CITY OF SOMERVILLE
DIVERSITY CATALOG 2020–2021
WOB: Woman-owned business MOB: Minority-owned business VOB: Veteran-owned business 1 SUMMARY
Somerville believes it is important to highlight and support local minority and women-owned businesses, as it displays the beautiful mix of people and cultures that make Somerville such a vibrant city. Diversity is strength, and by supporting our diverse businesses, we are strengthening our community.
Somerville cares about supporting its businesses, as well as its immigrant and minority communities.
These are small business owners and entrepreneurs who have chosen to call Somerville home. This project allows us to showcase business run by people who have overcome historic barriers, and to help those businesses thrive.
2 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Accounting 4 Faith-Based Community Center 19 Architecture 5 Fitness 20 Art + Design 6 Hair Salon 24 Baked Goods 8 Health Care 26 Beauty Salon 10 Ice Cream Shop 30 Book Publisher 10 Kid’s Entertainment 30 Catering 11 Legal Services 31 Child Day Care Services 11 Media 31 Cleaning Services 12 Moving and Storage 32 Cocktail Bar 12 Music Education 32 Coffee Shop 13 Pet Care Services 33 Copyediting 14 Project Management 34 Dental Practice 15 Restaurant 36 E-Commerce 16 Retail 43 Education 17 Technology 47 Electrical Services 17 Video Production 48 Entertainment 18 Voluntary Event Planning 19 Employee Benefits 48
3 Accounting
ROBERT E. Accounting and tax NEWTON business. TAX CONSULTANT Primary Language: English Assembly Square (617) 852-2131 RobertENewtonTax.com
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Accounting
Working with small businesses on their ACCOUNTING bookkeeping by creating financial systems and FOR CREATIVITY maintaining financial records. Gilman Square (617) 335-7300 Accountingforcreativity.com Primary Language: English
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WOB: Woman-owned business MOB: Minority-owned business VOB: Veteran-owned business 4 Architecture RUNCIBLE We provide full Architectural STUDIOS services for custom residential, multifamily, commercial, and Union Square industrial projects. 440 Somerville Avenue RuncibleStudios.com
Primary Language: English
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Architecture
Yang Architects, LLC is an architectural design practice with a special interest in designing healthy workspaces. YANG We also have experience working in commercial retail ARCHITECTS, space as well as residential LLC renovations and additions. Davis Square For larger projects, we also (617) 335-7300 work as healthy building YangArch.com design consultants for larger architecture companies and for organizations (www. architecturalhealth.com).
Primary Language: English
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LGBTQIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual-owned business 5 Architecture
Ground, Inc. is an award-winning landscape architecture practice with a depth of experience. Our practice is committed to the creation of exceptional, artful and GROUND INC. sustainable landscape design. The firm was established with a Union Square foundation in creating landscapes GroundInc.com that unite aesthetics and ecology while being crafted at the highest technical level. Ground is certified as a Women Business Enterprise in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Primary Language: English
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Art + Design
Functional art for our GLASS everyday lives and PAPER occasional gift-giving, SCISSORS usually made of glass. Individually, handmade in Teele Square Somerville. GlassPaperbyKolika.com
Primary Language: English Other Languages: Bengali, Hindi
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WOB: Woman-owned business MOB: Minority-owned business VOB: Veteran-owned business 6 Art + Design
I am an illustrator making PAN + SCAN posters, zines, stickers, and ILLUSTRATION pins inspired by pop culture and women in film. Davis Square Etsy.com/shop/panandscan
Primary Language: English
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Art + Design
I create custom, colorful, large-scale abstract art SLOGANS for brands, walls (prints, FOR NOTHING textiles, and vinyl wraps for //ALLISON restaurants, hotels, offices, dispensaries, retail stores, TANENHAUS and homes), and bands Davis Square (album art and flyers), SlogansForNothing.com as well as am a creative copywriter for marketing and advertising projects.
