Middle East Restaurant and Club
Middle Eastern restaurant · Cambridgeport ·
Live music venue serving Lebanese cuisine & affordable drinks
Live music venue serving Lebanese cuisine & affordable drinks
"Events in the Middle East’s downstairs venue can get expensive, but music lovers can catch shows on the Corner, in Zuzu, and Upstairs on the cheap. Tallboys are also cheap. Order the hummus and some grape leaves." - Eater Staff
"Most nights, The Middle East hosts multiple bands, with multiple stages throughout the space. Enjoy Lebanese cuisine and a PBR for under 10 bucks upstairs, before heading to the back (“Upstairs”) or downstairs to catch everything from touring rock acts to local hip hop artists." - Intrepid
"The Middle East in Cambridge’s Central Square—a beloved restaurant-slash-live-music venue—is hosting a Sunday breakdancing competition featuring the Floor Lords alongside teams competing in the Snipes Pro Breaking Tour." - Erika Adams
"One of Boston’s most iconic collections of indie stages, The Middle East is slated for demolition to make way for a six-story hotel with a new music venue, a change that highlights tensions between development and preserving small, community-centered stages." - Jennifer Henry
"A decades-old nightclub and music complex in Cambridge’s Central Square that first opened in 1969 and was purchased by the Sater family in late 2014, the venue encompasses three stages, restaurant and bar space (including Zuzu), and an adjacent nightclub that replaced a longstanding local spot a few years back. The property has been listed for sale, but co-owner Nabil Sater and the family say they expect any transaction or development to be distant and intend for the businesses to remain open; in a public message they pledged the clubs will continue operating and will be part of any development at 472-480 Mass Ave." - Rachel Leah Blumenthal