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.
Fermentation Festival and Season to Vegan come back for year two
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.
Tax tip of the week: Everyone has an estate. Who manages yours when you die?
An estate is not something that applies only to wealthy families, but concerns anyone who dies owning property, holding financial accounts or owing debts.
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.
Clover shrinks to five restaurants, opening a historic Harvard Square location to new tenants
The healthy fast food chain discovered during 2015 renovations that the original tile walls and floor were intact from the Waldorf Lunch diner, opened in 1916.
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.
Birch Street project is coming back for design issues, but not about traffic and parking concerns
A six-story building with 85 apartments got generally positive reviews from Planning Board members, while residents were focused on cars, parking and traffic.
Petition takes a second hit because it would affect projects of all affordable homes
Most councillors agreed action is needed to tame some reactions to recent zoning changes, which is leading to a rash of demolitions by eager developers.