourmet pizza? It comes to you on a cookie sheet, rolled thin and delicious! I love this place because it truly feels like you live in the neighborhood of Charlestown! They have another smaller restaurant on Beacon Street, Boston, MA.
177 locals recommend
FIG
232 Meeting StWant the best gourmet pizza? It comes to you on a cookie sheet, rolled thin and delicious! I love this place because it truly feels like you live in the neighborhood of Charlestown! They have another smaller restaurant on Beacon Street, Boston, MA.
Neighborhoods
Our favorite beaches are Good Harbor and Crane's! Gloucester is where they filmed "The Perfect Storm".
Salem
Historic and beautiful at the same time.
Our favorite beaches are Good Harbor and Crane's! Gloucester is where they filmed "The Perfect Storm".
51 locals recommend
Gloucester
Our favorite beaches are Good Harbor and Crane's! Gloucester is where they filmed "The Perfect Storm".
Best sunsets on Lake Quannapowitt which is a half-mile from our house! Grab a beach chair and a bottle of wine and enjoy!
6 locals recommend
Wakefield
Best sunsets on Lake Quannapowitt which is a half-mile from our house! Grab a beach chair and a bottle of wine and enjoy!
North End
Italy in Boston! Only way to describe it.
Food shopping
Where we go for light food shopping and specialty items.
The Farmland is Wakefield, Massachusetts' locally-known, family-run supermarket established by Giulio Pellegrini in 1978
6 locals recommend
Farmland
415 Main StWhere we go for light food shopping and specialty items.
The Farmland is Wakefield, Massachusetts' locally-known, family-run supermarket established by Giulio Pellegrini in 1978
City advice
Getting around
Haverhill Commuter Rail and Reading Commuter Rail
You can catch both lines into Boston.
To catch the train into Boston, the Commuter Rail is 1.50 miles from our house. It drops you off at North Station and is a short walk to Fanueil Hall and North End.
You can pay for a one-way or round-trip once you board the train.