Guidebook for Belmont

Melissa
Guidebook for Belmont

Food Scene

Favorites are turkish coffee, flower tea, yogurt parfait, and Turkish breakfast, but everything looks fabulous
72 locals recommend
Sofra Bakery & Cafe
1 Belmont St
72 locals recommend
Favorites are turkish coffee, flower tea, yogurt parfait, and Turkish breakfast, but everything looks fabulous
Good Taiwanese dinner and dim sum
13 locals recommend
Shangri-La
149 Belmont St
13 locals recommend
Good Taiwanese dinner and dim sum
Good thin-crust pizza
26 locals recommend
Fiorella's Express
263 Belmont St
26 locals recommend
Good thin-crust pizza
Nearest ice cream shop, also sandwiches and soup
9 locals recommend
Moozys Ice Cream
2 Trapelo Rd
9 locals recommend
Nearest ice cream shop, also sandwiches and soup
It's Starbucks, so you know what you'll get, but we prefer Sofra or other independents
Starbucks
110 Trapelo Road
It's Starbucks, so you know what you'll get, but we prefer Sofra or other independents
Breakfast and lunch, also baked goods
7 locals recommend
Vicki Lee's
105 Trapelo Rd
7 locals recommend
Breakfast and lunch, also baked goods
Large menu of diner food and so much more, also good beer
32 locals recommend
Deluxe Town Diner
627 Mt Auburn St
32 locals recommend
Large menu of diner food and so much more, also good beer
Fantastic vegetarian and vegan -- must try dishes: sweet potato fries and Gobi Manchurian
21 locals recommend
Red Lentil Vegetarian & Vegan Restaurant
600 Mt Auburn St
21 locals recommend
Fantastic vegetarian and vegan -- must try dishes: sweet potato fries and Gobi Manchurian
Ice cream! (look for the New England flavor of "grapenut raisin")
7 locals recommend
rancatore's ice Cream & yogurt
36 Leonard St
7 locals recommend
Ice cream! (look for the New England flavor of "grapenut raisin")
Usual coffee shop, has excellent bubble tea
9 locals recommend
Dado Tea
955 Massachusetts Ave
9 locals recommend
Usual coffee shop, has excellent bubble tea

Drinks & Nightlife

Nearest bar and sports TV
22 locals recommend
Conley's Pub & Grille
164 Belmont Street
22 locals recommend
Nearest bar and sports TV

Essentials

Nearest supermarket, and it's on the #73 bus line
595 locals recommend
Star Market
370 Western Ave
595 locals recommend
Nearest supermarket, and it's on the #73 bus line
Because it's Trader Joe's!
409 locals recommend
Trader Joe's
748 Memorial Dr
409 locals recommend
Because it's Trader Joe's!
Our corner grocery store is justifiably famous for the Greek yogurt they make
10 locals recommend
Sophia's Greek Pantry
265 Belmont St
10 locals recommend
Our corner grocery store is justifiably famous for the Greek yogurt they make
Wine (and wine tastings), beer, cheese, olive oil.....
The Spirited Gourmet
448 Common St
Wine (and wine tastings), beer, cheese, olive oil.....
Large buffet of hot and cold foods
149 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
400 Cambridge Rd
149 locals recommend
Large buffet of hot and cold foods

Shopping

Home goods and more...vintage and upcycled...Melissa could live here
Westcott Mercantile
438 Common St
Home goods and more...vintage and upcycled...Melissa could live here
Consignment homegoods, antique and modern
unCOMMON Finds
432 Common St
Consignment homegoods, antique and modern
Women's upscale consignment clothing chain
Revolve Outlet
434 Common St
Women's upscale consignment clothing chain
Large floral selection, family run, with quirky-yet-helpful staff
Brattle Square Florist
52 Brattle St
Large floral selection, family run, with quirky-yet-helpful staff
Independent book store, new and used
33 locals recommend
Harvard Book Store
1256 Massachusetts Ave
33 locals recommend
Independent book store, new and used
Independently owned
Bob Slate Stationer
30 Brattle St
Independently owned
Full of cool things you didn't know you needed
18 locals recommend
Black Ink
5 Brattle St
18 locals recommend
Full of cool things you didn't know you needed
Another locally made ice cream
6 locals recommend
Lizzy's Ice Cream
29 Church St
6 locals recommend
Another locally made ice cream
For locally made crafts
Cambridge Artists’ Cooperative
59a Church St
For locally made crafts

Everything Else

Wine, beer, and spirits, with tastings on most Saturdays and some Fridays
Magnolia Wine Co
130 Belmont St
Wine, beer, and spirits, with tastings on most Saturdays and some Fridays
Amazing selection, with top-notch advice from the "Beer Geeks"
7 locals recommend
Craft Beer Cellar
4228 Washington St
7 locals recommend
Amazing selection, with top-notch advice from the "Beer Geeks"