Back before I took a position at Sagestone (now NuSoft Solutions), I used to travel to Boston on a weekly basis. I stayed right downtown, and everything was within walking distance. We used to walk up to the North End for dinner on a regular basis. For those that don't know, the North End is a section of Boston that has a lot of small Italian restaurants that are all great, despite most of them basically being little "hole in the wall" type places. ?

Despite going to different restaurants every night, there was one place we had to stop to every night: Mike's Pastry. They have great pastries - apparently, they are famous for cannoli's, but I usually had the cheese cake. My wife went there with me on one of my trips, and everytime I went back after that, she'd always ask if I was bringing her anything. I did once, and the stewardess in Detroit even knew about Mike's. It truly is legendary.

And now, if you want, you can order online. It's not cheap, and frankly, the prices seem prohibitive to me - 10 cannolis for $25, but shipping is $45. Ouch. It was good, but not quite that good!

Although it might be worth it for some cheese cake...