The food is very good, even though the menu is modest. The service is outstanding- the owners treat you like a welcome guest in their home. I tend to go on off hours, so it's quiet and extremely relaxing. I love the ambience - cozy, a bit quirky, and welcoming, harking back to past decades. My go to place for a totally laidback late lunch read more

The food here feels like home cooking. They serve a variety of traditional Chinese dishes and they're prepared like how you might prepare them at home, not like the salty and oily versions you usually see in restaurants. This feels like a place you could come back to when you don't feel like cooking but want something healthier. read more

Concord Avenue Cafe - a bowl of beef noodle soup - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Cambridge, Massachusetts

When I lived on Highland Street in Cambridge, I went to the Concord daily to study and enjoy the hospitality. Always ordered the same thing -- a Latte which was always wonderful. Unfortunately since I now live in North Cambridge, I haven't visited since my move in 2022. At some point soon, I will try to pay a visit - it's worth it. Karen Chaney read more

Amazing food that has been reliable and delicious for years. Kind owner and very cozy place to get a coffee and a warm soup.

We went to the Concord Cafe on Saturday, Feb 24, 2024. The cafe has a charming and welcoming atmosphere. The food was delicious. I ate the chicken curry without rice while my husband ate a noodle dish. Both dishes were fresh and perfectly seasoned- just delectable. I highly recommend this adorable neighborhood eatery. read more

Passed by there during the Observatory Hill Holiday Stroll. Really impressed with the variety of handmade pillows there. Also seems like a fun place to eat and drink pastries and coffee. read more

I want to try everything on this menu! The prices are great and the people who work there are extremely friendly and kind. Family owned business to boot. This is a hidden gem in Cambridge! read more

Concord Avenue Cafe - Brown sugar bubble tea - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Cambridge, Massachusetts

I love this cafe! They make yummy, fresh bubble tea and foods. The owners are so kind and friendly and now they even have a cute outdoor seating space. . I always stop by when I'm in the neighborhood, you should too! read more

You can't not smile when you go into this spot and you're certainly smiling once you leave! The service is fantastic, so warm and welcoming and the food is delicious! I sat on the lovely patio and had my mango bubble tea and their taiwanese bento box with Chinese sausage, which was all AMAZING. It's so rare to find spots that serve Chinese sausage and it was perfection. You can tell everything is made fresh to order and that the people running it are an integral part of the community just from overhearing them chat with customers, checking in on people and how they have been since they last saw them. I'm already looking forward to when I get to stop by again and try more of their tasty food and drinks! read more

Concord Avenue Cafe - Chinese Sausage, pickled veggies and a tea egg - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Cambridge, Massachusetts

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What a lovely find! We had a group of five in our car visiting the area and on our way back to the car we stopped in here. The lady who I presume is the owner is the consummate host! She took great care of all of us. I got the last of the coffee from the dispenser and when other from our group ordered a coffee she dumped mine out and said "I'll make you a fresh one", and she brewed a fresh pot so we both got a nice fresh cup of tasty coffee, freshly ground and brewed. The also offer a huge variety of teas, freshly brewed to order. Their muffins, etc. were all good as well. Our youngest one got a delish mango smoothie! So they have a great variety given their modest size. It's s great location with a decent amount of on-Street Parking usually available. They also sell all sorts of hand-made wool hats, scarves, gloves, which are quite reasonably priced and are of outstanding quality and they're all made onsite!! What a great find. Try it out sometime! :) read more

The first time we came, we were looking for a place to dine in. We left almost immediately because it had a funky odor. Not a bad odor, per se, but probably just a mix of all the odors of sushi, lasagna, ice cream, coffee, etc. that don't normally go together. But, I still wanted to give this place a try, so we ordered take out on another day. Chinese beef noodle soup: good, but not great. Had a very generic soy sauce flavor to it. Beef was tender like stewed meat. Negligible amount of vegetables. $5.75 California roll: surprisingly tasty, but we did find a small hair in it. =\ $3.50 Overall, I'd recommend it for a cheap, decent meal if you're nearby. But I wouldn't go out of my way to come here. read more

Concord Avenue Cafe - california roll to go - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Cambridge, Massachusetts

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I live down the road and this is such a staple for me. I only wish it was open later! It satisfies the craving for a home-cooked meal, I always feel like everything in my to-go box is cooked with love. read more

Love this local business for a quick bite to eat and drinks! The people there are always so nice and friendly!

