Gene’s Chinese Flatbread Cafe

In this 20-seat, cash-only noodle shop, office employees and hoodie-clad students chow down on steamy bowls of spicy soup and orders of hand-pulled flour noodles (smacked into shape onsite). The name-brand pig or beef flatbread sandwiches and the outstanding cumin-lamb noodles, both staples in the owner's native Western Chinese region of Xi'an, are excellent options for carnivores. Most customers take their orders to go because of the small seating area and unclean surroundings.

It can be difficult to find open space in this 20-seat, cash-only noodle shop. Students and office employees in hoodies mingle while eating orders of hand-pulled flour noodles and steamy bowls of spicy soup (smacked into shape on the premises). Carnivores have many options, including the excellent cumin-lamb noodles and the aptly named pig or beef flatbread sandwiches, a common dish in the owner's native Xi'an, in Western China. The majority of consumers order to go.

Google Rating: 4.5/5.0
Address: 86 Bedford StBoston02111
Phone: 617-482-1888
Opening hours: Mon–Fri 11am–6:30pm, Sat 11:30am–7pm
Website: www.genescafe.com