Boston

Flour bakery + café – sandwiches, coffee, chain
Dumpling café – south end/chinatown
Summer shack – seafood, back bay/cambridge
Boston burger company – fancy burgers, somerville/cambridge/back bay
Wagamama – seaport, Prudential, Cambridge, Asian fusion
Bonchon

South End/Back Bay

Cornish pasty – british
Anoush’ella – lebanese, mediterranean, armenian
Pavement coffeehouse – newbury, chain, coffee, lots of seats for studying
Moon bar – new american
Tapeo – Spanish, tapas, basque
Caffebene – back bay, asian coffee, bread, open late
Barrington coffee roasting company – newbury
The elephant walk – Cambodian, french
La voile – French, newbury
Giacomo’s – italian
Santouka ramen – newbury
Patisserie – pastry, café, newbury
Saltie girl – back bay, seafood bar
The friendly toast – south end, open late
KAVA neo-taverna – greek
Myers + chang – asian fusion
Stephis on tremont – brunch
Salty pig – charcuterie
Lolita’s – tequila, tapas
Poke bento
Srv – italian, wine bar
formaggio kitchen – cheese shop
Metropolis café – mediterranean, wine bar
Frenchie – wine bar $
Trident café – newbury, brunch
South end buttery – café, brunch, dinner
Render coffee – South end
Oakleaf cakes – symphony
Five horses tavern – south end
Blackbird donut – bay village
Cinquecento
The butcher shop
Cafeteria – newbury, brunch
Coda bar and kitchen
Sonsie – brunch
Dig inn – healthy, copley
Barcelona wine bar – south end
Banyan bar and refuge – south end, Asian fusion, brunch, restaurant
Eataly – Prudential
Love art sushi – poke, sushi bowl
Douza – $, cocktails
Select oyster bar – newbury
Bar mezzana
Greco – fast casual greek
Darryl’s – soul food, sax music, good for brunch
Mike’s city diner
Lions tail

North End

Pomodoro – north end
Mikes pastry – north end
North end fish market – North end, sushi
Modern pastry – north end
Crudo – north end, sushi, fusion hip, 3-6 happy hour
Thinking cup – north end, café, no wifi
Ward 8 – cocktail bar, north end
Bovas – 24 hr, cannoli, calzone
Monica’s mercato - deli, sandwiches, open until 11p, wine
North square oysters

Cambridge/Somerville

Sofra bakery – jewish bakery, breakfast, watertown
Painted burro – Davis, mexican
Border cafe – Harvard, cheap mexican
Mikes – Davis, margarita pitchers
Smoke shop – bbq
El petro – Somerville, Mexican, margaritas
Thelonius monkfish
The people’s republik – cocktail bar/American food
Pokeworks
Green street – bar, cocktails and craft beer
Momi nonmi – Hawaiian izakaya
Manoa poke shop – somerville
Slumbrew – somerville, brewery, charcuterie
State park – pool, pinball, food, late night, brunch, drinks
Yume wo katare – Porter, ramen, cash only
Miracle of science – Cambridge MIT, bar and restaurant
Silvertone – park street, american
Area 4 – Pizza
Mulan restaurant – taiwanese
Pagu – $$$, Japanese/Spanish
Mamaleh’s – jewish delicatessen, kendall
Little donkey – asian fusion, cambridge
Tatte bakery – cafe
Toscanini’s – icis like, ice cream
Happy Lamb hot pot – free cotton candy
American fresh brewhouse – charcutetie and craft beer
Tasting corner – wine bar, tasting menu, Somerville
Hops test kitchen and raw bar – brunch, also whiskey bar
Bagelsaurus
Snappy ramen – Davis
Hokkaido ramen santouka – harvard
Felipe’s – Mexican, bar
Cafe du pays – french
Café Luna – brunch
Noca provisions – café
Sugidama Soba & Izakaya – noodles, davis sq, izakay, sushi bar
Martsa on elm – himalayan/nepalese, davis sq, seafood
Sarma – Mediterranean
Oleana – medit
Honeycomb creamery – davis, ice cream
Loyal nine – Cambridge
Curio coffee – cambridge
Cafe sushi – central
Bourbon coffee – Porter, cafe, smoothies, good for working
Broadstreet coffee roasters – brunch, cambridge
Pagu cafe – central
Yume ga arukara – udon, katare sister restaurant
Abide – inside middlesex lounge, boba
Forge cafe – Somerville, also ice cream
Momo n curry – Somerville
Juliet – cafe, brunch, fine dining dinner, union sq
Bronwyn – German
Zinnekins Belgian waffle