Primary Language: English
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LGBTQIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual-owned business 7 Art + Design
Naiad Design is a NAIAD multidisciplinary studio offering DESIGN a broad range of design capabilities. The primary focus Gilman Square is on urban design and planning, 25 Madison St. including site planning, (617) 874-6000 development review, mapping, NaiadDesign.com design guidelines, and zoning. In addition, the studio offers graphic design services focused on visual communications for projects in the built realm, including transportation, architecture, community, and open space projects.
Primary Language: English Other Languages: French
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VINAL Baked Goods BAKERY
Union Square Vinal Bakery is a New 222 Somerville Ave. England-inspired bakery/cafe (617) 718-0148 specializing in English muffins. VinalBakery.com
Primary Language: English
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WOB: Woman-owned business MOB: Minority-owned business VOB: Veteran-owned business 8 Baked Goods
Preschool teacher by day and biscotti-baker and rice crispie- maker by night, Melly is self- taught and bakes from scratch, in small batches, with love. MELLY’S She’s truly excited to bring you COOKIES her simple selection of sweet confections: Biscotti and Rice Davis Square Crispies. Why Biscotti and Rice Crispies? Because you’re old MellysCookies.com enough to dunk but young- enough-at-heart to have fun! It’s the best of both worlds.
Melly’s Cookies is a Somerville- certified Residential Kitchen, proudly serving the Greater Boston area.
Primary Language: English
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Baked Goods 7ATE9 BAKERY Cafe/Bakery specializing in cheesecake. Prospect Hill 7Ate9Bakery.com
Primary Language: English
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LGBTQIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual-owned business 9 Beauty Salon
Facials, waxing, peels, reflexology, etc. SKIN SKEDADDLE Primary Language: English Teele Square [email protected]
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Book Publisher
BHARAT Sailaja Joshi searched for BABIES books about her Indian culture and upon reading Union Square the few stories that existed, BharatBabies.com Sailaja realized that many of them were inappropriate or worse, insensitive. Sailaja knew the power of representation and set out to change home libraries.
Primary Language: English
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WOB: Woman-owned business MOB: Minority-owned business VOB: Veteran-owned business 10 Catering
Rootastes is an innovative ROOTASTES workplace lunch service providing delicious, Union Square nutritionally-balanced meals, 5 Sanborn Court created by our in-house chef (857) 222-8237 and delivered to local offices. TheRootastes.com
Primary Language: English Other Languages: Thai
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Child Day Care Services
Montessori Method of LA PETITE Development and Education ENFANCE for Infant and Toddler. MONTESSORI SCHOOL Primary Language: Portuguese Other Languages: English Prospect Hill 450 McGrath Highway (617) 959-7859 LaPetiteEnfance Montessori.org/
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LGBTQIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual-owned business 11 Cleaning Services
OUTSTANDING Janitorial Services, cleaning CLEANING INC building interiors during and immediately after Winter Hill construction cleaning new WeWillCleanit.net building interiors immediately after construction.
Primary Language: Portuguese Other Languages: English
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Cocktail Bar
BRASS Brass Union is your friendly UNION neighborhood cocktail bar.
Union Square 70 Union Square Primary Language: English (617) 623-9211 BrassUnion.com
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WOB: Woman-owned business MOB: Minority-owned business VOB: Veteran-owned business 12 Cocktail Bar
Saloon is a subterranean SALOON cocktail lounge serving vintage cocktails and light Davis Square meals. 255 Elm Street (617) 628-4444 SaloonDavis.com Primary Language: English
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Coffee Shop
We are a cafe with an DIESEL emphasis on hand crafted CAFE food/drinks and great service in an amazing space! Davis Square 257 Elm Street (617) 693-8717 Diesel-Cafe.com Primary Language: English Other Languages: Japanese
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LGBTQIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual-owned business 13 Coffee Shop
BLOC We are a cafe located in an CAFE old bank building serving delicious food, amazing Union Square beverages and providing 11 Bow Street terrific service. We also have (617) 623-0000 a glorious outdoor courtyard. BlocSomerville.com
Primary Language: English Other Languages: Japanese
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Copyediting
I copyedit nonfiction web content, articles, reports, KJC EDITS papers, dissertations, and more. KJCedits.com
Primary Language: English
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WOB: Woman-owned business MOB: Minority-owned business VOB: Veteran-owned business 14 Dental Practice
SMILES BY We are an all-ages dental practice focused on treating ROSIE FAMILY dental-phobic and dental- DENTISTRY avoidant populations with a no-judgment approach. Winter Hill SmilesbyRosie.com
Primary Language: English
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Dental Practice SMILES General Dentistry for adults OVER and children, including urgent SOMERVILLE care and preventive services. Magoun Square 474 Broadway, Suite 110 Primary Language: English (617) 623-2223 Other Languages: Some Spanish DrChangDentist.com
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LGBTQIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual-owned business 15 E-Commerce
LUNCH CITY Lunch City Studio is a collection STUDIOS of art that celebrates the places where we belong. All Union Square of the artwork is created by LunchCityStudio.com artist and architect, Courtney Drake. Inspired by the places Courtney explored with her dog, Lunchbox. Every piece is designed to cultivate the connection between people and places. One tree is planted for every sale.
