Toro is a fun South End tapas restaurant.

Island Creek Oyster Raw Bar is like a beer garden, but with oysters. And that’s a beautiful thing.

Kava Neo Taverna is a tiny South End Greek restaurant that serves a lot of food you’ll think is perfect.

Coppa is an excellent Italian restaurant in the South End.

Loyal Nine is a restaurant focused on regional foods with a nice patio in East Cambridge.

Tres Gatos is a restaurant and bar in Jamaica Plain that also sells books and records.

The hourly is a Harvard Square raw bar and seafood restaurant in an old-timey space.

Canary Square is a comfort food spot in Jamaica Plain with a great selection of taps.

Area Four in Kendall Square feels kind of like a cafeteria, except it has pizza and beer flights instead of overdone burgers and chocolate milk.

This French restaurant in South End will make you feel less bad about missing Paris in the 1920s.