Guidebook for Cambridge

Joan
Guidebook for Cambridge

Food Scene

Exceptionally good Vegan & vegetarian. FR Fresh Juices, Highly recommend their signature dish 'Goddess Bowl with egg & Avacado add-ons. Delicious for Ominivores, too! Lunch and Dinner
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Life Alive Organic Cafe
765 Massachusetts Ave
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Exceptionally good Vegan & vegetarian. FR Fresh Juices, Highly recommend their signature dish 'Goddess Bowl with egg & Avacado add-ons. Delicious for Ominivores, too! Lunch and Dinner
Can't make up ur mind?...Bowl of Pho Noodles or rice dish ? Sushi or sashimi? Thelonious Monkfish is for you! Pan-Asian. Cool, Casual vibe. Interesting menu, but too big to choose from! Open for L&D
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The Mad Monkfish (formerly Thelonious Monkfish)
524 Massachusetts Ave
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Can't make up ur mind?...Bowl of Pho Noodles or rice dish ? Sushi or sashimi? Thelonious Monkfish is for you! Pan-Asian. Cool, Casual vibe. Interesting menu, but too big to choose from! Open for L&D
Very intimate & romantic! 1 Block from my front door! Zagat rated Excellent Moroccan Tunisian. Tangines, Cous Cous. Talented chef. Authentic Arbaic Coffee, lovely desserts. CASH ONLY. NO Liquor.
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Baraka Cuisine
1728 Massachusetts Ave
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Very intimate & romantic! 1 Block from my front door! Zagat rated Excellent Moroccan Tunisian. Tangines, Cous Cous. Talented chef. Authentic Arbaic Coffee, lovely desserts. CASH ONLY. NO Liquor.
Good Ethiopian, food. friendly, small, family-run. Bring an appetite! 'Enjera,' a large sour, sponge-y bread undergirds many tasty vegetables and meat dishes. Try the honey wine called 'Tej'
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Asmara
739 Massachusetts Ave
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Good Ethiopian, food. friendly, small, family-run. Bring an appetite! 'Enjera,' a large sour, sponge-y bread undergirds many tasty vegetables and meat dishes. Try the honey wine called 'Tej'
Fun, and friendly with various riffs on Middle Eastern- inspired cuisine. Full bar.
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Zuzu
474 Massachusetts Ave
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Fun, and friendly with various riffs on Middle Eastern- inspired cuisine. Full bar.
Truly GREAT Luncheon buffet only $12. Imagine Indian meets Asian flavors. Warm atmosphere, authentic Tibetan. Open for Lunch and dinner. $
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Rangzen Tibetan Place
24 Pearl St
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Truly GREAT Luncheon buffet only $12. Imagine Indian meets Asian flavors. Warm atmosphere, authentic Tibetan. Open for Lunch and dinner. $
Beer & wine. Cute & hip MIT hang out. Excellent soups and sandwiches. Brunch. Perfect casual spot for lunch --or before or after the MIT Museum $
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Miracle of Science
321 Massachusetts Ave
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Beer & wine. Cute & hip MIT hang out. Excellent soups and sandwiches. Brunch. Perfect casual spot for lunch --or before or after the MIT Museum $
Very popular brunch spot on weekends. Full menu / Breakfast and lunch only. Weekends Live jazz (Berklee students.) Salads, Out door seating $-$$
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Cafe Luna
612 Main St
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Very popular brunch spot on weekends. Full menu / Breakfast and lunch only. Weekends Live jazz (Berklee students.) Salads, Out door seating $-$$
Full Bar. Swanky - casual. ( pricier, entrees $25 +) Excellent New American cuisine. Highly recommended! $$-$$$
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Central Kitchen
567 Massachusetts Ave
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Full Bar. Swanky - casual. ( pricier, entrees $25 +) Excellent New American cuisine. Highly recommended! $$-$$$
Mary Chug's is a great! ! Cambridge's best authentic Chinese in Old School Ambiance, (High backed booths, etc) dishes like whole crispy fish in black bean sauce, spicy long beans, etc. $
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Mary Chung
464 Massachusetts Ave
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Mary Chug's is a great! ! Cambridge's best authentic Chinese in Old School Ambiance, (High backed booths, etc) dishes like whole crispy fish in black bean sauce, spicy long beans, etc. $
Knock out ice cream made on the premises by Gus Toscanini Great Coffee, too. Voted Best Ice Cream by NY Times (Gus modestly says " It's the best ice cream in the world.")
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Toscanini's Ice Cream
159 First St
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Knock out ice cream made on the premises by Gus Toscanini Great Coffee, too. Voted Best Ice Cream by NY Times (Gus modestly says " It's the best ice cream in the world.")
Best Coffee in Cambridge, period.
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1369 Coffee House
1369 Cambridge St
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Best Coffee in Cambridge, period.
Arguably the Best Restaurant in Boston, right here in Cambridge. Tony Maws chef owner. Menu: Fresh, farm sourced french Bistro style $$$ Impeccable service. Inspired mixologist at Bar
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Craigie On Main
853 Main St
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Arguably the Best Restaurant in Boston, right here in Cambridge. Tony Maws chef owner. Menu: Fresh, farm sourced french Bistro style $$$ Impeccable service. Inspired mixologist at Bar
Very good sit down restaurant/ North Indian cuisine. Full Bar. Lunch buffet. Great Value. Dinner - Lunch around $12 excluding tip. $12-$18
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India Pavilion
17 Central Square
