Bisq is a wine bar and restaurant in Inman Square with a fantastic menu of American small plates.

The tasting counter is a pricy but excellent tasting menu place inside Aeronaut Brewery in Somerville.

Ten Tables is an excellent neighborhood restaurant in Jamaica Plain.

Loyal Nine is a restaurant focused on regional foods with a nice patio in East Cambridge.

Trillium is a brewery in the Seaport. The line out the door will be full of people coming for the beer, but the food is actually really good, too.

Field and Vine is a very good American restaurant in Union Square where you kind of get the idea that the owners spend a lot of time at farms.

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

Cafe du Pays is a seriously cozy French-Canadian restaurant in Cambridge.

Alden & Harlow in Harvard Square serves good, not great American small plates in a fun underground space with excellent cocktails.

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.

Moonshine 152 is a great little restaurant in South Boston that serves Asian-ish street food.

La Brasa is a big, meat-forward place in East Somerville that has a good cocktail menu.

Asta is a good but pricey fine dining place in Back Bay that's surprisingly casual.

The Backroom at Moody’s is a great restaurant attached to a great deli in Waltham.

Mei Mei is the brick and mortar of a great foodtruck that serves Chinese-American food for lunch.

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.