Primary Language: English
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E-Commerce/Restaurant
Grocery Outpost is helping GROCERY restaurants survive COVID-19 OUTPOST LLC and thrive in it’s aftermath by making it easy for them to offer Davis/Union Square groceries for pickup at their restaurant locations.
Primary Language: English
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WOB: Woman-owned business MOB: Minority-owned business VOB: Veteran-owned business 16 Education
I provide instructional design and curriculum development services for organizations, WEINBLOOM publishers, schools, and INSTRUCTIONAL companies. My specialty is transforming complex DESIGN ideas, sets of information, or Davis Square processes into material that Linkedin.com/in/ is easy to teach and to learn. weinbloom/
Primary Language: English
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Electrical Services
Electrical Services, Repairs, SINGH New construction, Data, ELECTRICAL, Security, Surveillance. LLC
Magoun Square Primary Language: English [email protected]
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LGBTQIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual-owned business 17 Entertainment—Performance
SIENA MOON Circus Art Performance. CIRCUS ART
Magoun Square Primary Language: English 617-653-0512 SienaMoon.com
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Entertainment—Restaurant THE ROCKWELL Comfortable 150 seat theater with a small bar. THEATRE Primary Language: English Davis Square 255 Elm Street (617) 628-4445 WOB TheRockwell.org
WOB: Woman-owned business MOB: Minority-owned business VOB: Veteran-owned business 18 Event Planning
Event planners that specialize in children’s parties. CONFETTI FRIENDS
Primary Language: English Union Square [email protected]
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Faith-Based Community Center
Connexion is a reimagined United Methodist Faith Community Center. We offer weekly Christian worship CONNEXION services, safe, accessible, and sacred community space, East Somerville and referral and emergency Facebook.com/ assistance. Connexion strives connexionumc/ to embody our name sake, a space in which folks from all walks of life can connect.
Primary Language: English
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LGBTQIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual-owned business 19 Faith-Based Community Center
Jewish community holding sabbath and holiday services and other religious activities. HAVURAT SHALOM Primary Language: English Davis Square TheHav.org/
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Fitness
Bad to the Barre are lo-impact, BAD TO full-body workout classes that THE BARRE combine attributes of Ballet, Pilates, dance, and functional fitness training. Instructors Union Square are Core Fusion Barre trained 16 Bow Street by Exhale, and Barre Intensity (617) 968-1695 certified for Barre, and Prenatal BadtotheBarre.com Fitness.
Primary Language: English
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We’re a unique neighborhood yoga BALL studio dedicated to recovering what SQUARE we believe to be the essence of yoga: a traditional yoga philosophy YOGA and practice available to everyone. Yoga is for EVERY BODY! We’re Ball Square dedicated to teaching basic yoga 730 Broadway for beginners as well as providing guidance & support for more (617) 678-7534 advanced levels, and in various BallSquareYoga.com forms of practice such as Yin, Vinyasa, Hatha, Trauma-Sensitive, and Holy Yoga.
