Free ice cream sundaes
Stop by Gracie’s as soon as possible on this blistering Friday for free ice cream sundaes. They’re offered until 5 p.m. with the customer’s choice of ice cream in a miniature baseball helmet with whipped cream, chocolate sauce, cherry, an M&M face and a fluff cone hat. Why a baseball helmet? The free dessert is courtesy of MLB, NBC and Peacock as a promotion for their ongoing broadcasts of games.
Gracie’s Ice Cream, 22 Union Square, Somerville
Somerville’s mobile market
The Somerville Mobile Farmers Market returns next week, bringing affordable fresh and local produce to four city locations Thursdays through Saturdays until November. The mobile market accepts cash, debit and credit cards, Snap, Fresh Connect, WIC Farmers Market Coupons and Senior Farmers Market Coupons. Look for the mobile market from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursdays at Clarendon Hill Towers, 1372 Broadway, West Somerville; from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Fridays at the Council on Aging, 167 Holland St., in the Tufts neighborhood near Teele Square; from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Fridays at the Somerville Public Library East Branch, 115 Broadway; and 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays at the Mystic Housing Development, 25B Memorial Road, Ten Hills.
New products
Anna’s Taqueria has introduced Guajillo Shrimp in tacos and salads. The prawns are marinated with citrus and guajillo pepper “for a subtle kick” that the chain recommends pairing with another new product: pineapple mango jalapeño salsa.
Anna’s Taqueria, 1 Porter Square, Cambridge; or 236A Elm St., Davis Square, Somerville
Bon Me has a “Summer Sips” lineup of Strawberry Milk Tea Boba, Taro Milk Boba and Dragon Boat Boba (green tea infused with ginger, mango, lychee and topped with dragon fruit boba pearls). All are $7.50.
Bon Me, with locations at Fresh Pond, Harvard and Kendall squares, East Cambridge and North Point
The Ten One Tea House, meanwhile, is moving in on Dunkin’ takeaway territory by offering catering Sharing Boxes that it says will will dispense enough iced or hot tea for six to 10 people. The mango, strawberry or milk tea boxes are $43. (A liter of coffee at Dunkin’, which is intended to serve around 10 small cups, tops out at around $30.) Ten cups, lids, straws and napkins are included, but toppings for up to eight servings are $8 each and ice is extra ($3 a bag). Customers can get a $2 scoop for the ice.
Ten One Tea House, 54 JFK St., Harvard Square, Cambridge; 237 Elm St., Davis Square, Somerville; and 421 Artisan Way, Assembly Square, Somerville
Meals added, meals taken away
A Cuban-inspired brunch is back at Gustazo near Porter Square – it returned Saturday – with 10 mains from avocado toast to a “pollo frito and waffles,” six small bites including Serrano ham croquettes and rotating empanadas flavors, sweets such as Nutella crepes with berries and churros, and sides that include bacon and maduros (a fried plantain). It’s by executive chef (and two-time James Beard Award and served 11 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, with a last seating at 2:30 p.m.
Gustazo Cuban Kitchen & Bar, 2067 Massachusetts Ave., North Cambridge
Mothership, opened in late 2023 as an extension of the Revival coffee shop by Liza Shirazi (of the former Crema Cafe in Harvard Square) and Steve “Nookie” Postal (of Kendall Square’s former Commonwealth Market & Restaurant), said in June that it was “hitting pause on regular dinner service” and shifting focus to hosting events – which restaurant staff officially “love just as much,” though the more erratic schedule and nights spent dark doesn’t sound like a plus for servers or for the neighborhood.
Mothership, 125 Cambridgepark Drive, in North Cambridge near Alewife
Wonder gets a grand opening
A grand opening from 10:30 a.m to 12:30 p.m. Thursday welcomes Wonder – “a new kind of food hall” that lets customers make a single order of food from across various cuisines – to Boston Properties’ 319 Main St., formerly part of the Google building at 325 Main St. New England Patriots wide receiver Kayshon Boutte is expected to be around for the first hour, including a 10:45 a.m. ribbon cutting, and there will be live music and giveaways of a limited-edition lunch box (with work from a collaboration with The Port neighborhood’s Community Art Center) to the first 100 customers.
Wonder, 319 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge
Chef Allen Campbell goes AI
Chef Allen Campbell, who grew up in Somerville’s Mystic public housing before becoming Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen’s private chef, returns July 11 to take part in a free Health & Innovation Summit for teens that includes a hot lunch cooked by Campbell’s team. This aspect seems sound enough. The chef’s regimen arguably helped extend Brady’s career past the typical in professional sports, and a press release says he will present kids with “practical, actionable tips for making better food and health choices every day.” It’s clear, though, that much of this day is intended to promote AI, with Matthew Peterson from the Cambridge startup Blitzy trying to get people to use its products “to generate personalized solutions to everyday life.” A final component of the day breaks kids up into small groups to brainstorm health tech products. “We’re showing them that innovation is a core part of a healthy lifestyle,” said Malar Patel, president of he Pathways Foundation – which is wholly devoted to “empowering athletes and the next generation to navigate their futures through the AI revolution.” Patel said he and Campbell hope to make this an annual event. It’s at The Dojo at Somernova, 15 Properzi Way, Ward 2, Somerville.
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