Located behind the West Newton Cinema, L'Aroma is a tea, coffee, lunch and breakfast shop and bakery with locations in Boston and in Newton, on Spencer Street. The cafe features seating on two floors and offers a selection of fine coffee, tea and espresso drinks, in addition to serving breakfast, bagels, sandwiches, salads, fresh baked goods and gelato. L'Aroma also sells bulk coffee and tea, ceramic ware, tea accessories and gift certificates. A gallery featuring new paintings and photographs each month is located throughout both floors. The cafe can be reached from the alley to the left of West Newton Cinema.
You'll find owner Kay Wiggin hard at work early every morning at the Quebrada Baking Company, preparing freshly baked treats for the day. The cozy neighborhood bakery uses only fresh ingredients, offering everything from breads to decadent desserts. Catering services are also available with advance notice. Visit the Quedraba Baking Company Web site to sign up for the bakery's online newsletter, which keeps the most loyal customers up to date.
This bakery is set up just opposite the lake in a cottage-like space with its own lot. They specialize in gingerbread houses but also offer all manner of coffee and espresso drinks, muffins, biscotti and cookies. Houses are a common corporate gift and customers can order on their very expansive website.
Lily's Cafe offers homecooked meals for breakfast and lunch, daily. It aims to offer the freshest ingridients at a great price.
Eastern Lamejun Bakers does an excellent job of creating lamejun, or as it commonly known, armenian pizza. It has a large assortment of feta cheeses such as French, Greek, Armenian and Bulgarian. It also has many Middle Eastern food products.
Stony Brook Acres is a local market offering produce, deli selections, breads, pies and pastries. They also carry a wide selection of flowers, plants, soil, gravel, stone and sand as well as ice cream, fudge, cheese and milk.