Guidebook for Somerville

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Guidebook for Somerville

Food Scene

THREE LITTLE FIGS: Great pastries and sandwiches 5 min walk. Lighter fare. Reeeally good coffee/Cappuccino: I mean seriously they are not messing around. A 5-min walk. Wifi.
278 Highland Ave
278 Highland Avenue
THREE LITTLE FIGS: Great pastries and sandwiches 5 min walk. Lighter fare. Reeeally good coffee/Cappuccino: I mean seriously they are not messing around. A 5-min walk. Wifi.
SACCO'S BOWL: a Davis Square classic. You just can't beat old- timey candlepin bowling (a New England classic!) with modern day flatbread pizza and really good beer. It's a no-brainer. (You can get salad too)
45 Day St
45 Day Street
SACCO'S BOWL: a Davis Square classic. You just can't beat old- timey candlepin bowling (a New England classic!) with modern day flatbread pizza and really good beer. It's a no-brainer. (You can get salad too)
Lunch/Coffee. Their breakfast burrito is my kinda yummy. Plus who can argue with cappuccino, a pool table, and a b/w photo booth. You have to hawk to score a table there though.
90 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Diesel Cafe
257 Elm St
90 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Lunch/Coffee. Their breakfast burrito is my kinda yummy. Plus who can argue with cappuccino, a pool table, and a b/w photo booth. You have to hawk to score a table there though.
Restau/Bar. I am not much of a meat eater, but people swear by this place for ribs and all that jazz. It's kind of a tradition with a fiercely loyal following.
88 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Redbones Barbecue
55 Chester St
88 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Restau/Bar. I am not much of a meat eater, but people swear by this place for ribs and all that jazz. It's kind of a tradition with a fiercely loyal following.
Grown up place. Very good food. Occasionally sublime. Reservations needed. Amazing patio in summer.
130 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Oleana
134 Hampshire St
130 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Grown up place. Very good food. Occasionally sublime. Reservations needed. Amazing patio in summer.
Casual and family run. I love their food. Usually they ask if you made a reservation, but even though it's tiny I've never made one.
13 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Istanbul'lu
237 Holland St
13 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Casual and family run. I love their food. Usually they ask if you made a reservation, but even though it's tiny I've never made one.
Tired from a long flight? Lemon Thai will not let you down. Phone in your order and walk 30 seconds down the hill to pick it up (faster than their delivery) and really hits the spot.
10 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Lemon Thai Cuisine
215 Highland Ave
10 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Tired from a long flight? Lemon Thai will not let you down. Phone in your order and walk 30 seconds down the hill to pick it up (faster than their delivery) and really hits the spot.
I've heard good things about this Union Square take-out joint. They have a restaurant around the corner too if you want to sit.
20 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Machu Chicken
25 Union Square
20 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
I've heard good things about this Union Square take-out joint. They have a restaurant around the corner too if you want to sit.
A local brunch tradition. Colorful. Crowded. Breakfast all day with a Portuguese twist.
78 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Flora Restaurant
190 Massachusetts Ave
78 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
A local brunch tradition. Colorful. Crowded. Breakfast all day with a Portuguese twist.
If you've just got to have pancakes and a jukebox with your regular coffee, do it old school at Kelly's. Basic, pastel and chrome, it's a diner. You know the drill.
23 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Kelly's Diner
674 Broadway
23 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
If you've just got to have pancakes and a jukebox with your regular coffee, do it old school at Kelly's. Basic, pastel and chrome, it's a diner. You know the drill.
New! Cute+Good+An 8-min walk=:) In a strip mall=:(
35 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Forge Baking Company
626 Somerville Ave
35 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
New! Cute+Good+An 8-min walk=:) In a strip mall=:(
Little known cafe at the Armory a short walk away. I think it's student run. They have wi-fi. If you're here in winter there's also a great farmer's market in the Armory building every Saturday until about 2pm.
Cafe at the Somerville Armory
191 Highland Ave
Little known cafe at the Armory a short walk away. I think it's student run. They have wi-fi. If you're here in winter there's also a great farmer's market in the Armory building every Saturday until about 2pm.
Please note I have NEVER tried this place, but for those of you who require it, I wanted you to know it's here and it's VEGAN.
17 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
True Bistro
1153 Broadway
17 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Please note I have NEVER tried this place, but for those of you who require it, I wanted you to know it's here and it's VEGAN.
There's one in Davis Square now!! It's ultra-clean fuel made to taste as good as food that's bad for you: veggies and sauces, nuts and cheese, and whole grains and legumes - all organic - basically what I cook at home but with a fantastic juice bar too! So so good.
240 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Life Alive Organic Cafe
765 Massachusetts Ave
240 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
There's one in Davis Square now!! It's ultra-clean fuel made to taste as good as food that's bad for you: veggies and sauces, nuts and cheese, and whole grains and legumes - all organic - basically what I cook at home but with a fantastic juice bar too! So so good.
Simply amazing
29 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Juliet
263 Union Square
29 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Simply amazing
Don't want to go out but don't want to cook? Invited and tasked with dessert? Pick up delicious quiches and pies at the foot of the hill!
Petsi Pies
Don't want to go out but don't want to cook? Invited and tasked with dessert? Pick up delicious quiches and pies at the foot of the hill!

