Urban Hearth is one of the best american restaurants in Boston for date night, especially if you want a strong option in Cambridge.
Urban Hearth is, at its core, Chef Erin Miller's argument that serious fine dining belongs in the neighborhoods — not downtown, not in a hotel corridor, but in Inman Square, where Cambridge still operates on human scale.
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Urban Hearth works for date night in Cambridge because the room and the food both help the evening land. Laminated buttermilk biscuit with smoked maple miso butter and Heirloom tomato salad with whipped goat cheese and black sesame togarashi crisps also give you a decent sense of the menu. It also holds a 9.4 rating across 372 Google reviews.
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Urban Hearth is a American restaurant located in Cambridge, Boston. Urban Hearth is, at its core, Chef Erin Miller's argument that serious fine dining belongs in the neighborhoods — not downtown, not in a hotel corridor, but in Inman Square, where Cambridge still operates on human scale.
Urban Hearth is best for fine dining, hidden gem, date night. Urban Hearth works for date night in Cambridge because the room and the food both help the evening land. Laminated buttermilk biscuit with smoked maple miso butter and Heirloom tomato salad with whipped goat cheese and black sesame togarashi crisps also give you a decent sense of the menu. It also holds a 9.4 rating across 372 Google reviews.
Urban Hearth is in the Moderate spend price range ($$). Google rating: 9.4 from 372 reviews
Start with Laminated buttermilk biscuit with smoked maple miso butter, Heirloom tomato salad with whipped goat cheese and black sesame togarashi crisps, Fazzoletti pasta with broccolini, saffron sauce, ricotta, and hyssop chermoula and Maine lobster with elderflower vinaigrette and brown butter. These dishes are shown from TastyPals notes or restaurant data on this page.
Urban Hearth holds a 9.4 Google rating from 372 reviews. Urban Hearth works for date night in Cambridge because the room and the food both help the evening land. Laminated buttermilk biscuit with smoked maple miso butter and Heirloom tomato salad with whipped goat cheese and black sesame togarashi crisps also give you a decent sense of the menu. It also holds a 9.4 rating across 372 Google reviews.
Urban Hearth is located at 1281 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Directions are available via Google Maps.
Yes — Urban Hearth is tagged for date night dining. Urban Hearth works for date night in Cambridge because the room and the food both help the evening land. Laminated buttermilk biscuit with smoked maple miso butter and Heirloom tomato salad with whipped goat cheese and black sesame togarashi crisps also give you a decent sense of the menu. It also holds a 9.4 rating across 372 Google reviews.
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