Grocery Shopping & Markets

Network Update ~ Shopping & Markets

Updated Grocery and Marketing Options

Bike and Store Delivery & Curbside Pickup ~ Local Markets

Still the best practice for those who are 60 and up or have underlying health conditions. Some restaurants such as Forge and Panera offer groceries for pick up or bike delivery. We list local options first, followed by larger commercial sources in the section below. Then the stores with senior hours.

🚴🏼‍♀️ Free Volunteer Bike delivery 🚴🏼‍♀️

An option for those over 60 and other vulnerable residents in Cambridge and Somerville. Deliveries are available from stores that do curbside pickup. Some of the participating markets are flagged below with this symbol: 🚴🏼‍♀️ When you visit the bike delivery page you will find other stores available as well.

Two hardware stores are also participating: Tags and Inman Square Hardware.

Important: this is a four step process,

Request a bike delivery person through the link below or by phone
The volunteer will contact you to arrange first details
Order from the store by web or phone
Once you are notified when order will be ready, coordinate pickup and delivery with your volunteer.

For more information follow this link. There is a more detailed list of all the stores that are participating and how they take orders on that page. The form to request a volunteer for bicycle delivery is there and here or you may call 617-491-8888 to be connected with a volunteer.

Curbside or Delivery Options

Broadway Marketplace (Harvard Square)

Delivering through Mercato. See below and soon will have curbside pickup. See website for ordering and information.

Cambridge Naturals (Porter Square) 🚴🏼‍♀️

Offers curbside pickup and bike delivery.

Information here or call 617-492-4452 to order

Capone Foods (Union Square)

Curbside Pickup, use website link to order.

Cardullo’s (Harvard Square) 🚴🏼‍♀️

Curbside pickup and bike delivery use use website link to order, or call 617-491-8888.

Dave’s Fresh Pasta, (Davis Square) 🚴🏼‍♀️

Curbside pickup, bike delivery, or free delivery within 2 miles of the store.

Use website to here to order .

Forge Bakery (Somerville Ave) 🚴🏼‍♀️

Offering both their usual prepared food and groceries. Use website link to order "pickup" for bike delivery.

Formaggio’s (Huron Village & Kendall Square) 🚴🏼‍♀️

Huron & Kendall stores have slightly different services available for delivery or curbside pickup. Place an order for pickup using their online form here. Curbside and bike delivery

McKinnon's Meat Market (Davis Square) 🚴🏼‍♀️

Call to check they are still doing curbside and bike pickup.

617-666-0888. See info here.

Neighborhood Produce (Winter Hill, Somerville) 🚴🏼‍♀️

Follow this link for information and ordering.

Nussli 118 (Central Square) 🚴🏼‍♀️

Vegan food and prepared food. More information here.

Pemberton’s Market (North Cambridge) 🚴🏼‍♀️

Now offers bike delivery. Has a waiting list for taking on new customers for regular delivery nearby, which is currently multiple weeks out. You can email to inquire, but if you do not hear back from them you will be placed on the waiting list. Email Denna here for information.

Panera (Porter Square)

Has expanded their offerings to include fresh produce and bread. They offer both delivery and low contact in-store pickup. Information here.

Russo’s: (Watertown)

Offers four pre selected boxes of bread, produce, past etc. for curbside delivery to your trunk. See website for information.

Somerville Winter Pre-order Farmer's Market

Operates only on Saturdays. Place an online order. Offers curbside delivery for those 65 and those who are especially vulnerable. The only place we are aware of that charges a fee for this, $3. See website for more information. See the curbside pick-up section here.

Target in theory offers curbside delivery of certain items at select stores. Only a limited number of items are available for curbside delivery. Woburn is the only "local" store we found with curbside delivery. Stores also offer same day delivery of some items through Shipt.

Violette Gluten Free Bakery

Is making deliveries for a fee based on location also offers curbside pickup. For infomation see their webpage.

Mercato is an online delivery service that delivers groceries from several local stores, (see partial list below.) We have been cautioned that there have been problems with deliveries lately including: coming on the wrong day, being delivered to the wrong address, and having difficulty reaching anyone in customer service. People also report having difficulty canceling their 14 day trial period. However, since options are quite limited right now I am listing them with this warning. Here is the link.

They deliver from

Wilson Farms

Russo's

Savenor's

and others

Many restaurants are also continuing to offer deliveries

Delivery from Online Sources & Large Chains

During this crisis many report having great difficulty securing a delivery slot. Some have success by trying early in the morning, trying repeatedly, or trying at various times throughout the day. We wish you luck in the delivery lottery.

It can be challenging if you have not ordered this way before. If you do not already have an account with these services you may need to open one with your email and delivery addresses and credit card information before you can shop.

Here are the services, with clickable links to their webpages and the stores for which they deliver:

AmazonFresh, delivers their own stock. Also see Whole Foods below.

Costco For members only. Their own "two-day delivery" They also deliver through Instacart.

Edible Arrangements, usually known for their bouquet like fruit deliveries Now deliver a fresh produce and dessert bundle and a fresh fruit fix.

Instacart, delivers from:

Costco
H Mart
Market Basket
Shaw’s
Star
Stop & Shop
Wegman’s

Peapod Delivers from Stop & Shop.

Roche Brothers will deliver to our area.

Dumpling Only works if you have smart phone. Matches a person who wants to order online with a personal shopper through an app. They go to a wide variety of stores. Here is a link to one of the local shoppers the person who shared this us uses. Download the app from the link on this page "John P."

Whole Foods has its own online delivery.

Restaurant Food & Shopping Options:

Many restaurants are offering meal delivery if that is an option you wish to pursue. There are some websites tracking open businesses and what they offer.

This one tracks restaurants, markets, and businesses in operation at this time. It is not completely up to date and there are some inaccuracies, but you may find it helpful, follow this link.

Another list of restaurants and markets is called "Where to Shop and Eat Safely" categorizes them by best practices for food handling during the epidemic. This is a volunteer crowd-sourced effort, fairly well organized. Follow this link.

Boston Eater is also has a list of restaurants that are delivering. You must scan way down past all the Boston neighborhoods to find the Cambridge listings on this page.