We go here ☺️
8 places we've deemed reliably safe. We always check the menu and with the staff.
| Place | Link | Details | Last checked |
| Remnant Brewing - Taproom and Cafe | [link] | Jun 2025 | |
| Carolicious Gourmet | [link] | Venezuelan arepas: AMAZING. | Jun 2025 |
| Beantown Taqueria | [link] | Jun 2025 | |
| Naco Taco | [link] | Jun 2025 | |
| Veggie Galaxy | [link] | The dining menu is fully safe; the bakery goods are not, but are kept separate | Jun 2025 |
| Buenas | [link] | Tasty empanadas! | Jun 2025 |
| Mama Gina's Pizzeria | [link] | Jun 2025 | |
| Koreana | [link] | Jun 2025 |
We go here cautiously 🙂
6 places we've deemed contextually safe, given the below details. We always check the menu and with the staff.
| Place | Link | Details | Last checked |
| Vinal General Store | [link] | The general store is safe for sandwiches; the softserve is not (sometimes they put nutty flavors in the machine). The next-door Vinal Bakery is not safe. | Jun 2025 |
| Neighborhood Restaurant | [link] | Omelets, egg/potato dishes only: they have a banana nutella crepe, so we avoid the pancake/crepe/waffle section and the bakery. | Jun 2025 |
| Petra | [link] | Safe as of last visit, but the owner said they are planning to add muhammara soon (which contains walnuts); when they do, we will stop going here. Kitchen is way too small to plausibly prevent cross-contamination. | Jun 2025 |
| Bloc | [link] | Coffee drinks only! The baked goods and sandwiches are not safe: the sandwich components are prepared in the kitchen of Forge which makes muhammara (which contains walnuts) so even though the menu might look safe, as far as we know it is not. | Jun 2025 |
| Forge Baking Co. & Ice Cream Bar | [link] | Coffee drinks only! The kitchen makes muhammara (contains walnuts), the bakery makes various nutty pastries. | Jun 2025 |
| Page & Leaf Cafe | [link] | Coffee drinks only! Baked goods, food, and smoothies are not. (Same owners, shared bakery, and menu concerns as as Bloc, Diesel, and Forge) | Jun 2025 |
We would like to go here 😢
2 places that have only a single nutty item on their menu, such that they could become safe with a slight menu change. We optimistically recheck their menus in the hopes that they have become safe.
| Place | Link | Details | Last checked |
| Saus at Bow Market | [link] | They have cups of roasted peanuts in the kitchen as sides with the sandwiches. :( | Jun 2025 |
| Mike & Patty's | [link] | They have a fluffernutter sandwich :(. They used to be safe until they added this (and kept it around) for Somerville Fluff Fest. | Jun 2025 |
We could never go here 🫥
3 places that are too nutty to ever reasonably be safe, barring a huge menu overhaul.
| Place | Link | Details | Last checked |
| Union Square Donuts | [link] | Too many donuts have nuts on them or in them. | Jun 2025 |
| Himalayan Kitchen | [link] | The menu is inconclusive regarding if they make their sauces with nuts. We tried to call once (circa 2022) and the person who answered the phone was not helpful and not willing to go ask the necessary questions. We assume that we can't go here. | Jun 2025 |
| Life Alive Organic Cafe | [link] | Everything has peanut butter | Jun 2025 |