Food Pantries & Community Fridges

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Somerville has many food pantries where you can get food for free!  Some pantries have requirements like seeing proof of Somerville residency, seeing an ID, or limiting your visits to once per month. Our Food Pantry Flyer has the most up-to-date info on each pantry, so check the schedule or call the pantry directly before you go.

Somerville also has community fridges, stocked by community members. Anyone who needs food can take food from a community fridge.

East Somerville Resources

165 Broadway at Cross Street

  • Tuesday: 12pm – 4pm
  • Wednesday: 10am – 3pm
  • Thursday: 2pm – 7pm
  • Friday: 10am – 3pm
  • Saturday: 9am – 12pm

Must be a Somerville resident. Register on site.

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

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

No ID needed.

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. 

59 Cross Street

  • Tuesday: 10:30am – 1pm
  • Wednesday 9am – 12pm
 No ID needed. Register on site.
 For Tuesday only, tickets for food pickup are distributed beginning at 8:30am for line control. 
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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

270 Washington St:  *CURRENTLY CLOSED

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

130 Highland Ave

  • 1st Saturday of Every Month, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

    Walk-up only, no ID or registration needed.

Resources in Neighboring Cities

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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.