Guidebook for Cambridge
Food Scene
Homey, great food and coctails, beautiful atmosphere, but a bit pricey. Make reservations! but then again, there is a bar.
21 locals recommend
Pammy's
928 Massachusetts AveHomey, great food and coctails, beautiful atmosphere, but a bit pricey. Make reservations! but then again, there is a bar.
Very reasonable and the best Chinese food around. About a 15 minute walk down Broadway toward Kendall Square. Always busy, but you can get delivery too.
11 locals recommend
Mu Lan
228 BroadwayVery reasonable and the best Chinese food around. About a 15 minute walk down Broadway toward Kendall Square. Always busy, but you can get delivery too.
Amazing sandwiches and coffee- good for brunch or lunch or dinner.
53 locals recommend
Darwin's Ltd - Cambridge St.
1629 Cambridge StAmazing sandwiches and coffee- good for brunch or lunch or dinner.
Go for dinner, lunch, music- good enough food and a lot of fun!
150 locals recommend
Wok N Roll Restaurant
1908 Massachusetts AveGo for dinner, lunch, music- good enough food and a lot of fun!
Right up in Inman Square or one at the bottom of Inman Street, and a few doors down. Iconic Cambridge cafe.
9 locals recommend
1369 Cambridge St
1369 Cambridge StreetRight up in Inman Square or one at the bottom of Inman Street, and a few doors down. Iconic Cambridge cafe.
This is steps away, literally if you look out the apartment door across the parking, you will see the brick wall of this cafe. So close, well, how can you say no.
58 locals recommend
barismo 364
364 BroadwayThis is steps away, literally if you look out the apartment door across the parking, you will see the brick wall of this cafe. So close, well, how can you say no.
A brew pub, try the "tasting" flight of beers. VERY popular and great beer. Not food, so eat before or after. And if you arrive in the morning or before 2, it is a cafe!
44 locals recommend
Lamplighter Brewing Co.
284 BroadwayA brew pub, try the "tasting" flight of beers. VERY popular and great beer. Not food, so eat before or after. And if you arrive in the morning or before 2, it is a cafe!
My favorite cafe- great coffee and good pastries, also good for breakfast stuff and lunch. Not the usual tourist place, but a really cozy place.
48 locals recommend
The Biscuit
256 Marginal StreetMy favorite cafe- great coffee and good pastries, also good for breakfast stuff and lunch. Not the usual tourist place, but a really cozy place.
Great Veggie/Vegan food- even if you are not. A short walk down Inman Street at Mass Ave.
240 locals recommend
Life Alive Organic Cafe
765 Massachusetts AveGreat Veggie/Vegan food- even if you are not. A short walk down Inman Street at Mass Ave.
Drinks & Nightlife
Great fish and chips and other food too. Can be a bit noisy- but a short walk to Inman Square. A favorite.
85 locals recommend
The Druid
1357 Cambridge StGreat fish and chips and other food too. Can be a bit noisy- but a short walk to Inman Square. A favorite.
Music and bar food. And dancing too. One of my favorite times to go is Sunday afternoons at 4:30 to hear Natural Wonders, 3 Sundays a month. Other times are good too.
6 locals recommend
Sally O'Brien's
335 Somerville AveMusic and bar food. And dancing too. One of my favorite times to go is Sunday afternoons at 4:30 to hear Natural Wonders, 3 Sundays a month. Other times are good too.
Ok, it IS a bar, but I usually dance there too. Very small and cozy, but hey, sometimes ya gotta dance. Across the road is a favorite bookstore/cafe Porter Square books.
42 locals recommend
Toad
1912 Massachusetts AveOk, it IS a bar, but I usually dance there too. Very small and cozy, but hey, sometimes ya gotta dance. Across the road is a favorite bookstore/cafe Porter Square books.
Arts & Culture
Newly renovated main museum, but there are a lot of museums at Harvard.
205 locals recommend
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy StNewly renovated main museum, but there are a lot of museums at Harvard.
Parks & Nature
Get a real feel of the history of Boston, while walking around and stopping to eat and watch and drink....good for a Boston tour.
470 locals recommend
Freedom Trail
139 Tremont StGet a real feel of the history of Boston, while walking around and stopping to eat and watch and drink....good for a Boston tour.
Fresh Pond Mall
545 Concord AveBeautiful 2 mile walk around this beautiful spot.
Essentials
There is also another Whole Foods a bit further away on Beacon Street in Somerville- about 10 minutes max.
1155 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
413 Centre StThere is also another Whole Foods a bit further away on Beacon Street in Somerville- about 10 minutes max.
An amazing independent bookstore with a cafe too. Actually off Mass Ave at Porter Square- in the little strip mall.
144 locals recommend
Porter Square
An amazing independent bookstore with a cafe too. Actually off Mass Ave at Porter Square- in the little strip mall.
Shopping
This is THE place for quilters, knitters and the like. Great selection of fabrics and rentable time on sewing machines, sergers, and a long-arm quilter. Lessons, meetups, etc. Fun fun fun.
7 locals recommend
Gather Here
1343 Cambridge StThis is THE place for quilters, knitters and the like. Great selection of fabrics and rentable time on sewing machines, sergers, and a long-arm quilter. Lessons, meetups, etc. Fun fun fun.
Sightseeing
Gotta walk to Harvard Square, down Broadway, through Harvard Yard, and all around the Square. Lots of shops, food, night life (The Sinclair)- street performers- and more....
342 locals recommend
Harvard Square
Brattle StreetGotta walk to Harvard Square, down Broadway, through Harvard Yard, and all around the Square. Lots of shops, food, night life (The Sinclair)- street performers- and more....