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Very good sit down restaurant/ North Indian cuisine. Full Bar. Lunch buffet. Great Value. Dinner - Lunch around $12 excluding tip. $12-$18
Excellent neighborhood gastro pub. (-$$) American high style food; casual ambiance. Will please both less adventurous palettes and gastronomes. Interesting cocktails, good wine and beer selection!
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Green Street
280 Green St
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Excellent neighborhood gastro pub. (-$$) American high style food; casual ambiance. Will please both less adventurous palettes and gastronomes. Interesting cocktails, good wine and beer selection!
Vegetarian Diner. VG has the Best french fries ever! Waitstaff wear all black, have multiple piercings and appear to have stepped out of Central Casting from 1999 punk scene.
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Veggie Galaxy
450 Massachusetts Ave
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Vegetarian Diner. VG has the Best french fries ever! Waitstaff wear all black, have multiple piercings and appear to have stepped out of Central Casting from 1999 punk scene.
Homey, welcoming, inexpensive and pleasantly quirky. Always has a line Saturdays and Sundays for brunch. Eclectic menu to please all. Great value.
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Brookline Lunch
9 Brookline St
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Homey, welcoming, inexpensive and pleasantly quirky. Always has a line Saturdays and Sundays for brunch. Eclectic menu to please all. Great value.
Homemade dumplings, and Patty is always inventing new ones!...Open late.
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Patty Chen's Dumpling Room
85 Windsor St
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Homemade dumplings, and Patty is always inventing new ones!...Open late.
A classy, casual Pillow-ey Palestinian Paradise. Great Neighborhood Hang Out. Order Sammy's Special Tea, Excellent Toasted bread sandwiches! try Avocado smash, Jeruselem Egg, or Chicken Kalilli
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Andala Coffee House
286 Franklin St
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A classy, casual Pillow-ey Palestinian Paradise. Great Neighborhood Hang Out. Order Sammy's Special Tea, Excellent Toasted bread sandwiches! try Avocado smash, Jeruselem Egg, or Chicken Kalilli
Pita sandwiches and plates. Inexpensive, ($6-8 ) take out. Great falafel, lamb schwarma, tabouli, open late week nights and later on weekends (3 AM)
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Moody's Falafal Palace
25 Central Square
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Pita sandwiches and plates. Inexpensive, ($6-8 ) take out. Great falafel, lamb schwarma, tabouli, open late week nights and later on weekends (3 AM)
Soul Food. And yeah, its the real deal. Voted Best Fried Chicken. They smother pork chops with love and onions. Kick ass with greens. No slouches when it come to mac n cheese, neither! 617-354-7644.
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The Coast Cafe
233 River St
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Soul Food. And yeah, its the real deal. Voted Best Fried Chicken. They smother pork chops with love and onions. Kick ass with greens. No slouches when it come to mac n cheese, neither! 617-354-7644.
Have you ever heard of Healthy Fast Food? You have now! DELICIOUS, quick veggie pita pockets with maxed-out flavors and textures designed to convert even die hard carnivores to slavish fans. Open 24 h
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Clover Food Lab
1075 Cambridge St
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Have you ever heard of Healthy Fast Food? You have now! DELICIOUS, quick veggie pita pockets with maxed-out flavors and textures designed to convert even die hard carnivores to slavish fans. Open 24 h
Great addition to Central Square. Accent on fresh. Mostly everything is house made. Chef owner. Mediterranean fare $$ Moderate. Nice Bar. Inspired mixologist. Excellent Value.
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Viale
502 Massachusetts Ave
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Great addition to Central Square. Accent on fresh. Mostly everything is house made. Chef owner. Mediterranean fare $$ Moderate. Nice Bar. Inspired mixologist. Excellent Value.
Its hot pot, what else do you need?
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Happy Lamb
485 Massachusetts Ave
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Its hot pot, what else do you need?
Hot new spot from chef Jamie Bissionette and friends. Breakfast Lunch & Dinner . Small plates concept to mix-match and share. Eclectic cuisines.
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Little Donkey
505 Massachusetts Ave
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Hot new spot from chef Jamie Bissionette and friends. Breakfast Lunch & Dinner . Small plates concept to mix-match and share. Eclectic cuisines.
Yet another funky-cool coffee shop for Cambridge. This one is right at the Central Square T stop so it's a great place to cool your heels while waiting for someone. ( me for instance) Coffee and baked goods, very decent ready made sandwiches, made daily.
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Caffè Nero
733 Centre St
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Yet another funky-cool coffee shop for Cambridge. This one is right at the Central Square T stop so it's a great place to cool your heels while waiting for someone. ( me for instance) Coffee and baked goods, very decent ready made sandwiches, made daily.
Pastured, (juicy) Beef burgers with Veggie Burger / Salmon Burger options from Maine. Good burgers decent value at $8.50 or so for grass fed beef.
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Mainely Burgers
704 Massachusetts Ave
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Pastured, (juicy) Beef burgers with Veggie Burger / Salmon Burger options from Maine. Good burgers decent value at $8.50 or so for grass fed beef.

