From the owner of Orale comes a taste of Tulum, sunny beaches with steaks cooked on hot stones
As a frequent visitor to Tulum, a beach town on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, Abner Gonzalez wondered “Why can’t we bring Tulum here?”
Attend meetings in Cambridge from Feb. 2-9 about school budgets, labs that pay for homes
Public meetings this week look at License Commission litigation, school budgets, student absenteeism, reclaiming Jerry’s Pond as a public amenity, coping with MBTA red line shutdowns, replacing a hardware store space with pet care and having labs subsidize housing and retail.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from We Black Folk fest to ‘Bumbled’ bee play
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a “Groundhog Day” Improv Show, We Black Folk music festival, a fermentation workshop (with sauerkraut!) and more fun science, Celeste Ng and Jas Hammonds readings, ice skating and play premieres to go apiary for (such as for “Bumbled”).
Good Thai slurps in Central Square
What a Soup in Cambridge’s Central Square offers good, hearty warmness that’ll put a bead of sweat on your brow and bring you back for more.
Kong Pocha veggie dumplings
Dumplings filled with glass noodles make for a good choice from Kong Dog’s newly expanded street-fare menu concept called Kong Pocha.
Four in Cambridge and Somerville in semifinals for James Beard’s great food and drink honors
Among the 20 chefs nominated for best chef in the Northeast were three Cambridge cooks; a Somerville business is a semifinalist for Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program in the prestigious annual awards.
What A Soup and Lanner open in Central Square, joining area’s already noodle-heavy landscape
Central Square is up two noodle spots: Lanner Noodles & Bar, a Chinese restaurant featuring hand-pulled noodles, and What A Soup, specializing in Thai boat noodles, opened in the former home of the beloved restaurant and bar River Gods.
Come get sweets – some for free! – this weekend at Harvard Square’s Taste of Chocolate Festival
The annual Taste of Chocolate Festival is back this weekend in Harvard Square for its 16th year, featuring free samples and specialty cocktails.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from singing over silents to Britanik comedy
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, the Nightingale Vocal Ensemble performs its “Photoplay,” there’s art such as “Poems of Electronic Air,” academic talks on “The Rhetoric of Black Populism: From Malcolm X to the ‘Manosphere’” and the comedy duo Britanik takes the stage.
Meet the meatless meatball sub at Veggie Galaxy
This 1950s-style diner with red vinyl stools, white-and-black tiled floors and upholstered booths is all plant-based, down to the comfort food meatball sub.
