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

Kirkland Tap and Trotter is a very good casual American restaurant on the Cambridge-Somerville border.

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

Bukowski Tavern is a bar in Back Bay that looks like a dive but has far better beer than that.

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.

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.

Chickadee is a good Italian restaurant in an industrial corner of the Seaport.

Eastern Standard is a brasserie in Kenmore Square.

Deep Ellum is an American restaurant in Allston that serves good beer.

Mida is a nice Italian restaurant with an opera singing bartender on the South End/Roxbury border.

Carmelina’s is a small Italian red sauce restaurant in the North End.

Puro Ceviche Bar is a cool, small seafood plate place on Newbury Street.

The Gallows is a very solid gastropub in the South End.