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The spectacular return of a brilliant Northern Chinese specialist to Chinatown
A new restaurant can inspire a mixture of anticipation and dread: will it live up to its pre-opening hype?
Fiery Chinese served comfortably numb
Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" may not seem like a good way to describe Sichuan and Shandong cuisine, but that's exactly the feeling you get from the Chinese regional offerings at One of the Kind: a satisfying numbing of the tongue and lips.
A new spot in Cambridge to sit and sip
Jerry Seinfeld once said that our only true goal in life is to find a place to sit. If you really think nice and hard about it, you'll find that your day may indeed just be moments spent in chairs, or couches, or beds, strung together by your attempts to get to them.
Here's the beef
If you, like me, have ever found yourself pressing your nose winsomely against the window of the itty bitty "TT Bar" at Jamaica Plain's Ten Tables, you will appreciate the newly easy access to the restaurant's prize cheeseburger at its new adjunct spot, Grass Fed.
What does the Internet taste like?
Gus Rancatore, co-founder and proprietor of Toscanini's Ice Cream in Central Square, isn't afraid of a good challenge.
Vietnamese worth battling standing-room crowds for
Sure, it's easy to walk right past New Saigon Sandwich — its unassuming storefront is nestled between some of Chinatown's flashier Dim Sum staples. But once you've tried their delicious, authentic, and obscenely affordable Vietnamese lunch specials, it's even easier to ignore its ostentatious competition.
When another salad just won't do
With the news that former New York Times food critic Frank Bruni has gout, I write my latest dispatch to you between bites of salad, haunted by the Ghost of Lunches Future.
A predawn classic for Allston’s hungry and hung-over
Twin Donuts is an Allston classic, where you can begin your days or end your late nights. And where better to take your new crush than a donut shop at dawn?
Giving in to cupcake culture
I have nothing against cake — or its pocket-size counterpart, the cupcake — but I've always been more of a pie girl.
A tasty slice for Allston night owls
If you're a late-night carouser beset with a craving for pizza in Allston — the land of rock, rats, and cheap slices galore — Brighton Avenue's got you covered.
Down-south comfort food that would make Paula Deen proud
There's no denying that Allston is an ethnic-cuisine hub.
Your new go-to fufu spot in Roslindale Square
A new Roslindale Square restaurant offers hearty stews, dumplings, and rice dishes prepared in home-style West African tradition.
Minimalism done right
With only six items on the menu and four tables to sit at, Mission Hill's new Green T Coffee Shop could best be described as minimalist.
Another outstanding ode to Texas from the Deep Ellum crew
While the food at Allston's Deep Ellum occasionally plays second fiddle to its stand-out list of libations, the plates and tequila concoctions found next door at Lone Star Taco, the latest Texan ode from Aaron Sanders and Max Toste, are perfectly in step.
Another worthy addition to Watertown's culinary arsenal
Somewhere between the sub and the home-cooked supper, Maximo's Takeout offers salvation for the overbooked.
Avoiding the V-Day fine-dining shit-show
On the Cheap thinks you should take your honey out to a fabulous dinner in February. But fine dining on Valentine's Day, with its overpriced prix fixes, cheap Champagne, and harried servers is a rookie choice, like clubbing on New Year's Eve.
Coffee-nerd nirvana
Don't-give-a-shit hipster baristas, move aside — Render Coffee is raising the bar on specialty coffee shops in Boston.
No need to suffer another meal of anemic salad bars or gray lunch meats — these 6 campus-convenient cheap-eats spots will treat you right
Already sick of the sloppy joes and cardboard pizza in your school's cafeteria? Try these budget-friendly, near-campus restaurants for something a little more exciting.
Brining it all back home
The only thing more fun than saying "pop-up pickle shop" is opening various pickle jars from said pickle shop on your desk and subsequently coating your hands in a pungent wash of spicy vinegar while you dig in. The keyboard, too.
Comfort grub in a landmark East Cambridge Watering Hole
After Prohibition was repealed in 1933, an Italian barber walked into an East Cambridge shoe building and turned it into a bar: Pugliese's.
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