SRV in the South End is a great Italian restaurant with plenty of room, outdoor space, and pasta.

Sarma is a great Mediterranean restaurant in Somerville.

Bar Lyon is a little French restaurant in the South End, and it’s exactly what you want in a “little French restaurant.”

Bisq is a wine bar and restaurant in Inman Square with a fantastic menu of American small plates.

Island Creek Oyster Bar is a quintessential Boston seafood restaurant.

Craigie On Main is an upscale French restaurant in Central Square that’s great for special occasion dinners.

Pammy’s is a great Italian-ish restaurant in Cambridge.

Neptune Oyster is a ridiculously popular oyster bar in the North End. It’s worth it if you can get in.

Oleana is a very good Mediterranean restaurant from the same people behind Sarma and Sofra.

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

Field and Vine is a very good American restaurant in Union Square where you kind of get the idea that the owners spend a lot of time at farms.

Cafe du Pays is a seriously cozy French-Canadian restaurant in Cambridge.

Rincón Limeño is a Peruvian restaurant in East Boston with a full liquor license and great ceviche.

Boston Chops is Downtown steakhouse that looks and feels very much the way you expect a downtown steakhouse to.

Eastern Standard is a brasserie in Kenmore Square.

Black Lamb is a competent brasserie in the South End.