Guidebook for Somerville
Food Scene
The coffee is great, the scones amazing and best of all it is located in a great book store, Porter Square Books!
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Cafe Zing
25 White StThe coffee is great, the scones amazing and best of all it is located in a great book store, Porter Square Books!
Wonderful tapas restaurant and bar. We know the owners and they are absolutely great. Cool design, the majority of the restaurant is underground with a plant wall. You are sure to eat well here!
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Casa B Tapas and Cocktail & Rum Bar
253 Washington StWonderful tapas restaurant and bar. We know the owners and they are absolutely great. Cool design, the majority of the restaurant is underground with a plant wall. You are sure to eat well here!
Great authentic Ethiopian food. They are already quite inexpensive but you can also borrow our YUM card and get a discount. (If you're wondering, it's a card that gives you a discount at various immigrant-owned restaurants, a charity called The Welcome Project created it, and proceeds from selling the cards go to them.)
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Fasika Ethiopian Restaurant
145 BroadwayGreat authentic Ethiopian food. They are already quite inexpensive but you can also borrow our YUM card and get a discount. (If you're wondering, it's a card that gives you a discount at various immigrant-owned restaurants, a charity called The Welcome Project created it, and proceeds from selling the cards go to them.)
Authentic Mexican restaurant serving exquisite food. Our favorite dishes include the Indio Vestido (Cactus paddle stuffed with cheese and fried) and Chicken Mole Tlaxcalteca. They are already quite inexpensive but you can also borrow our YUM card and get a discount. (If you're wondering, it's a card that gives you a discount at various immigrant-owned restaurants, a charity called The Welcome Project created it, and proceeds from selling the cards go to them.)
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Tu Y Yo
858 BroadwayAuthentic Mexican restaurant serving exquisite food. Our favorite dishes include the Indio Vestido (Cactus paddle stuffed with cheese and fried) and Chicken Mole Tlaxcalteca. They are already quite inexpensive but you can also borrow our YUM card and get a discount. (If you're wondering, it's a card that gives you a discount at various immigrant-owned restaurants, a charity called The Welcome Project created it, and proceeds from selling the cards go to them.)
One of the great Italian restaurants in the area. Authentic food in a wonderfully designed restaurant. There is outdoor seating when the weather is good.
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Posto
187 Elm StOne of the great Italian restaurants in the area. Authentic food in a wonderfully designed restaurant. There is outdoor seating when the weather is good.
A great Italian restaurant. They serve great authentic Italian food, lots of it involving seafood.
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Gran Gusto
90 Sherman StA great Italian restaurant. They serve great authentic Italian food, lots of it involving seafood.
Cool coffee shop serving lots of Morrocan snacks and drinks. Cool design, due to the tower in the building you can eat upstairs and look down.
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Algiers Coffee House
40 Brattle StreetCool coffee shop serving lots of Morrocan snacks and drinks. Cool design, due to the tower in the building you can eat upstairs and look down.
Great locally owned coffeehouse. They serve all kinds of coffee and tea, as well as lots of sandwiches. The business is also very active in helping the community.
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Diesel Cafe
257 Elm StGreat locally owned coffeehouse. They serve all kinds of coffee and tea, as well as lots of sandwiches. The business is also very active in helping the community.
Best burritos in town. Very inexpensive, a great place to get a quick dinner or lunch. They also have breakfast burritos.
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Anna's Taqueria
242 Cambridge StBest burritos in town. Very inexpensive, a great place to get a quick dinner or lunch. They also have breakfast burritos.
The classic North End Italian bakery. Lots of pastries and other delights. Long lines can be bet on.
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Mike's Pastry
300 Hanover StThe classic North End Italian bakery. Lots of pastries and other delights. Long lines can be bet on.
A local chocolate factory selling delicious direct-trade Mexican chocolate.
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Taza Chocolate
561 Windsor StA local chocolate factory selling delicious direct-trade Mexican chocolate.
Sightseeing
It's where all the cool stuff about Somerville started and it's an easy walk down Elm Street!
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Davis Square
It's where all the cool stuff about Somerville started and it's an easy walk down Elm Street!
Iconic Downtown Boston area. Brick roads, lots of shopping.
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Downtown Crossing
Iconic Downtown Boston area. Brick roads, lots of shopping.
Cool building and great view if you go to the top of the tower.
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Prudential Tower
800 Boylston StreetCool building and great view if you go to the top of the tower.
Classic sight in Boston. Lots of pizzerias and bakeries. Great park too, for relaxing.
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North End
Classic sight in Boston. Lots of pizzerias and bakeries. Great park too, for relaxing.