Keep places like this in business! Incredibly nice family run cafe. 8 solid dumplings for $6.50! Bubble tea is nice and sweet. Lady working the front counter is clearly well versed in customer service. Definitely coming back to try more items. 31 years they've been in business and they survived Covid, let's keep it goin y'all :) read more

I came across Concord Ave Cafe when biking through town and opening Google maps to see what food was around... what a nice surprise! Comforting, healthy Taiwanese eats at an affordable price. Kind owners, charming interior (the interior has been updated since pictures from previous reviews). read more

Concord Avenue Cafe - Taiwanese Bento Box with braised pork, dumplings - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Cambridge, Massachusetts

I love this place!!! The teas are great, but the food is also really, really good. We got the Dan Dan noodles, curry chicken bento box, veggie bun, & dumplings and it was all phenomenal!! And as everyone else has noted, the owners are lovely. read more

This place is a hidden gem. Their Taiwanese bento is hard to beat for the price.

An undiscovered gem. At least it was to me when I first stumbled upon it. The Char-shah Bento box is the best thing in town. Couldn't tell you about their other offerings, as I've found my true love. The people are spectacularly nice, too. read more

The absolute best food in all of Cambridge and Boston!! I have lived in this neighborhood since I was born and have been eating here for 22 years and it has been my favorite place my whole life! The Dan Dan noodles have been my favorite meal in the world forever and the people who work here are absolutely wonderful! I hope to come back here for many years to come! read more

Great place to stop and grab some Taiwanese style snacks for great prices. A Taiwanese family owns the store, and they are very laid back and accommodating. The food is not the most authentic but they satisfy cravings and bring about familiar Taiwanese flavors. It's a must try for locals in the area. read more

My car broke down right by the cafe's parking lot. Although the place was closed for the day, the daughter's owner asked if she could help, and brought 2 bottles of water for my husband and I. Thank you for the kindness, and I promise I will visit soon! Eileen read more

can't believe i've driven by this place so many times and I've never stopped. Bubble tea (didn't try any, but it's there), hand made noodles and dumplings, coffee, ice cream, muffins and sandwiches, pad thai, espresso, california rolls, really? Yes. Chinese beef noodle soup is awesome. Standard lo mein noodles in a complex and rich beef broth with tender chuncks of beef, chinese cabbage and lettuce. A coffee shop that serves tuna fish sandwiches, california rolls, espresso, pad thai, tea and blueberry muffins. Quite an unusual combination done very well. read more

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Such a cute shop! We live in the neighborhood and stop by for bubble tea all the time. The food and drinks are all amazing and the price is unbeatable. Thank you! read more

Great family run place, and a super alternative to burgers or subs. Huge menu of fresh food. My fave rave: Bubble Iced Tea. Yum! Great Dan-Dan Noodles, too. No bathroom: bad. read more

A lot of times when you buy sandwiches they are a bit different that sandwiches that you would make in you own home. This is why you have bought the sandwich... because it is unique in some way, maybe there is some sort of special mayonnaise, maybe they have used a press or perhaps they put an egg in it. At concord café there is no such pretense, if you order a sandwich they use the same bread I would buy at Shaws, they use the same lunchmeat & the same mustard. It does smell different than my house, but aside from that its kind of like eating in my own kitchen. read more

I love this place!! I've been coming here my entire life (I'm 26) and this place has never let me down. They have the best Dan Dan noodles I've ever had, along with anything else you'd ever be craving. And it's all so good! Today I got the Dan Dan (spicy peanut) noodles, a taro bubble tea, ice cream, and a brownie all for $12.50. I have no clue how they can afford such low prices!! They only take cash, but it's easy to satisfy 2 people with $20. It's such a joy to sit inside the cafe and see the regulars come in and sit a while, chat with the owners, or read. This place is truly a neighborhood gem. It's currently getting a facelift, but even that doesn't detract from the charm of this little cafe that does it all. As a last little note, their hours are really quite impressive, since it seems to be just a man and his wife who run the place and work all the shifts! read more

I will definitely be back. Since I moved to Boston 5 years ago, Concord Avenue Café is one of those coffee shops that I wish I discovered sooner. It's a fantastic place to do work in, with ample seating. Concord Avenue is a polished, clean coffee shop offering unbeatable prices for this part of town. A hearty bowl of fried rice and original bubble tea was $9! I will definitely be back. The snacks are tasty and the Taiwanese couple that runs the establishment are wonderful people. They have no music playing in the background, which, for my work style, is the best. I chatted with several grandmothers that sat beside me and struck up a fun conversation. read more

Parked around back and got accosted by owner. I intended to kill a few birds with one stone... visit the florest next-door, grab a coffee and drop off my dry cleaning across the street... when the owner saw my dry cleaning she approached me and berated me for parking there... then when I came out of the florest I saw her run over to the dry cleaners... likely to berate my dry cleaner! Seems like very odd and aggressive behaviour so I will pass on that coffee! Nice way to drive away potential customer who drives by your place every day! read more

Reasonably priced, large variety of food - unusually large for a small place like this - and convenient hours make this a must-stop while I'm driving toward Harvard. Food is very fresh, portions are OK sized, and the prices won't kill the wallet. Example: a raspberry pastry and small coffee went for $2.75. Where will you find prices like that anywhere else in Cambridge? The selection here is large and eclectic, and there's seemingly something for everybody. I'm not sure I'd call it fine dining, but the noodles, sushi, baked goods, are enough to satisfy a hungry person for not much cash. Unpretentious and plain and that's pretty good. read more

I love the bubble tea here! The mango flavor is SO good and my friend likes it too! I highly recommend it!