Essentials

Full Indian grocery. In the back is a restaurant where 'dosas' (crepes )are poured onto a griddle and filled with what ever your heart desires! Have a mango Lassi for dessert ! (under $12.)
Shalimar Foods & Spices
3698 Massachusetts Ave
Full Indian grocery. In the back is a restaurant where 'dosas' (crepes )are poured onto a griddle and filled with what ever your heart desires! Have a mango Lassi for dessert ! (under $12.)
A full service food co-op. Open to the public. Complete grocery items including deli for take out. Bulk aisle; also many gluten free items. Full natural cosmetics and homeopathic products aisle.
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Harvest Co-Op Market
580 Massachusetts Ave
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A full service food co-op. Open to the public. Complete grocery items including deli for take out. Bulk aisle; also many gluten free items. Full natural cosmetics and homeopathic products aisle.
Large commercial grocery store located on the second floor of the Meridian hotel complex. All the usual big American supermarket stuff-- prepared foods, too.
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Star Market
20 Sidney Street
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Large commercial grocery store located on the second floor of the Meridian hotel complex. All the usual big American supermarket stuff-- prepared foods, too.
Fun, cool, tasty groceries. It's Trader Joe's!
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Trader Joe's
748 Memorial Dr
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Fun, cool, tasty groceries. It's Trader Joe's!
Great meet-up space right at the Central Sq subway! A truly ? Parisian style bakery w pastry/ coffee, plus food court (good noodles, Sushi,etc) with Kore-iCan grocery store--- All in one! Lively
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Hmart Cambridge
581 Massachusetts Ave
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Great meet-up space right at the Central Sq subway! A truly ? Parisian style bakery w pastry/ coffee, plus food court (good noodles, Sushi,etc) with Kore-iCan grocery store--- All in one! Lively
Our very own smaller-sized Target store right on the corner of my Pearl Street and Mass Ave ... for daily needs affordable housewares, greeting cards, socks, underwear, accessories and clothing items, groceries, sunglasses, toothpaste, etc. Target, yeah.
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Target
180 Somerville Ave
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Our very own smaller-sized Target store right on the corner of my Pearl Street and Mass Ave ... for daily needs affordable housewares, greeting cards, socks, underwear, accessories and clothing items, groceries, sunglasses, toothpaste, etc. Target, yeah.

Arts & Culture

Restaurant by day, Hot 20+ Music scene/ alternative at night. Poetry nights. Full bar.Traditional Middle Eastern food: baba ganoush, Ful maddamas, hummus, felafel, etc
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Wok N Roll Restaurant
1908 Massachusetts Ave
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Restaurant by day, Hot 20+ Music scene/ alternative at night. Poetry nights. Full bar.Traditional Middle Eastern food: baba ganoush, Ful maddamas, hummus, felafel, etc
Wanna learn to DJ? Just curious? You will be welcomed. "Too Cool for School", DJ School Right here in Central Square!
MMMMAVEN
614 Massachusetts Ave
Wanna learn to DJ? Just curious? You will be welcomed. "Too Cool for School", DJ School Right here in Central Square!

Shopping

Hours of good browsing in this multi- level used book store. Not to be missed!
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Rodney's Bookstore
698 Massachusetts Ave
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Hours of good browsing in this multi- level used book store. Not to be missed!
Medium sized well stocked drug store with prescriptions and all the usual drug store stuff: band aids , tooth paste shower gel, reading glasses stuff as well as basic groceries, milk OJ eggs, etc.
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Walgreens
1890 Columbus Ave
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Medium sized well stocked drug store with prescriptions and all the usual drug store stuff: band aids , tooth paste shower gel, reading glasses stuff as well as basic groceries, milk OJ eggs, etc.
Killer second hand store! Women and mens clothing, records, books glass and kitchen ware, hand-curated by gay men. What could be better? Wardrobe / house heaven. Proceeds fight AIDS
Boomerangs
563 Massachusetts Ave
Killer second hand store! Women and mens clothing, records, books glass and kitchen ware, hand-curated by gay men. What could be better? Wardrobe / house heaven. Proceeds fight AIDS
Legendary record store plays 70's and 80s soul and funk so you can hear it on the street as you walk by. One of my favorite things about Central Square. Encyclopedic knowledge required to work there, a memorable and fun place to visit.
Cheapo Records
538 Massachusetts Ave
Legendary record store plays 70's and 80s soul and funk so you can hear it on the street as you walk by. One of my favorite things about Central Square. Encyclopedic knowledge required to work there, a memorable and fun place to visit.

