Article: Somerville cafe succeeds with Middle East light

SEPAL CAFE

Where: 235 Holland St., Teele Square, Somerville.

Telephone: 776-7771.

Hours: Daily 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

Good Choices: baba ghanouj, fatouch salad, mujadara,

kafta kebab.

Credit Cards: Visa, MC.

For Handicapped Persons: Three steps to front

door.

Five snowstorms ago at the beginning of January, Sepal Cafe opened in Teele Square, Somerville, and it might be just what the doctor ordered. Sepal (the e is pronouced the same as petal) offers a mostly vegetarian, Middle Eastern menu whose dishes have been updated to eliminate most of the excess fat and oil. For a cuisine that depends upon olive oil for taste, that was a tall order.

The vegetarian aspect of Sepal ...

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