Somerville has become a magnet for talented indie chef/owners like Cassie Piuma. With her celebrated partner Ana Sortun, she’s made Sarma into an inviting neighborhood space with skilled bartenders and a dazzling take on meze from around the Mediterranean, especially the eastern end, from Turkey to Egypt. Don’t know what crab and red lentil kibbeh, lamb tantuni, scallop nayeh, green apple fatoush and cauliflower fatte are? You need to get to Sarma to find out right now.
Sarma
249 Pearl St., Somerville • (617) 764-4464
sarmarestaurant.com
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Middle Eastern
2014 Winner: Sarma
The menu provides a helpful glossary of potentially unfamiliar terms, but the appeal of Sarma’s exceptional meze—hot dates stuffed with goat cheese...
- 249 Pearl St., Somerville
- (617) 764-4464
- sarmarestaurant.com
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Middle Eastern
2017 Winner: Sarma
Chef/co-owner Cassie Piuma continues to beguile at this casually warm, inviting spot at the edge of Winter Hill...
- 249 Pearl St., Somerville
- (617) 764-4464
- sarmarestaurant.com
Photo Credit: Diego Navarro -
Middle Eastern
2018 Winner: Our Fathers
- 197 N. Harvard St., Boston
- (617) 303-0101
- https://ourfathersboston.com
Photo Credit: Holly Rike
