North Shore Nosh
The Taste Gloucester Tour serves up local flavors
What you don’t know about Gloucester: she’s sent 10,000 men into the Atlantic, never to return.
What you do know about Gloucester: she’s also given us the Gorton’s Fisherman.
The frozen fish company was founded in the historic North Shore seaport town in 1849. For those of you keeping score at home, that’s over half-a-century before the Red Sox first played ball.
Don’t expect to find any frozen food on the Taste Gloucester Tour, a mouth-watering walk through the hamlet by the sea that highlights cuisine from six local vendors.
The 2 hour and 45 minute tour recounts the history and unheard stories of the 400-year old city, which remains one of the country’s oldest working seaports.
You’ll leave satisfied after sampling locally-brewed beer, fresh-caught seafood and the legendary St. Joseph’s sandwich, a lovingly crafted masterpiece of Italian cold cuts, oils and spices.
Just don’t forget to pour one out for our lost fishermen.
