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 […]
A tale of two liquor laws
Is Cambridge getting more lax about liquor? Two policies are telling two different stories. Read more Mass. high court strikes rent control question from ballot New public drinking permissions during the World Cup suggest a more laissez-faire approach. But the same Cambridge department that fast-tracked the state’s idea to extend bar hours and offer alcohol […]
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 […]
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. […]
Taste festivals return to Cambridge and Somerville
Local restaurants, bars, and small businesses will serve their best bites and sips to raise money for local nonprofits at Somerville and Cambridge’s all-you-can-eat food festivals. Read more Staley ghost bike put in place The Taste of Somerville takes place on June 10. Cambridge Taste follows a week later, on June 17. Taste of Somerville […]
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. […]
Events this week in Camberville: Pride Patio Party, Celtic art, & Eve Plumb
Thursday, May 28 5 to 9 p.m.Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., near Harvard Square. Read more Chicken sub and froyo at Saloniki ArtsThursdays: A Free Night at the MuseumsFree and all ages. Experience the world-famous Blaschka Glass Flowers, a new rubies installation in the Earth and Planetary Sciences Gallery and “Swimming with Sharks: […]
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 […]
S&S owners hope to see a new “legacy” establishment take its place
While the S&S Restaurant will close June 7 after 107 years in Inman Square, its owners say a new restaurant may replace it. Read more Residents ask tough questions at Memorial Drive debrief “We are going to take a deep breath and figure out what is the right thing for this landmark, iconic space,” said […]