Muqueca Restaurant
Brazilian restaurant · Wellington Harrington
1008 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02141
Highlights
Brazilian seafood stew in traditional clay pots is the main attraction
Brazilian seafood stew in traditional clay pots is the main attraction
"As much as we love New England seafood, sometimes our omnipresent fried platters leave us craving something less… beige. For an entirely different (and much more colorful) seafood experience, head to Muqueca in Inman Square. This Brazilian spot serves big seafood stews, curries, and whole roasted fish, and does it in a casual dining room with a bunch of regulars. It’s almost always easy to get a table here, which, once you realize how good the namesake Brazilian stew is, will seem like a bigger mystery than the Gardner museum heist. Get the moqueca with fish, shrimp, and mussels, and thank us later." - dan secatore, tanya edwards
"Once you try this Inman Square restaurant’s namesake hearty Brazilian seafood stew, you’ll want to make this dining room your second home—or at least become a faithful regular, especially on cold winter nights. The dish is impossibly comforting, with generous portions of tender fish, shrimp, and calamari. But the seafood-heavy menu, with must-orders like deep-fried red snapper and shrimp bobo, is a treat year-round. And don’t miss Muqueca’s sleeper hit: the non-alcoholic juice line-up, which has stuff like a pineapple-and-mint concoction and a mango-and-papaya blend." - tanya edwards, megan zhang, dan secatore, catherine smart, jonathan smith
"We’d like some MIT researchers to conduct a double-blind study to determine if merely humming The Girl From Ipanama makes you warmer. Because we definitely think that’s true every time we walk into Muqueca, a Brazilian beach shack of a restaurant in Inman Square. If nothing else, the big, flavorful fish stews will warm you up. But be sure to start with either the namesake moqueca or the shrimp bobo." - dan secatore
"Places that don’t take online reservation are oddly refreshing. Since nobody even remembers how to talk on the phone anymore, you know these spots will never be booked. Muqueca in Inman Square is one such place, and it’s got a big menu of really flavorful Brazilian specialties (heavy on, but not exclusively seafood) that you’ll come to love. Keep it in mind the next time the requirements for your last-minute dinner include fish stew and a dining room that feels like an artists hostel on Copacabana." - dan secatore
"There are two compelling reasons to go to Muqueca. First, their namesake stew - a simmering seafood dish made with coconut milk, garlic, and coriander - is great for almost any occasion, but perfect in the seasons not named summer. Second, they make a plantain lasagna, which sounds unusual but is actually more memorable than any lasagna in the North End. The rest of the menu also has lots of Brazillian staples like feijoada and bacalao, making up the other 32 reasons you should check this place out." - joel ang
