SRV in the South End is a great Italian restaurant with plenty of room, outdoor space, and pasta.

Sarma is a great Mediterranean restaurant in Somerville.

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

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

Juliet in Union Square is an unpretentious French tasting menu restaurant in a low-key space.

Oleana is a very good Mediterranean restaurant from the same people behind Sarma and Sofra.

Taranta is an Italian-Peruvian restaurant in the North End that more people should know about.

Ten Tables is an excellent neighborhood restaurant in Jamaica Plain.

The Table is a tiny prix-fixe French restuarant in Cambridge.

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

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.

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.

Sportello is a cool Italian restaurant in the Seaport.

Barcelona is a good tapas spot in the South End.

Chickadee is a good Italian restaurant in an industrial corner of the Seaport.