Budget Restaurants in Boston

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Budget Restaurants in Boston

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All Star Sandwich Bar
This place has a strict definition of what makes a sandwich: no...
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American
Cambridge
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Antico Forno
Many of the menu choices come from the eponymous wood-burning... | Reserve Online
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Italian
The North End
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Baraka Café
Tiny Baraka may be atmospherically challenged, but after a few...
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Mediterranean
Cambridge
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Barking Crab Restaurant
It is, believe it or not, a seaside clam shack plunk in the middle...
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Seafood
Waterfront
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Bella Luna
Sci-fi jokes are sprinkled across this spot's spaced-out menu...
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Italian
Jamaica Plain
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Bukhara
The menu here covers the cuisines of several Indian regions so...
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Indian
Jamaica Plain
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Café Brazil
Terrific meaty entrées from Brazil's Minas Gerais region...
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Brazilian
Allston
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Centre Street Café
It's impossible not to love J. P.'s funky and fun hangout, where...
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American
Jamaica Plain
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Daily Catch
You've just got to love this place—for the noise, the intimacy...
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Seafood
The North End
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East Coast Grill and Raw Bar
Owner-chef-author Chris Schlesinger built his national reputation...
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American
Cambridge
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El Oriental de Cuba
This small haven, which was refurbished into a bigger, better...
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Caribbean
Jamaica Plain
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Elephant Walk
The chef of this popular Cambodian-French fusion house, Longtaine... | Reserve Online
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Eclectic
Cambridge
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Elephant Walk
Technically this outpost of Elephant Walk (the other is in Cambridge)... | Reserve Online
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Eclectic
Brookline
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Flour Bakery + Café
When the neighbors need coffee, or a sandwich, or a muffin, or...
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American
The South End
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Franklin Café
This place has jumped to the head of the class by keeping things...
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American
The South End
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Full Moon
Here's a happy reminder that dinner with children doesn't have...
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American
Cambridge
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Ginza
One of Chinatown's best restaurants turns out a remarkably fresh...
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Chinese
Chinatown
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The Helmand
The area's first Afghan restaurant is named after a province...
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Afghan
Cambridge
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Hi-Rise Bread Company
The best sandwiches start with stellar bread. Here, a range of...
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American
Cambridge
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Le's
Vietnamese noodle soup called pho is the name of the game in...
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Vietnamese
Cambridge
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Marco
The second-story dining room is meant to evoke a charming Italian... | Reserve Online
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Italian
The North End
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Matt Murphy's Pub
Boston has dozens of Irish pubs, but very few are notable for...
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Irish
Brookline
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Mr. Bartley's Burger Cottage
It may be perfect cuisine for the student metabolism: a huge...
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American
Cambridge
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Myers + Chang
Pink and orange dragon decals cover the windows of this all-day...
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Chinese
The South End
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No Name Restaurant
Famous for not being famous, the No Name has been serving fresh...
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Seafood
Waterfront
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The Publick House
What started as a simple neighborhood beer bar has reached cultlike...
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American
Brookline
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Rani
One of Brookline's more-unusual restaurants serves excellent...
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Indian
Brookline
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Rubin's
The last kosher Jewish delicatessen in the Boston area is award-winning...
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Deli
Brookline
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Silvertone
Devotees of this hip basement restaurant swear by the no-fuss...
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American
Downtown Boston
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Soul Fire Barbecue
What this neighborhood needed most took a long time to get here...
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Southern
Allston
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Taberna de Haro
Although Bostonians have already fallen for tapas, this is the...
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Spanish
Brookline
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Tacos El Charro
Drag naysayers who claim that "Boston has no real Mexican restaurants"...
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Mexican
Jamaica Plain
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Tamarind Bay
This tiny, subterranean space is brick lined and warm—a...
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Indian
Cambridge
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Tanjore
The menu at this fully regional restaurant reaches from Sindh...
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Indian
Cambridge
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Zaftigs
Here's something different: a contemporary version of a Jewish...
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American
Brookline
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