What’s in your closet? If it’s brightly colored, even garish and of little practical use, it’s a candidate for Nostalgia, the vintage gear and coffee house in Union Square.
Kitsch and coffee in Union Square: Nostalgia
The Perfect Cheese at Mortadella Head
Claims to perfection are nothing new for Davis Square, where Redbones for years sold the One Perfect Rib. It turns out this name suits the pizza.
Fermentation Festival and Season to Vegan come back for year two
Also on the Menu this week: There's a rotation of Peruvian, Guatemalan and Ethiopian foods at Nibble Kitchen; and Bar Enza’s has a “predusk” prix-fixe.
Good-enough coffee with better-than-good food: Café Beatrice and Basma Café
Café Beatrice and Basma Café prove that if there’s a tasty morsel to be had, you can sip a “normal” coffee with relative happiness.
Steak fries at Ma Magoo’s
I really thought I was on to something when I spotted steak fries at this Fresh Pond comfort food institution. They're way out of fashion and hard to find.
Rosebud diner in Davis square closes officially as operator says it’s negotiating to buy the property
The operators of Somerville’s iconic Rosebud diner say they are negotiating to buy its building, and might have to move on to let someone else take over the space.
Jugaad, or coffee any way possible
How coffee lovers can enjoy coffee when there's no coffee around to love.
Breakfast sandwich at Angelina’s Pizzeria
It’s hard to make a sausage, egg and cheese breakfast sandwich stand out, but it helps to have been running a griddle for 72 years.
Why three Cambridge restaurants in three years have switched to private events
There are limits as well as benefits to moving to events from walk-in dining – a threat of oversupply if more restaurants go this route, and a risk for newcomers.
I’ll take the Highland: Wicked Cafe and Zaruma Gold
In a nod to the wonderful Tartan Army who’ve turned a lot of us into Scots, this weeks’ visits to the coffee shops Wicked and Zaruma Gold are a “Highland fling.”