This is incomplete and subjective.  Both Central Square and Kendall Square have become busy and very diverse restaurant areas.  Many new restaurants have opened and more are coming.

Salts
Gabriel Kremer, Food & Wine Best Young Chef
905 Main St.
617 876-8444
www.saltsrestaurant.com

Craigie on Main
Tony Maws, Food & Wine Best Young Chef and James Beard Award winner
Snout to tail, famous for its hamburger and much more.
853 Main St.
617 497-5511
www.craigieonmain.com

Rendezvous
Lifetime Achievement Award to Chef Steve Johnson
502 Mass. Ave.
617 576 1900
www.rendezvouscentralsquare.com

Bondir
Jason Bond’s very individual take on farm to fork locavore
279 Broadway
Ste A
Cambridge, MA 02139
617 661-0009
www.bondircambridge.com

Area 4
Michael Leviton takes the turnpike in from Newton’s Lumiere
500 Technology Square
Main St.
617
www.areafour.com/

Catalyst
Bill Koval from Aujourd hui in Boston
Not yet open but coming.
300 Technology Square

Moska
Not yet opened but coming soon.  Patricia Yeo from NYC’s AZ and Ginger Park in Boston and Om in Harvard Square.
450 Mass. Ave.

Central Kitchen
Gary Strack’s hip bistro
567 Mass. Ave.
617 268-0106
www.enormous.tv/central

Fireplace Saints
Coming soon
Gary’s new restaurant in once-lonely Kendall Sqaure
1 Broadway

Meadhall
4 Cambridge Center
617  714-4372
www.themeadhall.com

Central Bottle
handsome wine store, great cheeses and meats and wonderful small bites inspires by Venetian cichetti.
196 Mass. Ave.
617 225-0040
www.centralbottle.com

Flour
The third bakery from Joanne Chang.  Sandwiches, home-made pop tarts and more.
190 Mass. Ave.
617 225-2525

http://flourbakery.com/

EVOO/ ‘Za
‘Za is the pizza and salad cafe.  EVOO is Patrick McCarthy’s restaurant.  Extra Virgin Olive Oli.
350 Third St.
617 661-3866
www.evoorestaurant.com

Abigail’s
291 Third St.
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
617 945-9086
A hip gastropub that just opened across from EVOO and next to Abigail’s.  Part of the group of places that might be traced back to East Coast Grill.
abigailsrestaurant.net

Miracle of Science
perfect bar for this quirky neighborhood.  Lots of engineers, labtops for tables and photos of Einstein and Dr. Land.  Good ice cream too.
321 Mass. Ave.
617 868-2866.
www.miracleofscience.us/
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Middlesex
The guys from Miracle of Science open a lounge-scene.
315 Mass. Ave.
617 617 868 MSEX
www.middlesexlounge.com

AFRICAN
Bytes
Hidden down an alley and not really on Sidney Street.  Great West African food and American lunches.
64 Sidney st.
617 621-3513

Baraka Cafe
Northern African food.  Best lemonade in the world and much more.
80.5 Pearl St.
617 868-3951
www.barakacafe.com

Asmara Ethiopian
Central Square’s first and third African restaurant.
739 Mass. Ave.
617 617) 864-7447
www.asmararestaurantboston.com

Coffee shops
1369
757 Mass. Ave.
617 576-4600
www.1359coffeehouse.com

Voltage
Another new neighbor in once empty Kendall Sq.  Across from EVOO and next to Abigails.
295 Third  St.
617  714-3974
www.voltagecoffee.com

Starbucks
Venti and Trenta and singular Panini.  Worst Italian in American
655 Mass. Ave
617
www.

Dunkin Donuts
Munchkins!
Mass. Ave.

Toscanini’s
899 Main St.
617 491-5877
www.tosci.com

ASIAN

Mary Chung’s
Dan Dan noodles!
464 Mass. Ave.
617 864-1991
www.marychung.com

Royal East
Where parents of MIT students eat.
792 Main St.
617 661-1660
www.royaleast.com

Pu Pu Hot Pot
The real name is No. 1 Scholar’s Special Eating Place
907 Main St.
617 491-6636
www.pupuchinese.com

All Asia
The Cape Cod League of Boston’s music scene
332 Mass. Ave.
617 497-1544
www.allasiabar.com

Floating Rock
Great Cambodian food from Revere
485 Mass. Ave.
617 455-4009
www.floatingrockcambridge.com

Pepper Sky
Thai
20 Pearl St.
617 495-2541
wwww.pepperskys.com

Rangzen Tibetan
24 Pearl St.
617 354-8881
www.rangzenfood.com

Theolonious Monkfish
524 Mass. Ave.
617 441-2116
www.facebook.com/theloniousmonkfish

Thailand Cafe
A great Szechuan restaurant hidden inside a Thai restaurant.
302 Mass. Ave.
617 492-2494

IINDIAN
Royal Bengal
Mass. Ave.
617

MIDDLE EASTERN FOOD

Middle East
472 Mass. Ave.
617
www.mideastclub.com

Zu Zu
474 Mass. Ave.
617  864 -3278 x 237
www.zuzubar.com

Karl’s Rant@Zu Zu
is the daytime version with ouside seating, brunch and lunch

Olive Tree Cafe
245 Mass. Ave.
617 441-8689
www.

BURGER Chains
Wendy’s
Mass. Ave.

Four Burgers
704 Mass. Ave.
617 441-5444
www.fourburgers.com

McDonald’s
Mass. ave.

PIZZA
Every band eats here, and their fans.
Hi Fi Pizza & Giant Sub
496 Mass. Ave.
617 492-4600

Cinderella’s
They deliver everywhere, have a big menu, stay open late and sell Toscanini’s.  They’ll deliver ice cream too.
901 Main St.
617 576-0280
www.cinderellasitalianfood.com

Chicago Pizza
239 Mass. Ave.
617 497 – 5555
www.cambridgepizza.com