Azerbaijani Kitchen · Somerville

Land of Fire

Kebab over live fire. Bread from our own oven. Opening soon at 499 Broadway.

Mixed kebab platter on black stoneware: lamb chop, saffron chicken, lula kofta and lamb tips with saffron rice, hummus and ajika

Two lula kabob skewers on grilled lavash with a blistered tomato and sumac onions

If you know kebab, you're halfway there.

Azerbaijan has been called the Land of Fire for centuries — flames rise out of its ground. Its food sits where the Caucasus meets the Caspian: Turkic fire, Silk Road spice, and a table that always has room.

The Mangal

Skewers over live charcoal. Lula kabob of ground beef and lamb, chops, lamb tips, chicken — seared fast and served hot off the fire.

The Oven

Bread baked in-house, and it comes with nearly everything. Soups arrive with it. Salads arrive with it. That's not a side; that's the foundation.

The Table

Kufta soup, cold ayran, baklava under honey. Food built for staying a while.

Pakhlava with pistachio on a copper tray beside an armudu glass of black tea

Round tandir bread with sesame, one piece torn off, on a black stoneware plate

The bread is baked here. It lands on the table warm, with the soups, with the salads, with the chicken. Everything else is built on top of it.

Find us on Broadway

Land of Fire
499 Broadway
Somerville, MA 02145

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We're building out the space now. Hours, phone, and the opening date will be posted here the moment they're set.

Roasted half chicken with charred skin on saffron rice with grilled onion and a lemon half

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