Best greasy spoon
Charlie's Kitchen is the kind of place college students live for. Three bucks will get you a cheeseburger
plate. If you're feeling really upscale, plunk down $7 for a - yikes! - "lobster melt" with beer fries.
This is a place to hang, shoot the shit, and bitch about The Man, filling your belly despite the
unbearable lightness of your wallet.
The runner-up, Rosebud, attracts a mix of funky Davis Square types who like the retro feel and
working-class Somervillians who just want a nice slab of meatloaf. The waitresses - including one
whose hairdo is a stunning monument to the power of Aqua Net - call everyone "hon" and bustle about
taking orders for breakfast, burgers, and your grandparents' idea of coffee. The old-fashioned service,
the mid-century dining car, the simple choices - it's like a time machine to another era, one from which
you may never want to return.
Charlie's Kitchen, 10 Eliot Street, Cambridge, (617) 492-4696; Rosebud, 381 Summer Street, Somerville, (617) 666-6015.
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