Divine food for brilliant minds
It’s often difficult to verbalize the aspirations we have for Common Kitchen, but one goal I sometimes have is to make the list of eminent companies Guru the Caterer mentions on their home page.
Guru’s core business is delivering boxed lunches to a number of drop-off locations around Cambridge and Somerville. His main clientele are Indians working in the area’s technology companies and/or graduate engineering programs, hence his tagline, “Divine food for brilliant minds.” In the past year or so, the business has expanded to include take-out from the Teele Square storefront (on Broadway in Somerville) where the business did its cooking.
The menu is not limited in the long term, but on any given day Guru only has a few dishes available, generally a vegetarian combo and a meat combo. This means that for people like me, with a very limited knowledge of Indian cuisine, it’s simple to order: meat or vegetarian, and then we take what we get. The combos include flatbread, rice, and a vegetable side dish.
We tend to work on our own in the mornings, then meet and tag-team on thorny problems in the afternoon. At least for the past few months, this has meant I’ve been going by Guru’s storefront at lunchtime on a regular basis. As I’ve noted, I’m not an experienced critic of Indian food, but I learned years ago not to ask too many questions before I’ve done some eating, and Guru has kept us coming back on a regular basis. A smiling face in greeting (which sometimes, I’ll admit, belongs to the owner’s four-year-old daughter) never hurts, either.
It’s not a storefront which inspires instant confidence, but if you’re looking for lunch in the western end of Somerville, it’s worth taking a walk over to Guru’s.
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