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Northshore October 2025
You might already know about the cubes, but are you up on the garlic sauce? Let me backtrack a second. In September, Haverhill welcomed Dar Rafiki’s to their steadily growing dining scene, a petite bakery and takeout spot just outside of downtown. Owner Lhoussine Rafiq, who hails from Morocco originally, has been building a name for himself on the North Shore ever since 2016, when he opened a food truck. That first business parlayed itself into a second, larger operation: an events business that services large-format clients, like movie sets. The brick-and-mortar shop, though, is its own rare beast, a blend of freshly made pastries, made
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