Drinks & Nightlife

Delicious! Innovative small plate delectables and cocktails. Dinner reservations recommended. Same owners as Cambridge's famed Oleana and Sofra.
109 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Sarma
249 Pearl St
109 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Delicious! Innovative small plate delectables and cocktails. Dinner reservations recommended. Same owners as Cambridge's famed Oleana and Sofra.
Friends have recommended, for wine and their tasty but limited menu. (Small kitchen).
40 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Spoke Wine Bar
89 Holland St
40 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Friends have recommended, for wine and their tasty but limited menu. (Small kitchen).
Overcharming and gaudy, but still a classic and perhaps for this very reason.
55 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Dali
415 Washington St
55 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Overcharming and gaudy, but still a classic and perhaps for this very reason.
This is a very local place - a basic sports bar. Nothing fancy. Pub food. But I hear they have really tasty burgers and mac'n'cheese.
24 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Olde Magoun's Saloon
518 Medford St
24 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
This is a very local place - a basic sports bar. Nothing fancy. Pub food. But I hear they have really tasty burgers and mac'n'cheese.
Hipstaville. Swanky speakeasy flavor. Davis Square underground.
68 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Saloon
255 Elm St
68 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Hipstaville. Swanky speakeasy flavor. Davis Square underground.
secrect hipstaville if ya can find it
89 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Backbar
7 Sanborn Ct
89 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
secrect hipstaville if ya can find it
It looks like it's aiming for slick trendy in the otherwise old school and kinda podunk Magoun Square - I hear it's a Greek place and has tasty fare - I haven't tried it. A 12 min walk, straight shot.
26 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Daddy Jones Bar
525 Medford St
26 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
It looks like it's aiming for slick trendy in the otherwise old school and kinda podunk Magoun Square - I hear it's a Greek place and has tasty fare - I haven't tried it. A 12 min walk, straight shot.

Arts & Culture

Classic old school cinema, Davis Square. Shows the good stuff. And you can walk there (15-min walk).
147 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Somerville Theatre
55 Davis Square
147 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Classic old school cinema, Davis Square. Shows the good stuff. And you can walk there (15-min walk).
Stitchery/knittery/shop, you name it. Cool folks, fun classes. For Makers.
7 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Gather Here
1343 Cambridge St
7 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Stitchery/knittery/shop, you name it. Cool folks, fun classes. For Makers.
Wood, Metal, every kind of Making. Take a class!
8 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Artisan's Asylum
96 Holton Street
8 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Wood, Metal, every kind of Making. Take a class!
Calling all Climbers Classes Day Passes
65 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Brooklyn Boulders Somerville
12A Tyler St
65 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Calling all Climbers Classes Day Passes
299 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo, Boston
25 Harbor Shore Dr
299 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
205 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Museos de Arte de Harvard
32 Quincy St
205 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology At Peking University
5 Yi He Yuan Lu
1042 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Museo de Bellas Artes de Boston
465 Huntington Ave
1042 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
162 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Museo de los Niños de Boston
308 Congress St
162 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
560 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Museo de Ciencias
1 Museum Of Science Driveway
560 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
105 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
MIT Museum
314 Massachusetts Ave
105 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
109 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Sala de la Sinfónica
301 Massachusetts Ave
109 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona

Shopping

Need your Ayurvedic tea? Your favorite tincture? Or some organic vegan vitamins with stevia chocolate on the side? This is your place. Natural remedies. Excellent reputation. Knowledgable managers.
20 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Cambridge Naturals
23 White St
20 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Need your Ayurvedic tea? Your favorite tincture? Or some organic vegan vitamins with stevia chocolate on the side? This is your place. Natural remedies. Excellent reputation. Knowledgable managers.
Specialty delectables. High end snackables. Good wine, the like.
41 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Wine & Cheese Cask
407 Washington St
41 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Specialty delectables. High end snackables. Good wine, the like.
So this is very cool, if you came to cook, and cook meat at that. It's a walk!
M.F. Dulock
201A Highland Ave
So this is very cool, if you came to cook, and cook meat at that. It's a walk!

Essentials

Not the biggest but the nearest and one of the newest. There five more in Cambridge;)
1155 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Whole Foods Market
413 Centre St
1155 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Not the biggest but the nearest and one of the newest. There five more in Cambridge;)
Chi chi frou frou grocer.
54 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Savenor's Market
160 Charles St
54 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Chi chi frou frou grocer.
An adventure in grocery shopping, this market is known for their deals and so can be crowded. Very decent produce for a non-fancy-pants people's market.
237 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Market Basket
400 Somerville Ave
237 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
An adventure in grocery shopping, this market is known for their deals and so can be crowded. Very decent produce for a non-fancy-pants people's market.
Should you need it there's a clinic a block away with long hours.
Somerville Hospital
Should you need it there's a clinic a block away with long hours.
Conventional grocery store. In the Porter Sq shopping plaza with all the basics: Pharmacy, Liquor, Hardware, Crafts, Health, Bookstore, etc.
Star Market
Conventional grocery store. In the Porter Sq shopping plaza with all the basics: Pharmacy, Liquor, Hardware, Crafts, Health, Bookstore, etc.
10 minutes walking. Your basic grocery store. It's your nearest full grocery walking 10 min or less, straight shot.
Star Market
10 minutes walking. Your basic grocery store. It's your nearest full grocery walking 10 min or less, straight shot.

Everything Else

Yoga classes a six-minute walk away, next door to the 3 lil figs cafe.
10 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
O2 Yoga - Somerville
288 Highland Ave
10 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Yoga classes a six-minute walk away, next door to the 3 lil figs cafe.

Sightseeing

The very beauty a New England Beach should be. What I grew up with. You can take the commuter rail there, and walk an easy 15 min through coastal mansion land to get there, but fair warning...I hear they now charge a walk-on fee.
42 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Singing Beach
Beach St
42 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
The very beauty a New England Beach should be. What I grew up with. You can take the commuter rail there, and walk an easy 15 min through coastal mansion land to get there, but fair warning...I hear they now charge a walk-on fee.