Tanám is a Filipino restaurant that’s really just a single table in a small room in Union Square, and it’s outstanding.

Sarma is a great Mediterranean restaurant in Somerville.

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

The tasting counter is a pricy but excellent tasting menu place inside Aeronaut Brewery in Somerville.

Kirkland Tap and Trotter is a very good casual American restaurant on the Cambridge-Somerville border.

Celeste is a cool little Peruvian restaurant in Union Square that makes great ceviche.

Field and Vine is a very good American restaurant in Union Square where you kind of get the idea that the owners spend a lot of time at farms.

Ebi Sushi is a casual sushi spot in Union Square, and it’s just one more reason we’re jealous of people who live in Union Square.

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.

La Brasa is a big, meat-forward place in East Somerville that has a good cocktail menu.

Machu Chicken is a casual Peruvian spot in Union Square that makes great chicken, which is good, because otherwise it’d have to change its name.

Istanbu’lu is a very good, but very tiny, casual Turkish spot in Teele Square.

Casa B is a fun tapas place in Union Square.

Dali is an eccentric and fun tapas restaurant in Somerville.

El Potro is a small, colorful Mexican place in Union Square with really big plates and margaritas.

Create is a tiny art gallery and cocktail bar in Union Square's Bow Market.