Great beer! Even by the rigorous New England standards, this place has really great beer. What…read morereally makes it stand out is that their fruit beers actually taste like the berry/fruit they were fermented with. No artificial flavoring and also not painfully sour. The strawberry beer was outstanding - just nice beer with wild strawberry notes. Same for the tangerine. Really excellent! I was also very happy that their outdoor patio is spacious and allows dogs and that they also have tents for incident rain (a must, in MA). Very helpful and kind staff, thank you guys!

Had a wonderful pitstop at True North this week before a family dinner. I've been to the taproom…read moreseveral times and it is spacious with lots of options for indoor and outdoor seating. The back area can also be used as a event/private party space. They always have 15-20 beers on tap and we enjoyed the festbier and the Octjoberfest. Extra bonus because they had the Red Sox playoff game with the sound on! I would definitely recommend this spot if you're a fan of local beers and find yourself on the North shore. The staff are great too and can help recommend something based on your preferences

I love this place. It's a local pizza and bar must go to. The pizzas are nicely priced. I really…read moreliked the Kielbasa pizza. Friendly staff. It is old school decor. You will feel like you walked back in time at least 50 years. Lots of regulars and for a good reason. Nothing fancy, just an honest neighborhood vibe.

The prices have increased a bit, but the pizza is still great! Had to grab some since we were in…read morethe area from Florida and nobody makes good pizza in Fla. Thanks Riverview for staying just the way we love you! See you again next year!

Rich was a great agent as he helped us buy our first house! He helped us navigate the process from…read morestart to finish. He was very thorough when looking at houses with us and pointed out things to look out for that we would have otherwise missed. He worked diligently on our behalf from the time we hired him as our agent through closing. In that time we saw quite a few houses and made several offers, but not once did we ever feel pressured by Rich - he very much works for his clients and is not at all pushy, which we sincerely appreciated! I would recommend Rich to anyone looking to buy a home in Greater Boston!

My partner and I are first time home buyers and our experience with Robbie Reutzel was great. We…read moreworked with him from November 2020 to June 2021. We got an offer accepted in April and closed in June. Rob was a very responsive and punctual agent. Scheduling open houses and private showings with Rob was very smooth, sometimes we went to a few properties in one day. Rob's feedback to properties were very honest and as first time home buyer's we would have missed those aspect if he had not mentioned it. There was a property with a major tilt and Rob pointed it out...it was making us dizzy. It was great having Rob to help answer our questions about the roof, the heater, water boiler, septic tank age and so much more. He would also provide comps of similar properties that sold recently in the area. Overall, we had a great experience with Robbie and would highly recommend him.

10 STARS!!!! I spoke to Owen, who helped me diagnose and repair an issue on my daughter's Schwinn…read moreAdmiral, and I couldn't have asked for a better experience! I couldn't recommend this place more highly. This is everything you look for in a local bike shop - staff who are helpful, approachable, look to work with bike owners and enable them to do basic maintenance at home, while remaining available for the maintenance and repairs at the shop!!!! This is an absolutely stellar shop. Very few of these are still left, unfortunately.

I had my eye on a bike for a week or so, before deciding to go ahead and order it online on Monday…read more. Said "in stock" and available for pick up in Danvers Tuesday morning or seabrook Wednesday morning. (Danvers was closed Monday). I chose to pick up in seabrook Wednesday since we are in NH and couldn't get down to Danvers Tuesday anyway. My confirmation email said "ships from western cycle" to seabrook location. My receipt was from the Danvers location. I got a call Tuesday at 5:30pm from seabrook saying that they didn't have the bike I ordered in stock at either location. I explained what my confirmation email said and the very sympathetic employee from seabrook said he would call Danvers so see if they had put the bike aside without his knowledge. Danvers was already closed for the day so he offered to call and get back to me in the morning. 10:15 Wednesday I get a call from the owner, with a big attitude, telling me that they don't have the bike. Zero sympathy or compassion for me, the customer. He claims it was in seabrook and must have sold right before I ordered but doesn't know when. I was obviously upset, having ordered Monday and only finding out two days later that they sold me a bike they didn't have. The owner acted annoyed that he even had to call me and said "I don't know what to tell ya". He offered to cancel the order or order the bike (which would come in 7-10 business days), but we are leaving on vacation and needed a bike sooner. He said "sorry" like he was forced to, and was just overall not nice to me. I would recommend Buchika or Philbrick's for your bike needs. Philbricks went above and beyond and legit built a bike for us same day (normally a 2-4 day turn around) so we'd have it for vacation.

