1. Craigie on Main
853 Main St (Bishop Allen), Cambridge, MA
New American Restaurant · 144 tips and reviews
Mike Chau: Try the Grass-Fed And House-Brined Corned Beef Cheek And Smoked Tongue Hash - With slow-poached farm fresh egg and crispy onion rings
Lynne Taylor: Really good. Cod and "pork four ways". Great salad and a pasta starter. Low key vibe. Really good....(I think I said that twice!)
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.
2. Club Passim
8.4
47 Palmer St (Brattle St), Cambridge, MA
Music Venue · Harvard Square · 22 tips and reviews
Connor Ferguson: A Cambridge folk music institution. Some of the best in the world have played here. You have to be pretty "crunchy granola" to like the food. I go for the Safe & Sound pizza with spinach added.
The Feast: Legendary folk joint. A slightly older crowd holds court here most nights, but also expect to see plenty of music-nerds.
Secret Boston: Coolest music vibe in town, man. 60s
3. Café ArtScience
650 E Kendall St (Athenaeum & Linskey), Cambridge, MA
French Restaurant · Kendall Square · 18 tips and reviews
Bill H: Great cocktail: Burnt Cherry Wood Old Fashioned (house blend of bourbons, charred cherry and orange, Demerara sugar).
Tiffany Lopinsky: Delicious hot dogs on the late night menu!
Bhavin Gandhi: The website home page says "meet the sustainable future of food". I wonder how? i.e. if you are serving meat of any kind.
4. Puritan & Co.
8.6
1166 Cambridge St. (Prospect St), Cambridge, MA
New American Restaurant · Inman Square · 63 tips and reviews
Barbara Kallas: The buns are so delicious!! Nearly everything is made in house. Go there if you want expensive, delicious food with a fancy presentation.
Eater: The single most essential Boston restaurant of the moment, in that here chef-owner Will Gilson is more thoroughly tackling a fresh perspective on New England cuisine than anywhere else in the world.
Eater: Chef-owner Will Gilson is more thoroughly tackling a fresh perspective on New England cuisine than anywhere else in the world. [Eater 38]
Deanna Turley: Service was fantastic, atmosphere was so relaxed and fun, gnocchi was to die for - will make constant trips once I move here!
Jay | Lee: Good steak tips, nice atmosphere.
Roth Gill: Clam-Strip roll with fries!!! $5.95 HUGE portion and cooked perfect!!!
7. Viale
7.4
502 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
Mediterranean Restaurant · 22 tips and reviews
Aysu Ozgur: Came in for the $1 oysters. They were a great size and taste - one of the better dollar oyster deals I've tried!
Jeff Byrnes: Cocktail program is offbeat, well done, and quite fun. Go for the Ludlow for something truly different.
Michael Troiano: Very good Italian, beyond the usual red sauce joint fare, but below the fussy highbrow stuff. The specials really were special - cocktails and pasta - and our large group felt like welcome guests.