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.

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

Babbo is an Italian restaurant in the Seaport with some really good pizza.

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.

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.

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.