Another of Somerville's cool squares. Lots of great restaurants. Home to the Fluff Festival every year.
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Union Square
Union SquareAnother of Somerville's cool squares. Lots of great restaurants. Home to the Fluff Festival every year.
Shopping
Locally owned bookstore. Friendly vibe and a large selection of books, many of which were written by local authors.
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Porter Square
Locally owned bookstore. Friendly vibe and a large selection of books, many of which were written by local authors.
Store with lots of cool locally themed items, many of which are handmade. Great for gifts.
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Davis Square
Store with lots of cool locally themed items, many of which are handmade. Great for gifts.
Magpie
416 Highland AveStore selling lots of handmade items. Great place for gifts.
Irish Imports Lc
1737 Massachusetts AveCool store selling Irish goods such as clothing, handmade bowls, etc.
Abodeon
1731 Massachusetts AveCool store selling items with innovative designs.
WardMaps LLC
1731 Massachusetts AveAwesome little shop selling antique maps and old MBTA things.
NOMAD
1771 Massachusetts AveShop selling mostly handmade items from around the world.
Tokai
1815 Massachusetts AveSmall shop selling Japanese items like teapots, bento boxes, furoshiki, origami paper, etc.
Mid century furniture store. Great place to window shop and look at beautiful no-shortcuts furniture.
Room & Board
375 Newbury StMid century furniture store. Great place to window shop and look at beautiful no-shortcuts furniture.
Essentials
Smaller than the average supermarket, but with more selection. Lots of produce, great bakery section. No parking lot. Very cheap.
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bfresh
240 Elm StSmaller than the average supermarket, but with more selection. Lots of produce, great bakery section. No parking lot. Very cheap.
Your average grocery store. Average prices. Conveniently close to the Porter Square subway station. Free parking in a lot.
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Star Market
370 Western AveYour average grocery store. Average prices. Conveniently close to the Porter Square subway station. Free parking in a lot.
Great Asian grocery store. They sell lots of meats and fish that is very hard to get elsewhere. They also sell sashimi grade fish right in the store, which is super convenient if you're making sushi.
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Hmart Cambridge
581 Massachusetts AveGreat Asian grocery store. They sell lots of meats and fish that is very hard to get elsewhere. They also sell sashimi grade fish right in the store, which is super convenient if you're making sushi.
Parks & Nature
Classic sight and place to relax and spend an afternoon, or to take a walk.
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Boston Common
139 Boylston StClassic sight and place to relax and spend an afternoon, or to take a walk.
Powderhouse Park
850 BroadwayCool park. You can see the powder house and relax or have a picnic.
A nice bike path going through parts of Somerville and Cambridge. Nice place for a bike ride or run.
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Somerville Community Path
Somerville Community PathA nice bike path going through parts of Somerville and Cambridge. Nice place for a bike ride or run.
Entertainment & Activities
Great theater. Locally owned with fair ticket and snack prices.
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Somerville Theatre
55 Davis SquareGreat theater. Locally owned with fair ticket and snack prices.
You can rent a kayak here and paddle all along Charles River and the canals. Great for getting a different view of the Boston skyline.
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Charles River Canoe & Kayak Cambridge at Kendall Square
15 Broad Canal WayYou can rent a kayak here and paddle all along Charles River and the canals. Great for getting a different view of the Boston skyline.
Arts & Culture
Great science museum, lots of exhibits and a great theater and planetarium. You can ride the duck boat tour from here.
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Museum of Science
1 Museum Of Science DrivewayGreat science museum, lots of exhibits and a great theater and planetarium. You can ride the duck boat tour from here.
Huge collection of art from all around the world. Mummies are on display here. The rotunda in the centre of the building is very beautiful.
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Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington AveHuge collection of art from all around the world. Mummies are on display here. The rotunda in the centre of the building is very beautiful.
Graffiti Alley
Richard B. “Rico” Modica WayAwesome alley full of beautiful street art. Right next to H Mart.
An enormous glass globe displaying the world in the 1940s, you go inside of it on a walkway. Because it is made out of glass, it has cool acoustic properties. You can stand in the middle and talk, and it will sound like you are using a microphone. If you stand at one end, you can whisper and be heard at the other.
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The Mary Baker Eddy Library
210 Massachusetts AveAn enormous glass globe displaying the world in the 1940s, you go inside of it on a walkway. Because it is made out of glass, it has cool acoustic properties. You can stand in the middle and talk, and it will sound like you are using a microphone. If you stand at one end, you can whisper and be heard at the other.