Restaurants in Somerville, MA

West of Boston, Somerville and neighboring Cambridge are a great mix of culinary tradition and modern savoir faire. If there’s a single dish the area is known for, it’s artisan ice cream, all inspired by Steve’s, which opened in Somerville in 1973 — a tradition of excellence now carried on and enhanced by Christina’s in Cambridge and Rancatore’s in Belmont. A morning meal in Somerville can be as hearty as the full Portuguese Breakfast at Neighborhood Restaurant and Bakery — sausages, cod cakes, meat cakes, shrimp cakes, red beans & rice, home fries and eggs! — or it can be as tender and simple as a Boston cream pie donut from the venerable Lyndell’s Bakery. Or, head over to Cambridge and check out Bagelsauraus, where the slow-fermented bagels are available with unique house-made spreads.

Somerville’s Most Famous Dishes

Stack of 5 pancakes with pitchers of syrup and melted butter

Pancakes

Pieces of fried chicken are arrayed atop a round Blgian waffle, sided by melted butter and syrup

Chicken and Waffles

Mountainous sandwich holds pastrami, egg, French fries, cole slaw, and a tomato at Primanti Brothers in Pittsburg, PA

Sandwiches

Twigs of pepperoni peek out from the inside of a mini-loaf of Italian bread at Country Club Bakery in Fairmont, WV

Pepperoni Roll

Somerville’s Best Restaurants

Neighborhood Restaurant and Bakery

SOMERVILLE, MA

Boston cream pie donut
Lyndell’s Bakery

SOMERVILLE, MA

Trina’s Starlite Lounge

SOMERVILLE, MA

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