Robert’s Harvard Education Day#5 “Will Work (or should I say Walk) for Cannoli”

Another relaxing day in the city.  After a leisurely morning in which we planned our day we first headed for ………………………. you guessed it…………… food.  We made a reservation for brunch at the Atlantic Fish Company.  I immediately felt at home when I saw flowers adorning the front matching my Alma Mater’s colors (see below).

Patrice had the french toast and graciously offered me a taste.  I had the Lobster Eggs Benedict and offered her some as well.  She declined and asked, “You were hoping I would said no, weren’t you?”.   I said yes, but wanted to know how she knew what I was thinking.  “Well it was the way you asked me, ‘You wouldn’t want to try any of this would you?'”  I really married a smart one didn’t I?

Then it was off to a “Boston on Foot” tour.  This was something Patrice found online. Patrice is such a great travel partner, she lets me go to baseball games and finds all sorts of other cool things for us to do.  We were getting close to the time when were supposed to meet the guide so I asked Patrice to go ahead so I could go to CVS and buy some dental floss. Some of the Lobster Benedict was still caught in between my teeth and causing me great discomfort.  At CVS I found the floss quickly but had a problem getting it out of the packaging.  I asked one of the employees if he had something sharp to help me open it.  While helping me out he asked, “What is this?” to which I answered dental floss to which he asked “What is that?”  I further explained it was for the teeth.  He then replied, “Oh!”  I moved on thinking this might be a good town for a dentist.

We then took our Boston on Foot tour.  If you have been following this blog for a while you might recall that when we signed up for our BBQ tour in Memphis we were the only people who signed up and our guide (now friend, Lance) gave us an incredible “private” tour that led to us becoming Memphis in May BBQ judges.  Then in New Orleans we were the only ones who signed up for the NOLA movie tour.  Well today we did it again. Tom and Teresa were our guides for the Boston on Foot tour.  We were the only people who signed up so again we had a private tour.  If you visit this town I would recommend you sign up for one of the Boston on Foot tours.  We did a lot of walking (very good since we have done a lot of eating) and found out a lot of fun facts about the city.

When we told our guides about our BBQ Tour in Memphis they said they were thinking about a “Cannoli Tour” in the North End of Boston.  We told them that we enjoyed our experience at Mike’s (thanks Ben for that recommendation) and Tom explained he thinks Modern Pastry Bakery is just as good if not better.  Tom went on to explain that Modern Pastry Bakery has two locations right next to each other.  One with a long line and the other with no line but the exact same products.  Of course we needed to confirm these claims for ourselves (and our tummies).

Line outside Modern Pastry Bakery.

Patrice and I agree with Tom that the cannolis at Modern Pastry Bakery are as good as or even better than those at Mike’s.  Modern makes a very attractive and appetizing product.  Look below and see if you concur.

We leave for home tomorrow.  Time to start planning our next trip.  Any recommendations?