CityRover Media: After dessert, there are plenty of breakfast and lunch options, like the roast lamb with tomato chutney and goat cheese, or grilled chicken with brie, arugula, roasted red peppers & caramelized onion. Read more.
Annabel Tan: Sticky buns are not ridiculously sweet like other buns. They achieve the perfect balance of flavours in the salted caramel! Also try the oatmeal raisin cookies. All these are best paired with coffee
Sue Yee: Creme brulé
Diffuse 5: The salted caramels are to die for!
susan M: This is the best chocolate. They use excellent cocao and not too much sugar, so you really taste the chocolate. Yum! Favorites include snowmen, honey caramel, "Richelieu", pave glace and hot cocoa.
Sam Stern: Long line that moves fast and you know it's worth the wait
5. J.P. Licks
8.5
1312 Massachusetts Ave (btwn Holyoke & Linden), Cambridge, MA
Ice Cream Parlor · Harvard Square · 86 tips and reviews
Christina Varrasso: Banana Cookies and Cream ; Salty Caramel
Susan J Campbell: Salted Caramel was the best ice cream on the planet
Dan Roberts: The best ice cream in Cambridge/Boston (far better than Toscanini's and Christina's). The best flavors are cappuccino crunch (for coffee/cinnamon lovers), any peanut butter flavor, and brownie batter.
7. Oleana
9.3
134 Hampshire St (btwn Elm & Norfolk), Cambridge, MA
Mediterranean Restaurant · Inman Square · 129 tips and reviews
Reserve: The Turkish-Style Profiteroles are next-level cream puffs to munch once the candy’s run out: brown butter crème, sesame caramel, cashew and Halva. Read more.
Stephanie H: Baked Alaska is a must. Passion fruit, coconut, caramel goodness. Easily make a dinner out of meze plates
skyle: Lovely spot in summer in the garden or in fall/winter in the lounge area which is cozy. The food is delightful but save room for the fabulous baked Alaska with perfectly burnished peaks of meringue.
8. Helmand Restaurant
8.4
143 1st St (at Bent St), Cambridge, MA
Afghan Restaurant · East Cambridge · 71 tips and reviews
Chris Carrillo: For dessert, get the "pudeen" caramel and the green tea with cardamom, and keep alternating between bites of caramel and sips of cardamom tea. So good you will have to kill yourself after.
Elena: Even if you don't like pumpkin, you've got to start with it. The Kufta (meatballs) are spicy and delicious along with everything else. You can't go wrong with anything lamb
Christian: Great place. Get anything with pumpkin in it.
9. Cambridge Brewing Company
7.8
1 Kendall Square, Building 100 (at Cardinal Medeiros Ave & Hampshire St), Cambridge, MA
Brewery · Kendall Square · 118 tips and reviews
Evan Weiss: Get the Dubbel Entendre if you like dark beers; the mollasses and dark caramelized sugar puts it over the top in the best way possible.
Dave: Try the wort ice cream - malty toffee caramel goodness. Like Christmas cake !
Boston.com: An extraordinarily experimental local brew pub. Short rib poutine and a pizza topped with local foraged mushrooms are different from the usual pub fare, and an outdoor patio offers coveted seats. Read more.
10. bisq
7.9
1071 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
New American Restaurant · Inman Square · 21 tips and reviews
Reserve: The dessert charcuterie board is a rotating mix of mini sweets (perfect for a table to share) include muddy buddies, lemon curd bars, house made caramels and truffles. Read more.
Yu-Mei: Beef heart anticuchos, homemade burrata and whatever the specials are. Table seating is better than the cramped place settings at the bar at the open kitchen. Or head to the cozy bar alcove behind.
Adam Sigel: Great place to get a glass or two of wine and try a couple small plates. We had savory vidalia onion churros last time. It’s like an onion ring only better in every way.
14. Simon's Coffee Shop
8.3
1736 Massachusetts Ave (at Linnaean Street), Cambridge, MA
Coffee Shop · Neighborhood Nine · 68 tips and reviews
Syn Sanchez: for you sweeth toothers, ask Jason to make you a "Caramel Cubano" a la Syn. ;)won't regret it!
Food & Wine: This little café uses beans by local roaster Terroir Coffee Company on a rotating basis. It's superpopular, so be prepared to wait for a seat.
Tristan: They really love making (and talking about) coffee. It comes through in their espresso, which is hands-down the best in the entire Boston area.
15. Catalyst Restaurant
8.0
300 Technology Sq (at Albany & Main), Cambridge, MA
New American Restaurant · Kendall Square · 52 tips and reviews
Reserve: Nothing beats a great burger! Catalyst serves theirs with cheddar, bacon, caramelized onions, house-made ketchup, mustard and aioli on a roasted tomato brioche bun with a side of fries. Read more.
Boston.com: Try the beautifully roasted cod in a refined chowder, seared scallops with pickled pumpkin, tender and flavorful tournedos of beef topped with taleggio ravioli. Read more.
Rich Thorne: Try the Pho: a blend of cucumber vodka, lime, basil, cilantro, and sriracha. Perfection in a chilled glass.