1. Pacific Street Cafe
7.5
70 Pacific St (Sidney St), Cambridge, MA
Sandwich Spot · Cambridgeport, Cambridge, MA · 11 tips and reviews
CityVoter, Inc.: Blue plate specials, salads, pizza and MYO sandwiches. Freshly baked bread too!
Brendan Raftery: Get your sandwich on French bread. It's freshly baked - warm and fluffy!
Brooke Ashleigh: the Turkey Club Panini is THE BALLS.
3. 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
5. EVOO
7.3
350 3rd St (Broad Canal), Cambridge, MA
New American Restaurant · Kendall Square · 25 tips and reviews
The Feast: Quirky locavore new American cuisine with a menu that changes daily—and best sampled in the oft-changing $38 prix-fixe. Read more.
ZAGAT: Try the $38 three-course prix fixe dinner menu.
Boston Magazine: The location may have changed, but chef Peter McCarthy’s cuisine keeps diners on their toes with his plates featuring a variety of jumbled influences from Korean to Indian and everything in between. Read more.
6. Dado Tea
7.7
955 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
Tea Room · Mid-Cambridge · 18 tips and reviews
Garrett Law: Homemade Ginger lemon iced tea is ridiculously amazing.
julia lestage: Rocks, silently. No fuss, just quality.
Jeanette Mukai: Bibimbop wrap, Potter wrap, shrimp inari, all of their teas = A+
8. Hungry Mother
233 Cardinal Medeiros Ave (at Bristol St), Cambridge, MA
Southern Food Restaurant · 88 tips and reviews
Citysearch Boston: The late-night menu (served 10:01pm-12:30am, Tue to Sun) is a godsend. Get the pimiento cheese, country ham with biscuits, and anything with pickled okra.
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.
10. 1369 Coffee House
7.8
1369 Cambridge St (at Inman Square), Cambridge, MA
Coffee Shop · Inman Square · 77 tips and reviews
Jeremy Krantz: Don't want coffee on a hot summer day? Their Arnold Palmer (ice tea and lemonade) drink is absolutely amazing and possibly the best I've ever had
Senator John Blutarski: The cold-brewed iced coffee is so good you can drink it black year round. Drink!
Kurt Eng: Ask for a "Final Exam." If they don't know what it is, tell them it is 8 shots of espresso served in large to go cup!
12. Veggie Galaxy
8.3
450 Massachusetts Ave (at Brookline), Cambridge, MA
Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurant · 130 tips and reviews
Kayla Walkling: Kendall square burger, always and forever. You also can't go wrong with the rosemary fries or stuffed french toast. Always divine.
Shane Solar-Doherty: TRY EVERYTHING. Everyone should have to eat here everyday.
Melinda Green: Order a chickpea-mushroom burger topped with red pepper puree, roasted tomatoes, and goat cheese. This carnivore could eat one every day.
Bikabout: Famous for its chocolate mice and hot chocolate, and not without ample cause. Also an excellent place to pick up gifts.
Harvard University: Try the macaroons (only 75 cents!), soak up the European atmosphere, and above all, do not miss the hot chocolate--as rich as it comes. Read more.
Stacy Buchanan: Did you know that you can get the hot chocolate iced? Try it - it's amazing!