3 Little Figs

My favourite coffee shop in Boston. Don’t come here to do work on weekends because it’s usually really crowded. I live for their cappuccinos (they use High Lawn Farm milk, which is my new favourite milk brand!)
They constantly change their pastries and desserts. My favorites are the French toast muffin, lavender scone, and dirty chai muffin. Once, just once, I managed to snag a crème brûlée muffin. I almost died (it had flan inside!!!). Be sure to get it if you see it.
As for sandwiches, I like their turkey apple Brie and village.

Really wanted to check out what the hype was all about. I wanted to grab something to eat and everything looked great. Ended up going with half sweet potato sandwich and half prosciutto and fig jam. Both were good! The sweet potato was definitely my favorite but you can’t really go wrong. Also, the place is pretty small and they do a great job moving the ordering line along. Food took some time to come out but they are operating a pretty small kitchen. It has a very different vibe from other coffee shops. It does not feel cozy and the music is kinda loud. If that floats your boat, this is the place for you. I will go back for some sweets and coffee next time!

I ordered the yogurt with honey and granola, cranberry bread with ricotta and cinnamon and a latte. They were all delicious. My only reservation is that the cranberry bread was a bit small for $ 4.

Nice enough place, but I was informed they do not allow you to use your computer on the weekends. I get it, but the place wasn’t even full. I wasn’t planning on hijacking a seat, just sending off a few emails while I enjoyed my coffee. Very unfortunate. Not really worth coming back for me since plenty of other places will allow me to do what I want. The espresso was still decent though.

Let me start by saying the staff is extremely friendly and couldn’t have been nicer.
My low rating stems from a few other things: menu, price, taste
The menu is very limited to begin with and they are unable to go off the menu. All I wanted was an egg and cheese sandwich on an English muffin, which I think is pretty basic for a breakfast place.
I had to settle for an egg with spinach on a brioche roll. Most places would have a breakfast sandwich for no more than a few bucks, here it was like $ 7. For two sandwiches and two coffees it came to almost $ 20. I thought for the price the portions may be big-​not so much. The sandwich was like half the size of my palm.
The sandwich was mediocre at best. The egg was extremely bland. I’m pretty sure the milk that they put out for the coffee was spoiled. I will admit the roll was decent but I would have preferred an English muffin.
I don’t think I will be going to 3 Little Figs again. Like I said the staff was great but not my cup of tea. I would rather go to a diner or somewhere else for half the price.

Suddenly started down pouring today, but luckily I spotted this coffee shop to run to for shelter. I was extremely thirsty so I ordered a soy latte to quench my thirst, because coffee has water right? The coffee was deliciously roasted, and I liked it so much that I just decided to settle and order an autumn salad. Surely it did not disappoint and it was tasteful and fresh. The shop is pretty far away from the city, but totally worth it. It reminded me of a shop in Greece with dominant blue and white colors. Luckily I had my laptop so I just began working right after I finished my salad. They have wifi but no outlets so come fully charged! #coffeebeantown

A friend suggested we go after we finished finals at school. I’m always down to explore cute cafes! Biked there, and there’s not much bike parking so we just locked our bikes to a pole nearby.
I got the Village sandwich (roasted sweet potato, arugula, goat cheese, sun dried tomatoes, honey, olive oil on 7 grain). The sandwich was a bit smaller than I thought it would be, given that it costed $ 8. Think the size of sliced bread. Everything about it was delicious, though! I love the combination of honey, arugula, and goat cheese especially. This is great for vegetarians! Had a taste of the Market, and it was delicious as well.
Definitely go for the full sandwich if you’re indecisive, since it’s more worth your money and you’ll probably finish the whole thing.
Seating was really hard to find though on a Saturday morning, which is to be expected. We had to stand around for a bit even after we got our food. It’s just a testament to how good this place is :)

