Food + Drink
At Urban Hearth’s new Inman Square locale, a feast for the eyes as well as the palate
Urban Hearth, Erin Miller’s intimate 24-seat bistro in North Cambridge, closed at the end of May in preparation for its move to Inman Square. Its stylish new space has more than double the seating capacity but has not lost the sense of having your own personal chef. Read more Developer releases designs for affordable housing […]
So far, so fun for Cambridge’s version of Bourbon Street
From the Tartan Army to the Tall Ships, Cambridge is a prime beneficiary of the legislative mouthful called the Act Authorizing Municipalities to Opt-In to a Temporary Pilot to Extend the Hours of Liquor Licenses and to Allow for Public Consumption in Designated Districts in Summer 2026. Maybe we can just call it Bourbon Street […]
Back to Sumiao for spicy seasonal fare
We didn’t need much of a reason to wander back to Sumiao Hunan Kitchen. There’s always the prospect of something exotic, like pork kidney, lava fish or sizzling crystal vermicelli. And of course, Sumiao made culinary news last year by being one of the few area eateries to make the Northeast Cities edition of the […]
Best bites and sips at Taste of Somerville 2026
The Taste of Somerville returned to Boynton Yards in Union Square on Wednesday for the 28th year of the food festival. Read more Immersive play at City Hall revives 1976 recombination debate The 55 vendors dished out their bites and poured drink pairings as quickly as they could to the 1,500 attendees with several vendors […]
Winding down with old friends at Tampopo
When 2025 became 2026, Yasumasa Ito decided 34 years was long enough and it was time to shut down Tampopo, the venerable Japanese noodle and donburi bowl bodega in the Lesley Building in Porter Square. Cambridge Day posted an appreciation piece highlighting our favorite dishes, and lauding Ito for maintaining high quality over the years. […]
The best hoummos in town at Cafe Barada.
Hard to believe that Cafe Barada, the quaint Lebanese eatery just north of Porter Square, has been serving up traditional Middle Eastern fare for over 40 years. Then again, comfort and quality will do that. Read more Mt. Auburn Cemetery’s green transition happening at the right time The family-run biz began in Arlington back in […]
A recipe for connection in Cambridge
Each week, 2,000 people get an email from Andrew Little’s Cambridge Recipe Club. Inside, they find a recipe with a few notes about the dish and how to make it — no ads, no website, no social media links. The seasonal recipes exist only in the email newsletter, since Little doesn’t keep a recipe archive. […]
Chicken sub and froyo at Saloniki
To me, Greek cuisine inherently makes for quintessential fine casual. It’s hearty, affordable, simple, and for the most part healthy and lite. It all lines up perfectly, at Saloniki, the Jody Adams co-founded Greek eatery with locales in Harvard Square and the edge of the MIT campus and Boston. Read more CRLS Sports: Crew teams […]
Nothing goes to waste at Forage
“Waste” is an ugly word: It conjures rotting banana peels in compost bins, flies buzzing around landfills. But Forage, a cozy Craigie Circle bistro, isn’t afraid of the word — it stakes its identity on the idea of “zero waste.” The restaurant, which proclaims the mantra five times on its website, also hosts “Zero Waste […]
An AI walked into a bar in Cambridge and asked for a code drink. . .
It all started with a portmanteau. A group of Harvard Business School classmates were at a table at the Harvard Square pub Shay’s in March, talking about how to get more social time together before their impending graduation. One of them suggested they call April “Shaypril” and come to the bar as much as possible […]