Free Food to Cook at Home – Somerville Food Coalition

Food Pantries & Community Fridges

Somerville has many food pantries where you can get food for free.

Our Food Resource Flyer has the most up-to-date info on each pantry.
Our Pantry Calendar and Map shows you where to find a pantry any day of the week.
Somerville also has community fridges, stocked by community members. Anyone who needs food can take food from a community fridge.

Some pantries have requirements like seeing proof of Somerville residency, seeing an ID, or limiting the number of times you can visit per month. Contact the pantry directly if you have questions before you go.

East Somerville and Winter Hill Resources

Project SOUP

165 Broadway at Cross Street

12pm – 4pm
Wednesday: 10am – 3pm
Thursday: 2pm – 7pm
Friday: 10am – 3pm

Must be a Somerville resident. Register on site.

Elizabeth Peabody House

277 Broadway. Pick up on the side of Grant St.

Wednesday: 5pm – 7pm
Thursday: 10am – 12pm
Sunday: 10am – 3pm

No ID needed.

Winter Hill Community Fridge

275 Broadway, on Grant St side

Open to all, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Take what you need.

St. Clement Parish Community Fridge and Pantry

33 St. Clement Road (Medford): Open to all, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Take what you need.

Food4All

59 Cross Street

Monday: 11am – 1pm
Tuesday: 10:30am – 5pm

No ID needed. Register on site.

For Tuesday only, tickets for food pickup are distributed beginning at 8:30am for line control.

Missionary Church of the Haitian Community Pantry

100 Temple St

Alternating Fridays
2pm – Until supplies last

(617) 764-0471

No ID needed

Mystic Community Market

Walnut Street Center – 291 Mystic Ave (Medford).

Monday: 10am – 2pm; 4pm – 4:45pm; 5pm – 6pm (walk-in)
Tuesday: 10am – 2pm; 4pm – 4:45pm; 5pm – 6:15 pm (walk-in)
Wednesday: 10am – 2pm; 4pm – 4:45pm; 5pm – 6:15 pm (walk-in)
Thursday: scheduled pick-up by appointment only
Friday: 10am – 2pm; 4pm – 4:45pm; 5pm – 6pm (walk-in)
Saturday: 9am – 2pm

*Hours by appointment (click here for appt.)*

Union Square & Central Somerville Resources

Mission Church Shepherd's Kitchen

130 Highland Ave

*NOTE: Shepherd’s Kitchen does not operate in July and August.

1st Saturday of Every Month, 9:15 am – until supplies last.

Walk-up only, no ID or registration needed.

Union Square Community Fridge

35 Prospect St: Open to all, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Take what you need.

Resources in Neighboring Cities

For resources in Cambridge, check out the Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee’s list of Food Pantries.

For resources in Boston, check out ABCD’s resources.