Seaport

Tavern road – seaport, good late night, 5-7pm happy hour M-F
Molly moos ice cream – southie
Sorelle – seaport café
Tuscan kitchen
Pastoral
Sportello – pasta
Papagayo – Mexican, seaport, margarita pitchers
James Hook and co. – summer shack esque
The barking crab – seafood
Publico street bistro & garden – southie
Morton’s steakhouse – $$
Committee – mediterranean, brunch, cocktails
Outlook kitchen and bar – envoy hotel
City tap house
wagamama
Lolita’s cocina and tequila bar
Coppersmith – food trucks and rooftop bars
Smoke shop – bbq
La casa de pedro tapas and ceviche bar
Fromage – broadway
Gather
Bartaco
Fuku – david chang

Chinatown

Dumpling house – chinatown
Jaho Coffee Roasters & wine bar – chinatown, open late
Shojo – chinatown, asian fusion small plates/bar
Hot eastern
Windsor cafe – dim sum
5 spices house
Crave – chinatown, korean fried chicken/japanese place
Pho pasteur – chinatown
China pearl – dim sum, chinatown
Gene’s Flatbread café – hand pulled noodles
Taiwan café
BLR by Shojo
Q instrument – hot pot
Shabu Zen
Ruckus – shojo, ramen

Downtown/FIDI

Ogawa café – downtown, good for studying, has lunch foods, matcha
Explorateur – cafe, restaurant
Oisa Ramen Slurp & Go – ramen
Bogie’s place – steakhouse, $$, sushi
Parish Café – chef created sandwiches, Arlington
Mike & Patty’s
Kamakura – Japanese, rooftop

Fenway

Hojoko – fenway, asian fusion
The Hawthorne – cocktail bar, Cheese plates
Jyuba
Honeygrow
Fools errand – cocktail, small bites
Eventtide – seafood
Sweet cheeks q – bbq
Nathalie wine bar – sister to Haley.henry
Eastern standard
Time out market
Futago udon

Allston

Dolphin Bay – Taiwanese, shaved snow, boba
Coreanos – korean fusion, Mexican
Cafe landwer – open until 10p everyday
Laughing Monk cafe – omakase
Glenville stops – $1 oysters!
Prairiefire Brookline – wood fired

Jamaica Plain

Chilacates
City feed – coffee, sandwiches
Tres Gatos – tapas

Envoy Hotel – igloo rooftop bar, dress code
Phoenix landing – cambridge
The burren – somerville, restaurant + back room live bands
Lucky’s – southie
Scholars – Cambridge, pool
Wink and nod – south end
American fresh brewhouse – Somerville
Highball lounge – cocktails, shitty board games
Ned devine – fanieul hall
Anthem – fanieul hall
The trophy room – back bay
Hong kong – north end
Brick and mortar – Cambridge
Whiskey priest – seaport
Asgard – cambridge
Harpoon – seaport
The wild rover – fanieul, cheap, ratchet
Can tab – cambridge
Middlesex lounge – cambridge
Drink – seaport
Clerys – back bay
Brahmin – back bay
Kings – pool, bowling, bar, back bay
Wally’s – jazz club
Carrie Nation Cocktail Club
Haley.henry wine bar
Liberty hotel – free coat check
Yvonne’s – downtown, cocktails

Portland, ME

Bite of maine – food truck, next to lighthouse amazing view
Duckfat

Providence, RI

Providence
Sydney – australian café
Dave’s coffee
Big King
Cafe in the dean hotel
North
Persimmon
Oberlin – seafood, pasta
Fortnight wine bar
Buck town – southern

