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

Ilona is an Eastern Mediterranean restaurant in the South End. It’s a beautiful spot filled with beautiful South End people, and the food is great.

Blue Dragon is a great Asian small plate place in Fort Point.

Puritan & Co. is casual restaurant in Inman Square with an exciting menu of New England based food.

Spoke is a tiny wine bar in Davis Square with small plates that make it worthy of going to even if you don’t like wine.

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

Stoked is not only one of the best pizza places in Brookline, it’s one of the best in all of Boston.

La Brasa is a big, meat-forward place in East Somerville that has a good cocktail menu.

The Backroom at Moody’s is a great restaurant attached to a great deli in Waltham.

Select Oyster Bar is a relaxed Back Bay seafood restaurant and bar with a small but very good menu.

Barcelona is a good tapas spot in the South End.

Ducali isn’t as famous as some other well-known North End pizza places, but one day it might be.

The Emory is an American place on the top of Beacon Hill that’s a little better and a little more fun than most places in Downtown Boston.

Lone Star is a tiny bar in Allston that serves big tacos and other good Tex-Mex.

Puro Ceviche Bar is Latin tapas place, and it’s our favorite restaurant on Newbury Street.

Alcove is a West End American restaurant, and one of the only places to eat near the Garden that doesn't have Bobby Orr jerseys hanging on the wall.