Phil O'Donnell of Armstrong Field is absolutely the best. He is everything a real estate agent…read moreshould be: Friendly, courteous, responsive, and knowledgeable. If he doesn't know the answer to a specific question he has the broad connections to get it. But what sets Phi apart are the intangibles: HIs patience, his persistence, and his fierce devotion to his clients. He really is in it for your long-term satisfaction. With Phil in your corner you have a true ally. Everyone should be blessed at least once in their life to work with an agent like Phil.

We were first-time homebuyers who weren't sure we could even make it through the process, when we…read morefirst met with Patrick Runne. We were nervous before the meeting that any real estate agent would give us a hard sell on either (a) considering condominiums, or (b) looking outside the price range where we felt comfortable. My husband and I had even heard rumors that some buyers agents weren't interested in working with people whose budgets were modest. We shouldn't have worried. Instead of pushing us in any direction, Patrick took great care (and lots of time) during that first meeting to talk about the process, answer our questions, and get to know us. He assured us that he'd never try to get us to spend more than we could afford. He said he would never ask us to consider options that wouldn't make us happy. After a single weekend -- and a few open houses -- Patrick understood what we were looking for better than we could even articulate to ourselves. (For example, he realized, before we did, that we wanted a yard more than we wanted a second bathroom). Patrick held our hands through some tough decision-making, was always available, and never talked down to us. We closed on our first home a few days ago, entirely thanks to Patrick. He is a credit to his profession. Before I met Patrick, I wasn't even really sure what a "buyers' agent" really did...now I would never consider telling anyone to embark on this process without one. I will be recommending Patrick to everyone who will listen. I am so happy with the entire process.

A unit owner since 1983 @ MPV Danvers ...purchased unit after conversion from apts.to condos…read more...Trustee from 2007-2018...my Board hired Great North in 2009...overall it's been a decent 17 years of doing business with GN... As a graduate of SJP Danvers and Northeastern U. Boston with a BSBA. I am knowledgeable of maintenance and fiduciary responsibilities coming from a family of licensed plumbing and general contractors... many of my unit owners @ MPV have given me complaints in addition to my own to share with the property manager because many unit owners are not comfortable with submitting maintenance complaints..so my many complaints are mostly for the community as a whole and not just for me and can be a lot for a property manager to handle at once...but better GN know of maintenance issues from me as a proactive unit owner than a Board that is many times reactive, and that can get us into financial difficulties and lingering maintenance issues like we have had in years prior to 2025 and are still catching up with our reserve requirements to a level much higher than where it currently is ...but at least we are now meeting State reserves goal of 10%+ of budget per year under our new property manager which we are now doing after a serious decline by a previous property manager. In June 2025, I applied for a home equity loan ...my credit was excellent and could afford the premium payments but MPV financials and building maintenance records were questionable at that time by my mortgage lender underwriters ...I finally did get approved but not getting the interest rate I thought. Anyway, I get very frustrated when many email maintenance complaints are not responded to although in recent days one has been but with lack of a specific time window for implementation and completion of the major main jobs affecting the safety and health of the community some of which should be a priority ...when frustrated I do sometimes expect too much from the property manager and am aggressive in doing business to accomplish what needs to be accomplished expediently ... but I am not harassing or threatening as accused by GN Mgt....I know MPV and what it needs done within budget confines. I could be an asset in working with an effective management model with an updated GN efficiency with just a little tweaking but not with the way I've been kicked to the curb in recent months. We must prioritize and plan accordingly to be successful. After 40+ years as a unit owner I will be selling in 2026 and GN will work solely with the Board ...and how did that workout prior to 2025... I got serious long neglected maintenance projects done in 2025 ..no charge for all the hours I put in ...the new property mgr.worked with me and 8 serious previous important but long neglected projects going back 7 years to 2018 when the current Board took over ... for the health and safety of the community were completed within budget ... I have had an excellent relationship with the vast majority of nice unit owners that I got to know ... but there are always going to be a few self serving , hypocritical, negative, miserable, dissidents that live everywhere ...MPV is no exception. Best wishes to all ..thank you!