Primary Language: English Other Languages: Polish
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Dance Union is a studio which is also the home of The Tango Society of DANCE Boston. It offers classes in Argentine Tango, Brazilian Samba, Blues, UNION/TANGO Zumba, Salsa and other special SOCIETY OF programs. It also offers monthly social dancing in Tango, Blues, BOSTON Samba. There are multicultural events such as music of the world Union Square workshops and the Annual Boston 16 Bow Street Tango Festival which brings people (617) 214-8727 from many other states and several countries. The studio has been used BostonTango.com in several film productions and other special events.
Primary Language: English Other Languages: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
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LGBTQIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual-owned business 21 Fitness
Want to learn to fly? Want some excitement in your ESH fitness routine? Just want to have fun? Circus classes at CIRCUS ARTS Esh focus on building strength and confidence, developing Union Square body awareness, and learning EshCircusArts.com to move and think creatively while maintaining an emphasis on proper technique and injury prevention. Our small classes allow students of all levels to learn at their own pace, with movements tailored to each student’s skill and fitness level.
Primary Language: English
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Fitness FLY TOGETHER Fly Together Fitness is a FITNESS pole and dance studio in Somerville. Davis/Magoun Square/ Spring Hill 31 Woodbine Street Primary Language: English FlyTogetherFitness.com
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I teach virtual yoga classes and massage workshops. I hope to return to massage MASS METTA when it is safe to do so. MESSAGE AND YOGA Primary Language: English East Somerville 60 Tufts Street (617) 955-3036 MassMettaMassage.com
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Fitness OH BABY! Oh Baby! Somerville offers SOMERVILLE safe, lo-impact, and effective fitness classes for new moms Union Square and moms-to-be. 16 Bow Street (617) 968-1695 BadtotheBarre.com
Primary Language: English
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LGBTQIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual-owned business 23 Fitness
ZUMBA Zumba with Jess offers WITH JESS award winning fitness classes with kick-ass instructors. Union Square 16 Bow Street (617) 968-1695 Primary Language: English BadtotheBarre.com
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Hair Salon AMAL NICCOLI SALON/ Full service hair and skin salon and massage and KENKODO acupuncture clinic. CLINIC
Ball Square Primary Language: English 731 Broadway/ 735 Broadway (617) 666-0722 WOB AmalNiccoli.com KenkoDoclinic.com
WOB: Woman-owned business MOB: Minority-owned business VOB: Veteran-owned business 24 Hair Salon
We are an international Salon and Spa owned and operated by international women. We provide BEAUTY WORKS natural services and in the Spa our main goal is to help balancing all our HAIR & SPA clients life pillars physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually by using Davis Square techniques to release and balance 622 Somervile Avenue energy with treatments using pure (617) 852-4476 therapeutic essential oils. We have @vanessabeautyworks great results and referrals.
Primary Language: Portuguese, Spanish Other Languages: English
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Hair Salon STUDIO M Unisex hair salon/barbershop. BARBERSHOP SALON
Primary Language: English Spring Hill 583 Somerville Avenue (617) 776-4507 StudioMBarbershopSalon.com
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LGBTQIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual-owned business 25 Health Care
Outpatient physical therapy PROBODY clinic treating various PHYSICAL orthopedic conditions, pre and post surgeries, balance THERAPY, LLC disorders, and injuries. Prospect Hill Probodyptma.com Primary Language: Spanish Other Languages: English
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Health Care
SERENITY I provide pain management WELLNESS treatments with a focus on postural correction. In MASSAGE addition to skincare services for multicultural skin and Gilman Square customized solutions for 343 Medford Street acne skin. (617) 431-6616 SerenitywellnessMassage.com
Primary Language: English
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WOB: Woman-owned business MOB: Minority-owned business VOB: Veteran-owned business 26 Health Care
As a psychotherapist, I help adults and families to promote a better quality of life through professional, personal, linguistic or cultural transitions. I like to support any DOMINIQUE form of creative process. I also STASSART, support parents in their parenting, in adjusting to the birth of a LICSW child, raising several children, in navigating school systems, in finding Union Square resources for a child with learning DominiqueStassart.com or other disabilities, or figuring out co-parenting in the process of separating.
