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Budget Restaurants in Boston
| Name | Price/ Cuisine |
Location |
All Star Sandwich Bar
This place has a strict definition of what makes a sandwich: no... |
$ Cuisine, American |
Cambridge |
Antico Forno
Many of the menu choices here come from the eponymous wood-burning... Reserve |
$ Cuisine, Italian |
The North End |
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Baraka Café
Tiny Baraka may be atmospherically challenged, but after a few... |
$ Cuisine, Mediterranean |
Cambridge |
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Bella Luna
After being priced out of its former Jamaica Plain digs, this... Reserve |
$ Cuisine, Italian |
Jamaica Plain |
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Boloco
This unassuming eatery near the Berklee College of Music started... |
$ Cuisine, Eclectic |
Back Bay |
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The Butcher Shop
Chef Barbara Lynch has remade the classic meat market as a polished... |
$ Cuisine, American |
South End |
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Café Brazil
Terrific sizzling entrées from Brazil's Minas Gerais region... |
$ Cuisine, Brazilian |
Allston |
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Centre Street Café
It's impossible not to love JP's funky and fun hangout, where... |
$ Cuisine, American |
Jamaica Plain |
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Clear Flour Bread
Finding this bakery on a small Brookline side street can be tough—if... |
$ Cuisine, Bakery |
Brookline |
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Daily Catch
You've just got to love this place—for the noise, the intimacy... |
$ Cuisine, Seafood |
The North End |
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El Oriental de Cuba
This small haven serves a large variety of excellent Cuban food... |
$ Cuisine, Cuban |
Jamaica Plain |
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Elephant Walk
Chef Longteine de Monteiro learned to manage a Cambodian kitchen... Reserve |
$ Cuisine, Eclectic |
Brookline |
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Elephant Walk
The chef of this popular Cambodian-French fusion house, Longtaine... Reserve |
$ Cuisine, Eclectic |
Cambridge |
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Estragon
The urbane 1930s decor makes this South End Spanish restaurant... Reserve |
$ Cuisine, Spanish |
South End |
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Flour Bakery + Café
When the neighbors need coffee, a sandwich, or a muffin—or... |
$ Cuisine, American |
South End |
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Franklin Café
This place has jumped to the head of the class by keeping things... |
$ Cuisine, American |
South End |
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Lala Rokh
Persian miniatures and medieval maps cover the walls of this... Reserve |
$ Cuisine, Middle Eastern |
Beacon Hill and Boston Common |
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Le's
Vietnamese noodle soup called pho is the name of the game in... |
$ Cuisine, Vietnamese |
Cambridge |
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Matt Murphy's Pub
Boston has dozens of Irish pubs, but very few are notable for... |
$ Cuisine, Irish |
Brookline |
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Mr. Bartley's Burger Cottage
It may be perfect cuisine for the student metabolism: a huge... |
$ Cuisine, American |
Cambridge |
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Myers + Chang
Pink and orange dragon decals cover the windows of this all-day... Reserve |
$ Cuisine, Chinese |
South End |
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No Name Restaurant
Famous for not being famous, the No Name has been serving fresh... |
$ Cuisine, Seafood |
Downtown Boston |
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The Publick House
What started as a simple neighborhood beer bar has reached cultlike... |
$ Cuisine, American |
Brookline |
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Rani
One of Brookline's more unusual restaurants serves excellent... |
$ Cuisine, Indian |
Brookline |
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Rubin's
The last kosher Jewish delicatessen in the Boston area is award... |
$ Cuisine, Deli |
Brookline |
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Silvertone
Devotees of this hip basement restaurant swear by the no-fuss... |
$ Cuisine, American |
Downtown Boston |
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SoulFire Barbecue
What this neighborhood needed most took a long time to get here... |
$ Cuisine, American: Southern |
Allston |
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Taberna de Haro
Although Bostonians have already fallen for tapas, this is the... Reserve |
$ Cuisine, Spanish |
Brookline |
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Tamarind Bay
This tiny, subterranean space is brick-lined and filled with... |
$ Cuisine, Indian |
Cambridge |
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Tanjore
The menu at this fully regional restaurant reaches from Sindh... |
$ Cuisine, Indian |
Cambridge |
Toro
The buzz from chefs Ken Oringer and Jamie Bissonnette's tapas... |
$ Cuisine, Spanish |
South End |
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Tory Row
A clean, minimalist vibe defines this casual eatery just about... |
$ Cuisine, American |
Cambridge |
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Uni
Seven years after he opened his small Back Bay sashimi bar inside... |
$ Cuisine, Japanese |
Back Bay |
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Village Smokehouse
This stalwart Brookline Village BBQ joint has been literally... |
$ Cuisine, American: Southern |
Brookline |
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West Side Lounge
Understated is the buzzword at this relaxed but suave bistro... Reserve |
$ Cuisine, American |
Cambridge |
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Zaftigs
Here's something different: a contemporary version of a Jewish... |
$ Cuisine, American |
Brookline |
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