Best Restaurant — Middle Eastern
The Middle East
In an era of disappearing local stages, the Middle East is a mecca for Boston-area lovers of live indie music. Its four performance venues— Upstairs, ZuZu’s, The Corner, and Downstairs — are central to Boston’s rock and hip-hop scenes. (No surprise it’s your pick for the city’s best hip-hop and rock venue.) But its pleasures don’t end there. THE MIDDLE EAST restaurant adjacent to Upstairs serves solid, traditional Middle Eastern meze, salads, and sandwiches at prices a struggling musician can afford. The cool, well-worn atmosphere boasts all the local color that you would expect such an indispensable resource of a nightclub to attract: musicians, DJs, artists, and the students and older fans who love them.
THE MIDDLE EAST | 472 Mass Ave, Cambridge | 617.864.3278 | mideastclub.com
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