Drinks & Nightlife

Fun, if a little -rough- around- the- edges. Home of Lil' Joe Cook. Blues sit- ins, Celtic music sit-ins (see their schedule for nights)
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Cantab Lounge
738 Massachusetts Ave
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Fun, if a little -rough- around- the- edges. Home of Lil' Joe Cook. Blues sit- ins, Celtic music sit-ins (see their schedule for nights)
Sleek and "Hidden" Actually its right above Central Kitchen Nice cocktails and apps.
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Brick & Mortar
567 Massachusetts Ave
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Sleek and "Hidden" Actually its right above Central Kitchen Nice cocktails and apps.
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Middlesex Lounge
315 Massachusetts Ave
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Everything Else

Very Friendly and efficient car rental! They go out of their way to accommodate you! A block and a half from my door.
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car
37 Mystic Ave
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Very Friendly and efficient car rental! They go out of their way to accommodate you! A block and a half from my door.
One of Cambridge's Historically Black Churches. Welcoming to any visitor from any where. Choir not to be missed! 10:45-AM 1:00PM Sundays. Service (July 1 - September -10 - 9:45 AM-12:00)
Union Baptist Church
874 Main St
One of Cambridge's Historically Black Churches. Welcoming to any visitor from any where. Choir not to be missed! 10:45-AM 1:00PM Sundays. Service (July 1 - September -10 - 9:45 AM-12:00)
Need a quiet place of repose on your journey ? The MIT Chapel a beautiful non denominational space provides a quiet and inspirational place for reflection
MIT Chapel
48 Massachusetts Ave
Need a quiet place of repose on your journey ? The MIT Chapel a beautiful non denominational space provides a quiet and inspirational place for reflection
Fun anthropology romp. Cooler than cool gift shop
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Peabody Museum de Harvard
11 Divinity Ave
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Fun anthropology romp. Cooler than cool gift shop
A truly world class Science Museum. Also Duck Tours splash into the waters of the Charles River from here.
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Museum Of Science Driveway
Museum Of Science Driveway
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A truly world class Science Museum. Also Duck Tours splash into the waters of the Charles River from here.
Hear the Talking Drums in Central Square? One of my favorite things about living here! Enter the Dance Complex via a set of big stairs and ask to observe a class. Tango, Ballet, African Dance
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The Dance Complex
536 Massachusetts Ave
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Hear the Talking Drums in Central Square? One of my favorite things about living here! Enter the Dance Complex via a set of big stairs and ask to observe a class. Tango, Ballet, African Dance
Central Square is well served by 2 drug stores.
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CVS
624 Massachusetts Ave
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Central Square is well served by 2 drug stores.
This liquor store, ( across the street from Libby's Liquors and HMart) has a more extensive selection of both wine and beer, and has a bigger selection of spirits.
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Supreme Liquors
600 Massachusetts Ave
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This liquor store, ( across the street from Libby's Liquors and HMart) has a more extensive selection of both wine and beer, and has a bigger selection of spirits.
Walk through this funky and eclectic indoor marketplace of artisans and crafts people. Clothing designers, painters, Ethiopian jewelers , Kenyan importers, photographers... more..
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Out of the Blue Art Gallery
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Walk through this funky and eclectic indoor marketplace of artisans and crafts people. Clothing designers, painters, Ethiopian jewelers , Kenyan importers, photographers... more..

Sightseeing

Photo Op in front of The MIT Dome. One of the best 'quick' views of the MIT campus, Stopping there en route to the Charles River for a view of the Boston skyline and a great walk.
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Instituto de Tecnologia de Massachusetts (MIT)
77 Massachusetts Ave
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Photo Op in front of The MIT Dome. One of the best 'quick' views of the MIT campus, Stopping there en route to the Charles River for a view of the Boston skyline and a great walk.
U do not need to be a physicist to love this place! A rare collection of holograms, MIT robotics Lab and Arthur Ganson sculptures A must see! Incredible gift shop for hip/edgy gifts
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Museu do MIT
314 Massachusetts Ave
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U do not need to be a physicist to love this place! A rare collection of holograms, MIT robotics Lab and Arthur Ganson sculptures A must see! Incredible gift shop for hip/edgy gifts