It high time I write a review for my favorite coffee shop in town.
When last there, I got my standard combo — Egg and Feta Sandwich, Lavender Biscuit and a Chai Latte. As usually, all three were eggsellent. In particular, I dream of the Lavender Biscuit, which finds a perfect balance of sweet icing and lavender savory biscuit. I also love that their chai is not especially sweet, which can happen with places that ysed pre-​mixed chai. I am not a coffee drinker, but I hear from everyone else in my life that they make a mean cup of joe, too!
As for the space, it’s small, cozy, and feels like a real neighborhood spot. The drawback is that at peak hours, the whole neighborhood is trying to squeeze in and the quest for seating can have the same intensity as Market Basket before a snow storm. But if you find a spot, or go at off-​peak hours, it is lovely, and there is free WiFi which is not common in most Somerville cafes. My biggest peeve is that they close at 4pm, which makes my delightful work spot off limits in the evenings, but they can’t be amazing ALL the time!
Overall, I love this place — the space is cute, the food is delicious (with some bangin vegetarian options,) and maybe my favorite part is that I see Mayor Curtatone there all the time! #starstruck

OMG lavender biscuits are a must! They are decent sized pastry, light crisp on the outside and perfectly fluffed inside with hints of lavender. The icing and almond slivers on the top are just the extra cherry on top. Everything about the lavender biscuit is perfect with just the right sweetness.
I have also tried a few of their sandwiches and I have never been disappointed. Always fresh with good quality ingredients.
Love Love Love this cute, little coffee shop. There is limited seating inside, but people are usually pretty friendly and open to sharing a table with you. :]

I’m so torn on this place. I wanted to like it but… I left feeling empty inside, it was hunger, empty wallet and ennui.
I LOVE the light and they make great use of a tiny space. Everything looked like this would be amazing and yummy and happy and should be delicious. On the menu I saw little fine details like local eggs, olive oil chocolate cake, and everything had seemingly lovely flavor combinations.
We got a proscioutto sandwich and a turkey meatball pepper sandwich. Everything including the coffee was just sort of flat and banal. Nothing had the pop or spark or flavor bang you expect in a hip little spot. It was all so safe and dry and repressed. Everything needed butter…
It was also tiny, Unsatisfyingly tiny, as if by being in such a small space they had lost concept of the average size of a sandwich. I’m five feet tall and left hungry. We spend over $ 30 on two teeeeeeeny sandwiches and coffees. :(
It is an expensive neighborhood that I get, and also hipsters are all so super skinny, I get it, and it was a charming little shop, but, still I thought butter was trending right now.

Damn you 3 little figs.
Damn your deliciously roasted coffee, your cute interior, your friendly baristas.
Damn your cute egg and feta sandwiches with the fluffiest of eggs and creamiest of fetas. And a bun that makes amateur bakers take notice and say wow.
Damn your greek yogurt that is probably clogging my artieries with fat but I DON’T EVEN CARE.
If you weren’t so damn expensive I would be here everyday.

What a clean cozy place! You can tell the coffee shop is under good management — the people in line were served on quickly, it was a well-​oiled machine :)
Having 2 choices of espresso was definitely refreshing. I thoroughly enjoyed my latte. Another pleasant surprise was seeing a red chili tea latte, which was also delicious with a nice kick.
Great place to work for a few hours — strong free Wi-​fi, lots of light, a bathroom for customers, nice music (seems like a catered selection, not just your top 40). I’d recommend to check this place out!

MUST GET their lavender biscuit. I’m not always a fan of lavender (I think this froyo flavor at berryline tastes like lotion), but their biscuit, with their icing and shaved almonds, is just top notch, addicting stuff. Sometimes, I fall asleep thinking about their lavender biscuit. I wish I was exaggerating.
Also had fig scone and dirty chai muffin — both very good! (I think scones at The Biscuit are better though, but The Biscuit does have more of a focus on scones)
Egg sandwich — supremely fluffy eggs! Don’t know how they manage to make something really simple really delicious.
My friend got bagels and locks — I didn’t try it, but it did look like they skimped on the locks. Don’t expect NY layers of locks
Will definitely be going back all the time and pushing all my friends to come
Downside is they close pretty early!

Apple cider donut muffin was delicious and the brioche buns for their sandwiches. Omg. Also, chai tea latte I ordered was perfection. Cute little cozy spot.