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.
Good-enough coffee with better-than-good food: Café Beatrice and Basma Café
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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.
The hater’s guide to Inman Square
With the closing of the S&S Restaurant, the deli and Jewish spot serving Inman Square since 1919, there has been some friendly debate over what should replace it.
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.
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.”
Kimbap at H Mart
The kimbap or Korean sushi roll from the H Mart prepared foods section is a full meal, maybe or almost for two, for less than $10.