bored and hungry

[dirty-devlin.livejournal.com]

just out of curiosity...what is your favorite restaurant in somerville? (i'd have to say mine is diva.)

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[ruthling.livejournal.com]

I went to Orleans for the first time recently and liked it a lot.

[la-ti-da.livejournal.com]

bleh. not impressed for the price.

[shinxy.livejournal.com]

Mike's Restaurant. Totally unpretentious and friggin good food.

[dirty-devlin.livejournal.com]

i was thinking that too. pizza, pasta, beer, inexpensive and very good.

[talonvaki.livejournal.com]

Redbones...Dali...and I confess a certain fondness for the Rosebud...

[danger-chick.livejournal.com]

The Rosebud has always annoyed me, because they don't let you put your feet on the seats. I'm really short and my feet don't touch the ground when I sit in the booths. So I tend to sit crosslegged so that my feet don't go numb, but they always yell at me for putting my feet on the chairs.

[modpixie.livejournal.com]

redbones and rosebud, definitely. ::nods::

[androidqueen.livejournal.com]

anna's!

[emblebug.livejournal.com]

Well, it used to be "eat" in union square before it closed. now, i'd be hard-pressed to choose between dali and gargoyles.

[jencallisto]

i miss eat so much. it makes me want to cry if i think about it too hard.
i'm glad i'm not the only one who remembers it.

now that it's gone... i would actually agree with jadelennox -- India Palace in Union Square. because for the 3 years i lived on Prospect Hill they cheerfully delivered consistently delicious, relatively cheap piles of food up the hill, a true lifesaver. especially on the "spring cleaning" weekends when we were all so exhausted and hungry that if they hadn't been around we might've truly killed each other.

wow. now i really really want one of their pistachio shakes. i've never managed to find one quite as good anywhere else.

[danger-chick.livejournal.com]

Tacos Lupita.

[denonymous.livejournal.com]

Antonia's, Redbones, and Anna's top the charts.

[saraheeyore.livejournal.com]

Namaskar. Mmmmm....

[penguin42.livejournal.com]

SECONDED

Especially their weekend lunch buffet!

[tikva.livejournal.com]

Dali. Mmmmmm.

[mrcairo.livejournal.com]

I've found Diva to be too expensive and so-so in terms of food and service.
On the other hand, Namaskar has some of the best Indian that I've had in
this country, and they do well with service and decor. Plus, the prices are (a little) better,
the portions are bigger, and it's only a block away from Diva. Check it out!

[androidqueen.livejournal.com]

ditto that.

[nathanjw]

I'll nominate Sabur.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Wow, that menu looks gooooood. I don't get to Teele Square nearly enough.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Johnny D's at brunch-time. Mmmmm.

[komos.livejournal.com]

$13.00 for a scrambled eggs in an unwarmed tortilla with little more for interest than a teaspoon each of sour cream and what I'm certain was Ortega salsa?

I'm less than convinced.

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

Probably Redbones. Though last night I went to East Asia at Powderhouse and it was pretty good too.

[strangeanimal.livejournal.com]

East Asia rules.

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

redbones, redbones, redbones. :D followed by dali and diva.

[bex77]

I love East Asia in Powder House Square. Thai and Chinese. Very nice people. Cheap, fast and good! Their veggie dumplings are fabulous!

[ceo]

It's either House Of Tibet or Gargoyle's. Beware of the martinis at the latter.

And then there's Diesel, but that's not really a restaurant per se.

[julyana.livejournal.com]

Ya gotta love Gargoyles!

[komos.livejournal.com]

Depends really on what kind of food/experience I'm looking for...

Redbones for barbecue/beer
Renee's or The Neighborhood for brunch
Dali. Just Dali.
Anna's for a quick Mexican fix.
Namaskar for Indian, though I'm more likely to go to Punjab in Arlington.

There are probably more.

[toodleskitty.livejournal.com]

Anna's

Diesel

S&S

[denonymous.livejournal.com]

Oh, the new Tibetan place in Davis is also fantastic. I think it's called Martasa on Elm, or something. Their vegetable dumplings are amazing, and every time I'm there I want pretty much one of everything on the menu.

Martsa on Elm

[siderea]

Great samday (beef stew) and momos (dumplings). Get the momos fried -- your arteries can't be hard enough. ;)

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[cthulhia]

for decor: red bones (underbones) and dali.

Dali was the first restaurant I went to in somerville, before I moved here from New York. I'll say it clinched my decision to move *only* if it gets me a free meal there. :)

Antonia's takes too long. But when you can get a table on the square in nice weather...

The best italian place I've been to in town was Vinnie's Superette in East Somerville, in the sectioned-off back half of a convenience store. My mom saw it rated in newsweek and exhorted me to go, so I did. I don't regret it.

Soundbites is better than Johnny D's, but don't go there on a weekend. There is a breakfast place in union that's pretty decent and quirky. In inclement weather, they moving the line of people waiting for tables into the basement, which is amusing.

Sabur was a surprisingly good discovery. Eat (r.i.p.) was really nice.

I avoid rosebud and anna's, but I that's because I'm not big on diner or mexican fare.

Namaskar and Diva are a tie for me.

the best pizza in town is apparently that little cafe on highland a little past cedar.

For salads to go, diesel salads are better than blue shirt, except that diesel doesn't serve meat. I dream of them offering a chicken version of their caesar salad.

[easy-wind.livejournal.com]

i'm a vegetarian which limits my options.

we've had a couple of exceptional meals at rudy's (in teele) over the past month or so. i always just thought it was "OK" before, but the last two times I've been extremely impressed.

and i'm a big fan of a lot of places already mentioned... gargoyle's (for something fancy), diva, red bones (for a beer and a veg burger)... all great options.

[dirty-devlin.livejournal.com]

i'm veg too.

i didn't know redbones had a veggie burger...good to know.

[denonymous.livejournal.com]

While on the subject of food, am I the only person whose face goes numb while eating Kee Kar Lau?

It may be because it's generally combined with vast quantities of beer and whiskey, but actually afraid to try it sober.

[noire.livejournal.com]

Namaskar
Kelly's
Gargoyles
Dali
and--
Why has no one mentioned EVOO yet????

Okay, they're expensive compared to the others, but for the *kind* fo cuisine they're very reasonable. And the food is as good as any in the area, with the possible exception of Radius in Boston.

[emblebug.livejournal.com]

I always wanted to go to EVOO but never got the chance before I moved out of Boston. It's still on the list to go to sometime when I go back to visit.

[allli.livejournal.com]

Tu Y Yo in Powderhouse Square- i owe them my loyalty. always splendid. especially/even the sides of black beans and cilantro & tomato flavored rice. wow. and really good sangria. best we've found so far (since april)