"Abuela’s Table — a Mexican restaurant from the owners behind Somerville’s Tu Y Yo — is located inside the former home of neighborhood cornerstone Oriental de Cuba, which shut down in 2023. This little spot had some big shoes to fill, given the former tenant, but it’s doing a fantastic job rising to the occasion. Order the spread of five tamales to dip into the zingy house hot sauce, load up with the chicharron taco plate, and don’t forget to try the crunchy tacos de chapulines, rolled and stuffed with grasshoppers and chiles." - Terrence Doyle