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Highland Avenue Cuisine Restaurant Review

2 Highland Ave. (Medford St.) Send to Phone
SomervilleMA 02143
617-625-8333 | Menu
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Highland Avenue Cuisine is an awkward yet capable and cheap Somerville outpost of Creole and African-inspired cooking.

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Open

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner daily

Features

  • Reservations suggested
  • Casual

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Straddling the last corner on Somerville's Highland Avenue is Highland Avenue Cuisine, an awkward yet capable and cheap outpost of Creole and African-inspired cooking. The design scheme looks like a suburban Chinese restaurant circa 1982: faded pink tablecloths, flickering torchieres, plastic-covered tables. Conch come swimming in a brown sauce that is smoky and unctuous; beef-veggie stew is particularly piquant. Each dish initiates a yummy onslaught of rice and beans, fried plantains and green salad. It amounts to a fair bang for your buck.

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