Primary Language: English Other Languages: French
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Health Care
Providing pelvic health physical EMBRACE therapy for all genders including PHYSICAL pregnancy and postpartum care, treatment for urinary THERAPY incontinence, pelvic pain, pelvic &WELLNESS organ prolapse, constipation, and gender affirming surgery. (617) 440-5657
Primary Language: English
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LGBTQIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual-owned business 27 Health Care
GREAT WAY Wellness center providing acupuncture, Chinese herbs, WELLNESS private yoga instruction and CENTER massage.
Davis Square GreatwayWellness.com Primary Language: English
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Health Care FLYING
TURTLE Acupuncture clinic also HEALING ARTS offering Chinese herbal medicine, reiki, cupping Davis Square and trigger point dry FlyingTurtleHealingArts.com needling services.
Primary Language: English
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LOOKING We provide individual & group psychotherapy to GLASS adults with a variety of COUNSELING mental health needs. We are committed to quality and Davis Square compassionate care in a 255 Elm Street, Suite 201 non-judgmental and (617) 702-9131 collaborative atmosphere. LookingGlassCounseling.net
Primary Language: English
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Health Care OPEN SPACE Affordable Acupuncture in a COMMUNITY Community Setting. ACUPUNCTURE
Union Square Primary Language: English 70 Union Square Other Languages: Spanish (617) 627-9700 OpenSpaceAcupuncture.com
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LGBTQIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual-owned business 29 Ice Cream Shop FORGE BAKING CO. We are a bakery/cafe and & FORGE ice cream shop. We make [almost] every thing in- ICE CREAM house, using the highest quality ingredients. We Porter Square are located in a beautiful, 626A Somerville Avenue old warehouse space, with (617) 764-5365 windows into our ForgeBakingco.com production areas.
Primary Language: English Other Languages: Japanese
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Kid’s Entertainment
Play Union is a drop-in PLAY UNION, LLC pretend play and craft center. A place for kids to Union Square explore, imagine, create, 378 Somerville Avenue and most of all play. You can (617) 764-3570 meet up with your friends, PlayUnionSomerville.com make new ones and be part of the community. Play Union is also available for birthday parties and as a space rental.
Primary Language: English
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WOB: Woman-owned business MOB: Minority-owned business VOB: Veteran-owned business 30 Legal Services
We work with individuals and families who call the US their home. We handle family petitions, asylum applications, MARZOUK immigration court cases, bond hearings, appeals, work permit LAW, LLC cards, consular processing, Union Square and more. MarzoukLaw.com
Primary Language: English Other Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Cape Verdean Creole
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Media
Videography, Video production, and Video Editing. WEISSWOMAN
Primary Language: English PRODUCTIONS
WOB WeisswomanProductions.com
LGBTQIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual-owned business 31 Moving & Storage
YOUR Residential and Commercial MOVE, INC Moving and storage. Union Square 19 Adrian Street Primary Language: English (617) 623-8545 YourMoveInc.com WOB
Music Education
We contribute our knowledge and expertise in the field of music education to the Somerville THE community. We offer piano, drums and music theory lessons SWEETBEATS in all musical styles from the INC. Western classical to jazz, rock, funk, pop and more. We are Union Square graduates of Berklee College of Music, Boston Conservatory and 175 Beacon Street #213 St.Petersburg State Conservatory (617) 838-3718 (Russia). We’re passionate about TheSweetbeatsBand.com educating kids and adults of any age and background. Our mission is to help bring music culture to our community by educating people and make music lessons affordable to all.
Primary Language: English, Russian
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WOB: Woman-owned business MOB: Minority-owned business VOB: Veteran-owned business 32 Pet Care Services ADVENTURE PUPS We’re New England’s first dog walking cooperative! COOPERATIVE We offer dog walks, hikes, playgroups, pet sitting, and All of Somerville! private training in Somerville, (781) 507-1723 Cambridge, Medford, and AdventurePupsCooperative.com Arlington.
