Food

Supermarkets

  • Whole Foods to search for store locations.  Excellent selection of organic foods, cheese, bread, even cakes.
  • Trader Joe’s to search for store locations.  Small size supermarket, very good frozen food.  Beer and wine available at Brookline, Cambridge and Framingham stores.
  • Super 88 specializes in Asian vegetables, tropical fruits, and fresh and live seafood.
  • Many international ingredients are available at Shaw’s, Stop and Shop and Market Basket stores. The selection will vary with the location.

Bakeries

  • Clear Flour Bakery. Artisan bakery offering a range of breads and pastries for wholesale and retail customers. Delicious baguettes!
  • Iggy’s Bread of the World, 130 Fawcett St. Cambridge, or at retail stores which sell their bread. Sold at all Whole Foods supermarkets; good bread according to our French members.
  • Hi Rise; 208 Concord Avenue, Cambridge, (phone: 617 876 8766)
  • Sel de la Terre; bakery and restaurant, several locations
  • Danish Pastry House; 205 Arlington Street, Watertown, (phone: 617 926 2747)

Cheese

  • Formaggio Kitchen, 244 Huron Avenue, Cambridge, (phone: 617 354 4750)
  • South End Formaggio, 268 Shawmut Ave. Boston, (phone: 617 350 6996)
  • Concord Cheese Shop, Walden Street, (phone: 978 369 5778)

Specialty Shops

  • Russo’s, 560 Pleasant St. Watertown 617 923 1500; that’s a truly amazing place for fresh everything of quality.
  • Cardullo’s in Cambridge specializes in outstanding specialty foods & beverages from around the world. Has been around for nearly 60 years.
  • Salumeria Italiana, 151 Richmond St. (at Hanover) in Boston’s North End. Italian specialties.
  • J. Pace & Son Italian Specialties, 325 Main St., Saugus or 75 Blossom Court, Boston. You can find imported Italian specialties, cheeses, cold cuts, gourmet pasta, hot and cold sandwiches, fresh baked goods and prepared foods.
  • DeLuca’s Market on Charles Street, Beacon Hill
  • Savenor’s Market. Has been a Boston tradition since 1939. Their Charles Street and Cambridge stores offer the very best in prime meats, game, naturally raised poultry.
  • Karl’s Sausage Kitchen, 142 Broadway, Saugus, offers German sausages and other ingredients.
  • More German ingredients: Schaller & Weber of New England, Euroguild: 397 High Plain St, Walpole, (phone: 508 668 7221)

Markets

  • Haymarket open air produce and seafood, across the street from Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market , open on Fridays and Saturdays.
  • Farmer’s markets, during the growing season, various locations. List available at Markets. This website also has a list of pick-your-own farms.

Farms

Fresh vegetables, fruits

  • Wilson’s Farm, Lexington, Pleasant Street (closed on Tuesdays); plenty of in season fresh fruits and vegetables, flowers.
  • Russo’s, 560 Pleasant Street, Watertown

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