Porter Square

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About this Neighborhood

Porter Square sits around the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Somerville Avenue, between Harvard and Davis Squares, spanning Cambridge and Somerville. Porter Square station serves both the MBTA Red Line and the Commuter Rail Fitchburg Line, and a major part of the Lesley University campus falls inside the area. Forty-seven restaurants and 12 coffee shops make eating out the default. The food leans Japanese, with ramen restaurants, noodle restaurants and tea rooms among the most common nearby place types, alongside coffee shops, cafés, a shopping mall and bars. Four grocery stores, seven parks, seven gyms and one court fill in around them. The Vibe Score is 54, with the shortfall on grocery depth rather than on dining.