2. River Gods
125 River St (at Kinnaird St.), Cambridge, MA
Bar · 43 tips and reviews
Sarah Morton: Go to River Gods and have fries with garlic aoli, god salad, and Hawaiian margaritas. Get there early (before 7pm) most nights for a seat!
Dave Boudreau: One of the best dark and stormys in Boston!
Jake Smith: This place is the best around Halloween; pumpkin beer flows from the taps and the decor gets a spooky twist.
3. West Bridge
1 Kendall Square (Hampshire St.), Cambridge, MA
French Restaurant · 59 tips and reviews
Senator John Blutarski: Conant's Island is the move; a delicious blend of cucumber infused vodka, rice vinegar, and green Tabasco. Drink!
Boston.com: Sip the "Conant's Island:" the restaurant's own cucumber vodka gets a kick from rice vinegar and green Tabasco. For those of you avoiding sugary or floral drinks, here’s your pick. Read more.
Joshua Berk: Wi-Fi Password: 6179450221 (their phone #)
4. The Sinclair
8.9
52 Church St (at Brattle St), Cambridge, MA
Rock Club · Harvard Square · 79 tips and reviews
Lauren Kaufman: Lobster nachos, blood orange sangria, steak tartare, and kale salad are super bomb
Boston.com: Drink a Kentucky Luau: bourbon with hints of cinnamon, pineapple, and best of all, a floral scent that will leave you craving for more. Try it on the new roof deck. Read more.
Thrillist: After taking down some heavenly deviled eggs with crispy bacon bits and a trio of pastrami'd pork belly sliders, you'll want to take matters into your own hands with the Sinclair Burger. Read more.
5. Commonwealth
11 Broad Canal Way (3rd Street), Cambridge, MA
New American Restaurant · Kendall Square · 37 tips and reviews
Jed Breed: Great place to grab a sandwich or soup. Quality food. They have the option for waiter service as well and a full bar with a great beer selection!
Dave Theran: Go to Marky Mark and the Funky Brunch to grab the chicken and biscuits!
Jennifer Evans: Try the burrata, mac n cheese, mushroom flatbread or the grilled avocados. Delish! Don't forget to pop inside the store and get something to take home too!
6. Ten Tables
5 Craigie Cir (Concord Ave.), Cambridge, MA
New American Restaurant · West Cambridge · 29 tips and reviews
Kevin Bolduc: Finally a good restaurant with actually good dessert (take that craigie). Try the espresso pound cake.
Boston Magazine: With food that capitalizes on the season’s bounty, chef David Punch reels in a cross section of Cambridge. Arrive a few minutes early to share a snack or two. Read more.
Bravo: Fresh and local, you can practically taste the farm. Yummy! -Tania Peterson, Top Chef Just Desserts
7. Craigie on Main
853 Main St (Bishop Allen), Cambridge, MA
New American Restaurant · 144 tips and reviews
Ari Jones: Amazing tasting menu. Lots of fish. Very nice chef. Great cocktails.
Eater: Each night, Craigie on Main serves less than twenty of their off-menu burgers, which are made from a custom blend of three different cuts of meat, beef bone marrow and suet.
Brian Kraemer: Order food. Eat. Enjoy everything.
9. Nubar
7.6
16 Garden St, Cambridge, MA
American Restaurant · West Cambridge · 29 tips and reviews
Vance: The crab cake is delicious and the pappardelle pasta with braised lamb shank is the best entree on the menu.
AskMen: Why? Get it? It's a new bar? Ah, never mind. Gone is the outdated style of the old space, the hotel has been there since the 1920s, & in its place they've built the type of sleek dining room & lounge Read more.
Judy Brillhart: Come in and ask don for a Harvard garden! Yum!
Ed Gazarian: Great, eclectic single malt selection. Try the Mortlach, neat.
Rick Webb: Come around 1 am and watch all the Cantebrigean drunkards stumble over to the only bar in Cambridge open till 2am on weeknights.
Stephen Hau: If you want a vodka + pomegranate drink, Black Delilah is the way to go.
12. Green Street
280 Green St (btwn Magazine & Pearl), Cambridge, MA
Cocktail Bar · 100 tips and reviews
Shab: Hidden gem in Cambridge. Get the oysters, salmon, and cardamom flan. Mmmmmmmm
Senator John Blutarski: Currently serving a frisee & warm beet salad with goat cheese & bacon that will explode your mouth with delight. Eat!
Bravo: Great bar, good eats! -Tania Peterson, Top Chef Just Desserts
13. Hungry Mother
233 Cardinal Medeiros Ave (at Bristol St), Cambridge, MA
Southern Food Restaurant · 88 tips and reviews
Connor Ferguson: The Stirred cocktail is amazing. Bourbon, madeira, Aperol, and maple syrup.
Bravo: Southern inspired with New England ingredients and influence. A guaranteed good meal. -Tania Peterson, Top Chef Just Desserts
Boston Magazine: Shrimp and grits. Boiled peanuts. The menu might sound like it’ll more warm your soul than blow your mind. But blow your mind, it will. Read more.