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Cambridge, MA 02140. Family owned Cafe Barada reopened after renovation. Fattouch salad with grilled lamb. The salad consists of lettuce, tomato, cucumbers, onion, parsley, baked pita bread, spices, feta cheese and house dressing. Photographed on July 26, 2013. (Katherine Taylor for the Boston Globe)Katherine Taylor for The Boston Globe


Cafe Barada


In mid-June, after closing for several months for an extensive renovation, Cafe Barada re-opened. Designer Nichole Carroll of Carroll Design Studio in Cambridge has done a remarkable job revamping a 19-seat space into a 49-seat dining room, with curvy red beaded hanging pendants, black spherical pendants, a black-and-tan tile wall with peekaboo cutouts to hide the kitchen, and banquettes upholstered in maroon and cream in another spherical pattern.


Read the Globe review. (Sheryl Julian/Globe Staff)


2269 Massachusetts Ave., North Cambridge. 617-354-2112







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