Primary Language: English
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Pet Care Services
Pet Grooming For Dogs & Cats, Pet Supplies, In Home Cat & Exotic Sitting Service, Giftware for pets and the STINKY’S people who love them. KITTENS & DOGGIES TOO
Primary Language: English Ball Square 110 Bristol Road MOB WOB (617) 623-0265 StinkysKittens-DoggiesToo.com
LGBTQIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual-owned business 33 Project Management
At North America Development we are committed to quality construction and customer NORTH AMERICA satisfaction. We are not only familiar with the general DEVELOPMENT construction and rehabbing process of real estate but also LLC with our investors expectations with regards to their investment. Winter Hill If you’re a real estate investor looking to rehab a property for NorthAmericanDevelopment.com resale purpose we will work with you to make the project workflow as smooth as possible. We aspire to make a complex building process as painless as possible.
Primary Language: English
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Project Management
ARROW TIME We provide project and CONSULTANTS program management services as well as scheduling and LLC project controls. Boynton Yards 42 Medford Street (781) 985-9007 Primary Language: English Other Languages: Spanish ArrowTimeConsultants.com
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We manage construction projects from conception to completion. HOLM & ASSOCIATES, INC Primary Language: English Holm-Associates.com LGBTQIA WOB
Restaurants
Breakfast and lunch diner. BUDDY’S DINER
Primary Language: English Other Languages: Portuguese East Somerville 113 Washington Street (617) 501-4187
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LGBTQIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual-owned business 35 Restaurants
DADDY Neighborhood restaurant and JONES BAR community engagement bar.
Magoun Square DaddyJonesBar.com Primary Language: English
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Restaurants
FASIKA Ethiopian restaurant. RESTAURANT
East Somerville Primary Language: English 145 Broadway Other Languages: Amharic (617) 628-9300 FasikaRestaurants.com
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WOB: Woman-owned business MOB: Minority-owned business VOB: Veteran-owned business 36 Restaurant
FOUNDRY Foundry on Elm is a comfortable restaurant ON ELM serving high quality food Davis Square and drinks. 255 Elm Street (617) 628-9999 FoundryonElm.com Primary Language: English
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Restaurant
JULIET All day cafe style restaurant plus special occasion dining Union Square at night. 21 Union Square (617) 718-0958 JulietSomerville.com Primary Language: English
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LGBTQIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual-owned business 37 Restaurant
LOS PAISANOS Mexican Salvadorean food.
East Somerville 62 Broadway Primary Language: English (617) 629-3502 Other Languages: Spanish LosPaisanosRestaurant.com
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Restaurant
Asian restaurant. LOTUS XPRESS
East Somerville Primary Language: English LotusXpress.com
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WOB: Woman-owned business MOB: Minority-owned business VOB: Veteran-owned business 38 Restaurant
Machu Picchu proudly serves peruvian cuisine using the MACHU fresh and native ingridients PICCHU from Peru. Union Square MachuPicchuBoston.com
Primary Language: Spanish Other Languages: English
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Restaurant
Modern touch of northern Indian cuisine. MASALA SQUARE
Primary Language: Punjabi Union Square Other Languages: English MasalaSquareSomerville.com
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LGBTQIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual-owned business 39 Restaurant
THE Food and drinks. NEIGHBORHOOD
Union Square Primary Language: Portuguese Other Languages: English TheNeighborhoodRestaurant.com
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Restaurant
PEPI’S PIZZERIA Pasta, pizza, subs.
Magoun Square 516B Medford Street Primary Language: English Other Languages: Spanish (617) 628-5555 PepisPizzeria.com MOB
WOB: Woman-owned business MOB: Minority-owned business VOB: Veteran-owned business 40 Restaurant
We’re a feminist natural wine bar! REBEL REBEL
Union Square Primary Language: Spanish 1 Bow Market Way, Suite 2 RebelRebelSomerville.com
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Restaurant
Mexican food.