San Francisco

Limon Rotisserie - Mission, tapas
The blue fig – mission, breakfast, café
Little gem – hayes
The monk’s kettle – mission, beer, american food
Lolo - mission, dinner
Dirty habit – soma
Dumpling time – mission bay
Kit tea – cat cafe
Sightglass – soma
Hope and hominy – soma, southern food, tapas
Mellow Mellow - Haight-Ashbury, café
Gigis–seafood – north beach
Dumpling kitchen – sunset
Outerlands - brunch - inner sunset
Plentea – boba near fidi
Taste of Formosa – taiwanese, outer richmond
Chubby noodle – north beach, asian fusion, bar
El farolito, tlc – drunchies mexican, mission
Sanraku – powell, sushi
Garaje – mexican, at&t, cash only
La urbana – mexican, drinks, hipster chevys, divisadero
Salumeria – sandwiches, mission
Le colonial – union square, $, embarcadero
Tropisueno – mexican, soma
Ginto – soma, izakaya
Mau – Vietnamese, mission
Farmhouse kitchen Thai cuisine
Izakaya – japantown, multiple locations, tapas
Blue pea – Asian fusion
Pa’ina – hawaiian, japantown
Big fish little fish – poke, fidi
statebird provisions – *, dim sum style
Rooster & rice – Vietnamese rice with chicken like Hainan chicken, chain
Stonemill matcha
Asha tea
Saint Frank’s – Russian hill, cafe
Fueling station – Russian hill, cafe with more food
Dynamo – coffee, donuts, mission

Mission

Bond
Skylark
Zietgeist– beer garden
Elbo room
Lolinda
Laszlo
El techo
The vestry – church turned bar
Latin america club – super strong margaritas

Polk

Soda popinski
Lush lounge
Playland

Soma

Local edition
Raven – playland esque
Biergarten – civic center
Novela – bar
Mikeller – beer
Bergerac – lounge/bar, club upstairs

Japantown

Do re mi karoake

North beach

Devils acre – local ed owners

Oakland/Berkeley

Shandong restaurant – oakland chinatown
328 10th St, Oakland, CA 94607
(b/t Webster St & Harrison St) in Oakland Chinatown
Tasty pot – taiwanese hot pot, kittredge
Sodoi – cafe, durant in shop alley
Belly uptown – oakland, asian fusion tacos
Kaze ramen - shattuck, ramen
Taiwan Bento - oakland
Hot pot house – oakland, chinatown
Bowl’d – telegraph
Kirala – Japanese, shattuck
Simply bowld – poke bowl, university
Musashi – japanese, grill, shattuck/dwight
Jong ga house – kbbq, oakland
Imperial tea court– Gourmet Ghetto, Chinese, tea room
Berkeley espresso – shattuck, cafe
Vampire penguin – shaved snow, telegraph
The tearoom – college, tea room + small sandwiches
home of chicken and waffles – oakland, jack london, late night
Gregoires
Eureka
Manpuku - ramen
Noodle theory - asian fusion
Toss
Imm Thai Street food - thai, university
Cinnaholic
Farleys east – cafe, sandwiches, oakland
Townie – american
Masses – macarrons, bakery, gourmet ghetto
Home of chicken and waffles – chicken & waffles, jack London square
900 grayson – brunch, chicken & waffles, emeryville
Kang tong degi – korean, chicken, telegraph, open late
Victory point cafe – gourmet ghetto, board games
The french hotel – gourmet ghetto, café
Caffe 817 – oakland, brunch/cafe
Platano – university, Salvadoran food
Little gem – telegraph, belgian waffle
Noodle theory – asian fusion, college
Akemi – japanese, berkeley hills
Soi 4 Bangkok Eatery – thai, trendy ambiance, north oakland
Five – brunch, bottomless mimosas, shattuck
Lindgrens – café, brunch, mimosas, shattuck/dwight
Bittersweet chocolate cafe – college, cafe
Face to face – milvia, Chinese noodles
Thai temple – university, actual temple, cash only
Brazil cafe – university, tri trip
Artis coffee – fourth street, coffee
Flour & co – university, coffee
Algorithm coffee co – fourth street, coffee, lots of outlets
The stroopie gourmet – stroopwaffels, oakland
La panotiq - college, café
Romeo’s coffee
Taphause - german pub, durant
Spats - university
donato & co – carlin recommended

