Anniversary Ideas - Boston/Brookline/Cambridge/Somerville
I need restaurant suggestions for my partner & I's anniversary on Saturday. Yes, that also means I need a place I can get a reservation at on Saturday as well (I'm a procrasinator).
I was thinking about Craigie on Main & their 10-course tasting menu, but they're totally booked Saturday. Then I thought maybe we'd finally get to try Hungry Mother but they're also totally booked Saturday too.
Anyone have any ideas? To give you some idea: we like to eat good food but we're not pretentious about it and we like places with low-key or laid-back sensibilities. For example, we prefer our Blue Room brunches over the meals we've had at L'Espalier if that makes sense. Farm-to-table is great, but not a requirement (obviously). Oleana would definitely have been on the table but I'm eating there on Friday night with work associate so I don't want to do it back-to-back, though I would (I'm a fan of the place).
We live in Cambridge but can travel to Boston and surrounding environs. We're both T-accessible and have a car.
Ideas? What about Dante (I've heard good things)? Embarrassingly, after 3 years of living in Cambridge we've never been to Rialto or Harvest.....is one better than the other? Also, a friend suggested Lineage in Brookline - I've walked by it but never eaten there. Thoughts?
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L'Espalier
774 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02199
Rialto
1 Bennett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Harvest
44 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Hungry Mother
Cambridge, MA, Cambridge, MA
Oleana
134 Hampshire St., Cambridge, MA 02139
Craigie on Main
853 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
Lineage Restaurant
242 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446
The Blue Room
Hampshire and Portland streets, Cambridge, MA 02139
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well, this is a little late, but in my opinion Rialto is way over-rated. I like their clam appetizer, when forced to go there for a work-related thing, but otherwise I avoid it. Ditto L'Espalier, we went there once to test it and it was so dull.
And there is so much better: East by Northeast, Journeyman, TW Food. Also, Hungry Mother, Bondir, Craigie on main. If you want to splurge, the ultimate (and amazing) restaurant is Oya.
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Hungry Mother
Cambridge, MA, Cambridge, MAEast by Northeast
1128 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02139Bondir
279 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139 -
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There's been a lot of love for Lineage on CH lately... personally it's one of my favorites. It's pretty low-key, and right in Coolidge Corner so it would be both easy to get to and great for a stroll afterwards.
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