La Morra is an Italian restaurant in Brookline with excellent small plates and pastas.

Gray’s Hall is a wine bar in Southie with a great small plates selection.

Barcelona is a good tapas spot in the South End.

The Butcher Shop is a nice little South End wine bar disguised as a steakhouse.

Bar Lyon is a little French restaurant in the South End, and it’s exactly what you want in a “little French restaurant.”

Fromage is a wine bar in Southie that kind of makes you feel like a fish.

Les Zygomates is a French wine bar Downtown, and while the food isn’t particularly noteworthy, it’s a fun spot with live music just about every night.

The Glenville Stops is a small plates place in Allston with a great wine list.

Nathalie is a relaxed wine bar in the Fenway with small bites and an interesting wine list.

1855 Bar a Vins is a wine bar in Back Bay.

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.

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

Moo is a fancy steakhouse in Beacon Hill.

Nico is a tiny red sauce Italian restaurant in the North End.

Artu is a traditional Italian restaurant in the North End that’s good for weeknight walk-ins.

Rebel Rebel is a feminist natural wine bar in Union Square’s Bow Market.