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A gymnasium session became a Shawn Mendes diner go to — not your typical exercise.
Shawn Mendes made a shock cease at Brookline Lunch in Cambridge after an opportunity assembly with the proprietor’s son at a neighborhood gymnasium. The pop star, in Boston for his Sept. 25 live performance at TD Backyard, dropped by the family-run cafe for breakfast.
“Not everybody’s gymnasium sesh ends with assembly @shawnmendes and alluring him to your dad or mum’s diner and him come within the subsequent day AND have your baba get him behind the grill BUT that is BLINE and magical issues occur right here💛🌻,” the diner posted on Instagram.
The Sept. 26 submit confirmed Mendes having fun with a feast of dishes — and even scrambling eggs within the kitchen. Mendes was additionally photographed signing the highest of the restaurant’s uncovered brick wall.
Brookline Lunch is a Palestinian-owned restaurant positioned on Brookline Road in Central Sq.. Homeowners Jamal and Manal Abu-Rubieh serves American and Center Jap- and Mediterranean-inspired dishes. Greatest identified for its baklava and kanafeh pancakes, the cafe has been acknowledged by Eater and The Boston Globe, and Boston.com as a high spot for breakfast within the area.
The Cambridge restaurant opened in 1989 and is planning to open a second location in Brookline this fall.
Brookline Lunch; 9 Brookline St., Cambridge; Wednesday by Monday from 8:30 a.m. to three:00 p.m.
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