This week, the journey began near Porter Square, thence near Union Square and finally to East Cambridge. Each had something off my radar to recommend it!
Fringe benefits: Coffee with something extra, somewhere else
Prepare for Nostalgia, where coffee and vintage clothing mix, and learn what happened to Nine Winters Bakery
Somerville welcomes a hybrid cafe and vintage clothing store called Nostalgia while the taste fades from the celebrated Nine Winters Bakery in Cambridge.
Shrimp hand pie at Chatty Patty
These Caribbean-style patties come out sizzling, with the kind of grease sheen that signals you’re about to enjoy yourself.
Korean fried chicken and two new Brazilian restaurants for Somerville; a cafe for Cambridge
On the Menu this week: A few announced and expected openings, from cafe fare to Korean and Brazilian grill and pães de queijo, and goodbye to the ArtBar.
Dining safely with allergies or celiac disease takes a village. Also: Where to start eating the rainbow
For the people trying to eat only “the good things,” there's no superfood waiting to swoop in. But we can help ourselves by going back the basics.
Coffee in the great outdoors: Sidewalks are for sipping
The three outdoor places I review here are not like the Parisian café in the Jardin du Luxembourg, but they are what we have and we are happy to have them.
Grilled cheese at Juicy Jay’s
This is the grilled cheese you’re thinking of: American and cheddar between slices of buttered brioche bread, right in an affordable comfort food sweet spot.
Somerville Plant-Based Restaurant Week has dishes and deals to help savor saving the Earth
There are bargains and special dishes at 19 restaurants for Plant-Based Restaurant Week, from new specialty pizzas to buy-one, get-one deals.
Three squares, three worlds of coffee: Yego in Teele, Bom Dough in Inman and Maprang in Union
These cafés, one Rwandan, one Brazilian and one Thai, speak different taste languages.
These foods could be made from a can or box, but you’re going to want to DIY instead
What’s something you insist on making more or less from scratch that the rest of us might just break out a box or can for?