Lovely cafe! So down to earth, felt like a small town place run by a very friendly couple. The service is wonderful, and the Dan Dan noodles are awesome - it's also a great place to get some reading or writing in! read more

The writing on the wall says it all: Ice Cream. Coffee. Sushi. Noodles. No, wait, the windows say more: Espresso & Fine Baked Goods. Cappucino. Sushi. Lasagna. Sandwiches. Carrot Juice (!). Sesame Noodles. Bubble Iced Tea. ...Whoa. This shop is the sort of place that you'd expect to find in some backwater village in the middle of nowhere (does that say anything about this part of Cambridge?) - some pleasant posters in cheap frames on the walls, some hand-made jewelry for sale in the back, a few tables for customers, and an eclectic hodgepodge of a menu. I wouldn't necessarily recommend it for dinner - there are no bathrooms, the "hot dishes" are refrigerated and then microwaved, and the seating isn't great - but if you're in the neighborhood and looking for a snack (N.B. their ice cream is much-beloved by neighborhood children), do stop by. read more

Bubble tea? Yep, they've got it. Sushi? They've got that, too. Various hot and cold noodle dishes? Check. Lasagna? What the- Yeah, they have THAT. Ice cream? Uh, yeah. That too. The most preciously random little place you can ever hope to see. read more

This quiet family-run cafe has the most diverse menu that I've ever seen: Asian noodles, sushi, sandwhiches, soups, lasanga(!), salads, ice cream, coffee, tea, bubble tea, smoothies, and possibly more. I've only been a few times, but what I've had is good, reasonably-priced homemade-type food. The cold noodles are delicious, the bubble tea uses real tea and is excellent, and the sandwiches aren't bad. On the downside, there's no restroom for public use in the cafe. On the positive side, the family's kids sometimes sit in the cafe and play or study! read more

This used to be my father's drugstore, 1933-around 1970. It was called The Shore Pharmacy. Glad to know it is still a functioning business. During the war, my dad would post news on a chalkboard in the window. So many neighbors would come to him for medical advice during that time. In the back of the store was a post office, up front an ice cream and candy section. At one time, he would make his own ice cream. Just thought people would want to know the history of the store! read more

My friends and I joke about this place pretty much every time we walk by it, but it never really occurred to me to think through the fact that I like pretty much every random item this place has listed on its windows. Lasagna is pretty much one of my favorite things in the world... and so is sushi, on the completely opposite end of the spectrum! Amazingly enough, the rest of the menu that I discovered when I actually wandered inside yesterday in search of a quick snack is full of even more things that I love. Dumplings!!! Pad Thai!!!!! Smooooothiessss!! They even had Ja Jiang Myun, one of my favorite korean dishes, which is what I wound up trying. For only $5.50, this was some solid asian comfort food. Lots of noodles, pretty flavorful sauce with lots of pork, freshly julienned cucumbers. Nothing great, as I'm sure nothing is on their menu (except maybe their fresh carrot juice with celery, apple, and ginger which my friend had-- yum!) but it's such a cute little spot and the owner seems so sweet and her friend or husband (?) was sitting in the corner reading a Chinese newspaper and drinking tea. I felt as though I'd wandered into a Chinese lady's house and she offered to cook me up any one of my favorite dishes while I sat for a visit. I'll definitely be back. read more

A little oasis away from all the pretentiousness of Cambridge. Simple food and a lot of variety.

why do I love this place? -its family run -they have the funniest selection of food I've seen in a while -free wi-fi -good eats, cheap. -it smells like all the houses i grew up in. oddly comforting. sadly, they had disappointing boba tea and no bathroom, but I still love it. read more

So do you like lasagna? How about ice cream? Maybe you are jonesing for some sushi? Or maybe you'd like some baked goods. Or how about some Korean or Japanese noodles? Now....how would you like them all from the same place? No? Well, me either, as I haven't been all that impressed by much of the food at the Concord Avenue Cafe. But the food is just good enough to perhaps justify going to this little place in Huron Village, mainly because they have such an odd, quirky selection of foods. It's almost a novelty in some ways, which does help lure me here once in a great while. But now that the novelty has worn off, I find myself going to Armando's or Formaggio more often when I'm in Huron Village and need something to eat. read more

I've only tried the sushi here. But this place seems to have almost everything! from bubble tea, to drinks to sushi, to sandwiches..I swear I even jewelry on display! It's conveniently located and nice and quick. So all in all, A-OK! read more