North End Tour - PT 1

WBZ's Jordan Rich talks with Bobby Agrippino, Owner and Tour Guide of North End Boston Food Tour, about the Italian culture of the North End.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Hello, and welcome to Connoisseur's Corner. This is Jordan Rich
and if you're looking for a great activity with friends
and family, check out the North End Boston Tour led
by my good pal Bobby Agrippino. It is Little Italy's
authentic experience the North End. Bobby tells us how it
all began.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
I started this business eight years ago because we're kind
of losing the Italian culture in the neighborhood over the
last many years. You know, I've been watching these food
tours come through the neighborhood, seeing a lot of these
college kids run these corporate companies, and I was listening
in on some of the stories, and they weren't given
the real truth about the Italian culture. So, you know,

(00:42):
I drew something up. I didn't know where this was
going to go. You know, I talk a lot about
the Italian culture. I share some personal stories of growing
up in the neighborhood. The food is the bonus. I mean,
there's a lot of food on my tour. I get
into a lot of the you know, when the Italians
go out here in the late eighteen hundreds, how the
Purson did and you know what they accomplished to set

(01:02):
the tone for myself and even you know, my kid.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
Thank you so much, Bobby. For more information on the tour,
go to North End Boston Tour dot com. Once again
North End Boston Tour dot com, we'll be exploring more
about the North End with Bobby and what the tour
is all about, and upcoming segments. This is Connisrover's Corner.
I'm Jordan Rich WBZ, Boston's news radio