I can't really speak about the company as we only communicated with 1 person. Sheryl Sarkis. All I…read morecan say is I have never came across anyone more rude, unprofessional, arrogant or condensedning in my entire life. Just a flat our person you would want to avoid in any walk of life. The fact this company employes her speaks volumes to their dilligence and professionalism. I would advise to steer cleer and if you have to work with this company demand to have no contact with Sheryl.

My girlfriend and I used Boston Z Realty to help find a 1 bedroom apartment in the North End…read more We had a price range (~2k) and certain things we were looking for (relatively quiet, open kitchen), and they quickly showed us 4 different places: we really liked one of them, and immediately started the paperwork. Taryn King was our primary contact, and she was super helpful--even driving out to our current apartment in Cambridge to pick up a cashier's check from us (that the property management company required) and later returning to hand-deliver (again, to our apartment!) a copy of our lease (once the prop. management company checked out our credit etc. [a huge hassle, but not Boston Z's fault] and signed it). They charge the (I think standard) broker's fee (1 mo.), but provide above-average service and follow-through.

I worked with Dillon and Amber. They both spoke with me on the phone for 30 minutes and gave me a…read morelot of valuable insight into the areas I was looking at, commuting, and how to be successful in the Boston real estate market. Dillon seems very knowledgeable, experienced, and genuine. Amber was honest, professional, kind, and gave us a really solid viewing considering our time frame. While my experience with their agency was overall favorable - there was one part that we wished was improved. (Know that we gave them a very short time frame and this is my first time renting an apartment so I probably had some communication errors/mistakes on my end too) I would have liked to receive up to date listing searches every day. The market moves so so fast and in order to get a good place you really have to snag it while its fresh. We sent back our top selections from a list sent to us a day or two prior and we didn't get to see our favorite ones because they were already gone when it came time for viewings. It would have been nice to have had the updated searches, or to have been sent some newer good options in lieu of the ones that we had missed out on. We ended up renting with another agency. Me and my partner stayed diligent about vetting new apartments as they popped up on our apps, and while it was hard to let down Amber and Dillon after they took the time to take us out for viewings, we are happy and very fortunate that we did because we were able to get an amazing apartment that was fresh 16 hours on the market over the weekend. Long story short - These are very good, knowledgeable, and professional people doing very good work, but in this case it didn't work out. My best piece of advice for succeeding in this market is that if you want to get a really good place you have to check your apps every day and then be able to meet the agent on a whim mere hours after it has been posted.

The guys were super nice and great to work with. They worked quickly and took great care with our…read moreitems. We moved from the north end which has small streets and small stairwells, but they managed it great! I would recommend them for any moving needs. Even after a full day of jobs they still worked so quickly and efficiently for us!

I just used ASAP moving for the second time in a year. There are not enough words to express my…read moregratitude to them for helping make a very emotional move, smooth and easy. ASAP accommodated me and adjusted based on a change in the closing date on my house. I had "stuff... lots and lots of stuff".. going to 3 different locations. They were so incredibly understanding and patient and frankly calming. John was in constant communication in advance to make sure we were on track and calmed me down when I was 8 days into packing all this stuff and still had a long way to go!!! ASAP showed up on time and worked full out for as long as it took to get the job done - not once did they complain or stop. The team were all incredibly respectful and communicated every step along the way!!! It's impossible to express in words without seeing it for yourself... these guys never stopped. I consolidated a 2,000 Sq Foot home into a tiny NYC apartment and 2 storage units. I don't know how they did it but it's organized and they got it all to fit and didn't break a thing. When I move next I will 100% call on John and his team. If I could give them more than 5 stars I would... they deserve at least 10!!! Thanks ASAP MOVING!!!

I've worked with James Holske twice. Once, about 6 years ago he ran a cable line for us so we could…read morehook up our TV on a different wall. More recently, he completed an electrical check for us following a water leak. Both times he was on time, completed good work at a good value. Would recommend!

I called James around 3 on a snowy Friday afternoon because of a burning smell coming from my…read morecircuit breaker. He shoveled out his truck and was here in the South End by 5 to diagnose and replace a very old breaker that had stopped working and showed signs of arcing. While in the panel he tightened things up and replaced a few other breakers. Given the late emergency call I thought I would be paying out the nose for the repair, but his price was unbelievably reasonable and he had everything fixed in an hour. Can't recommend James enough.