RECINOS Primary Language: Spanish Other Languages: English CAFE
Assembly Square MOB 85 Broadway (617) 764-1375
LGBTQIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual-owned business 41 Restaurant SARMA Sarma is restaurant and bar RESTAURANT where food, drink and music come together in a vibrant WinterHill celebration of the good things in 249 Pearl Street life. Modeled after the traditional (617) 764-4464 meyhanes of Turkey, the menu is SarmaRestaurant.com a large selection of small plates ( meze ) that are designed to be shared alongside food-friendly cocktails, craft beers or a glass of wine from a small, but carefully selected list.
Primary Language: English
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Restaurant
We are a counter-service SAUS restaurant serving vegetarian/vegan eats with Union Square a focus on scratch made 1 Bow Market Way, Unit 12 condiments and FRENCH SausBoston.com FRIES!
Primary Language: English Other Languages: Mandarin, Assyrian
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The Independent is Union THE Square’s friendly neighborhood pub since 2001. INDEPENDENT
Union Square 75 Union Square Primary Language: English (617) 440-6022 TheIndo.com WOB
Retail
All She Wrote Books is a ALL SHE WROTE feminist bookstore that prides BOOKS, LLC itself in stocking new and used books featuring female, queer Assembly Square and non-binary authors of all 451 Artisan Way genres. (617) 440-4623 AllSheWroteBooks.com
Primary Language: English
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LGBTQIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual-owned business 43 Retail
BICYCLE Bicycle shop, focusing on BELLE Cargo, family and city bikes.
Porter Square 368 Beacon Street Primary Language: English (617) 661-0969 BicycleBelleBoston.com
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Retail
Cell Phone Repairs - Tablet BOSTON Repairs - Computer Repairs. MOBILE
IPHONE Primary Language: English Other Languages: Italian, Spanish, REPAIRS Romanian Union Square 27 Union Square (858) 848-9004
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Handmade goods, home decor, art and locally- HOMESLICE made gifts. Union Square 1 Bow Market Way, #29 HomesliceShop.com Primary Language: English
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Retail
We design loungewear that’s I LOVE luxuriously soft, eco-friendly and made in USA. MY NIGHTY
Wilson Square ILoveMyNighty.com Primary Language: English
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LGBTQIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual-owned business 45 Retail
INTERNATIONAL Optical store. OPTICAL
Union Square Primary Language: Portuguese 311 Somerville Avenue Other Languages: English (617) 776-6300 InternationalOpticalusa.com
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L’OPTIQUE Private Eyewear Stylist/ BOUTIQUE Optician offering concierge service virtually and live. Ball Square (617) 840-8041 LoptiqueBoutique.com Primary Language: English Other Languages: Italian
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WOB: Woman-owned business MOB: Minority-owned business VOB: Veteran-owned business 46 Technology
TotoCompany is a mobile app that helps micro businesses, artists, TOTO performers, makers and & COMPANY small mom-and-pop local businesses stay top of mind Teele Square and always within reach of Totocompany.live/ their target customer base. The app is designed to grow diverse interest-based communities among users, plan events, plan a local night-out, or future travel and support local economy. Without the ads, sponsored content and gimmicks, this app is a list of answers and recommendations from users like you- neighbors, friends, locals and fellow travelers- people with similar interests, customized by categories that you choose.
Primary Language: English Other Languages: Bengali, Hindi
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LGBTQIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual-owned business 47 Video Productions
Good Life Productions GOOD LIFE creates professional, award PRODUCTIONS winning video content. And we have fun doing it. Davis Square We promise you will too. GoodLifeProductions.net
Primary Language: English
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Voluntary Employee Benefits
Provide these highly desired LEGAL Voluntary Employee Benefits, SHIELD Legal Insurance and Identity Theft Restoration, to your Ball Square employees in the form of an Jowelch.WeAreLegalShield.com easy to use app and bring them and your business, peace of mind.
Primary Language: English Other Languages: Spanish, ASL
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WOB: Woman-owned business MOB: Minority-owned business VOB: Veteran-owned business 48 BROUGHT TO YOU BY Somerville’s Economic Development Team [email protected]
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