South Bay

Kotetsu, santa clara, ramen
La panotiq - castro, café, study
Red hot wok – taiwanese, stevens creek
Gangnam chicken – san mateo – korean chicken
Popbar – saratoga, ice cream/gelato/fruit dipped in chocolate
Maruichi - ramen, milpitas
Pepper lunch - japanese, sizzling plate milpitas
Sp2 communal bar and restaurant – downtown sj
The table – downtown willow glen, brunch
Stacks – downtown campbell, brunch
Southern kitchen – los gatos, brunch
China stix – dim sum, santa clara, juan ruan lou
Red rock coffee co – castro, mountain view, cafe
Hi pot – taiwanese, stevens creek
Liangs village – taiwanese, stevens creek
Konjoe burger – asian fusion, san pedro square
Bitter + sweet – coffee, dessert, ice cream, de anza
asian box – bento, castro
Indo – thai, asian fusion, palo alto
Chromatic coffee – cafe, lawrence plaza
B2 coffee – san pedro square, cafe
Bonchon – korean chicken, sunnyvale
Buffalo – asian fusion, baos, downtown mountain view
Cocola – cafe, tritrip sandwich, santana row
Forbes mill steakhouse – downtown los gatos, fanceh
Fusion house – taiwan, fremont
Grand harbor – taiwan, fremont
Bird dog – *, Palo alto
Le papillon – french,
Steins beer garden – beer garden, american lounge food, mountain view castro
Jack rose – bar, los gatos
Vino vino – wine bar, sandwiches, salads, san pedro square

Sacramento

Old soul co. – midtown
Yang’s noodle

Los Angeles

Chosun – ktowm, kbbq
Redfin poke – santa monica, chain
Kazunori – hand wraps, santa monica, chain
Nature’s brew – USC, cafe, also alcohol

Philadelphia

Green egg café – brunch
Square one café – café, super hipster

London

Bosphorus Kebabs – South Kensington, cash only, Turkish, hole in the wall
Bone daddies – ramen, soho
Balans soho society – kensington
The wolsely – afternoon tea, westminster

Amsterdam

Norling Restaurant – tibetan
Kantjil & de Tijger – indonesian

Budapest

Hachapuri – georgian
Tamp & pull espresso bar
Piknik pavilon – hungarian, terrace
Szimpla – ruin bar

New York

Whynot coffee – LES
Umi sushi – lexington/26th
Gaia –italian, LES
Momofuku
Birds of a feather – Williamsburg
Aska – **, Scandinavian, williamsburg
Sweatshop – williamsburg, breakfast/brunch/coffeshop
Congee village – chinese, les
Baohaus – les
La goulette – tunisian/mediterranean, williamsburg
Post office – Williamsburg, whiskey
Joe’s pizza – chain
Idea cafe – good for work
Dō – cookie dough
Northerly coffee – williamsburg
Ootoya – japanese
Marharlika – east village, fillipino
Veselka – jewish
Stick with me – chocolate, Soho
Kimpton hotel event – coffee and bar, Penn station
Pouring ribbons – cocktail, les
Allora ristorante – Italian, midtown $$
Midwinter kitchen – les, farm to table, good brunch
Doughnut plant – Chelsea
Very fresh noodles – chelsea, hand pulled beef noodles
Rikos Peruvian cuisine – midtown east
Devocion – cafe, williamsburg
The flat – cafe, Williamsburg
Cocoran – Les, dipping soba
Cafe Luxembourg – brunch, french
Sushi yasaka – 45 dollar omakase
Pig & khao – Les, brunch, fillipino
12 chairs – williamsburg brunch, cafe
kang ho dong baek jeong – ktown kbbq
Beauty & Essex – speakeasy restaurant, LES
Spreadhouse – Les cafe, beer, food

Chicago

Stans donut
Au cheval
Green street smoked meats – bbq
Intelligentsia coffee