Good Thymes Family Restaurant

This place is about 20 minutes from Bedford. They have very good American food served by a friendly albeit sometimes slow staff. I had a turkey club last time with onion rings for 50 cents extra, yum! Mom had fried clam strips that were very good and a generous serving too.

Russell House Tavern

The Russell House Tavern in Harvard Square ( www.russellhousecambridge.com/) has very good food and is not too too expensive. The only problem we found is that it is an extremely loud place. H had a marrow bone and a side of creamed spinach: very good and okay. L had veal stew which was quite good.

It would probably be a sweet place to dine outside on a warm summer's eve!

Porcini's in Watertown

We loved our entrees here. L had a very nice risotto, and H had some duck, both from the nightly specials.

A bit expensive.

Seemed like a good choice for a weekend night-- no reservation needed.

http://www.porcinis.com

Ka-noon Thai

We like this place better than its predecessor. The little mandatory salad is quite nice. We also like that they will let you substitute duck with almost any dish. H had the thunder noodles with duck and liked it. L's red curry with beef was a tad disappointing, but past curry dishes hear have been yummy here. The amount of heat seems to vary quite a bit.

Belly Buster Diner

We went here for the first time recently. I had the fried chicken for lunch, H had the special BB burger. My chicken was very good, as were the onions rings and cole slaw. H liked her burger, I didn't really. She also had a side of beets and thought they were good but not special.

The hot tea was well served and our waitress happily brought us 2nd mugs of hot water.

The only thing I didn't like was the bright exposed light bulbs.

Thumbs up.