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j - Harvard Square q I restaurant key hotel # Useful Numbers i Emergency 864-1212 Emergency 876-5800 A B C A) I / 53 51 meat is delicious, as is the rice pilaf. For a cheaper me..], have The Acropolis cither the roast chicken with rice pilaf or potato or spaghetti (!) for $2.25 or the i'cta cheese omelette for an even lower 51. 75. I Although the chicken is rather bland and somewhat stringy, yon Massachusetts Aye., Cambridge Address: 16S0 do get a large-sizedportion in a tasty butter and oil sauce. Tlie omelette, meanwhile, also a bargain, as you get a generous Phone: 354-8335 is portion of cheese. by Hours: Mon-Fri 3-1 1:30pm; Sun ll:30am-l I:3opm As at almost all Greek restaurants, you can eat cheaply ordering a salad. The salad ala Acropolis (for two, 51.50) is large arid is sir.othcred with fcta cheese. This, plus an appeti/.cr or soup, may be enough to fill you up if you aren't terribly hungry. For dessert, order the baklava (5.35); its only fault Is that il may be a little on the soggy side. The flogcra (5.35) is pretty custard inside a pastry shell. For a nickel less you can get Greek rice pudding, lemon-flavored and spiced with cinnamon. The Acropolis serves a very good moussaka (52.50), but, un- fortunately, it is offered only on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. On any day, for a more exotic Greek dish, try the klcftiko(.'»'2.Bs), marinated lamb combined with cheese and olives. The menu at The Acropolis states that the restaurant "Is one man's memory of a little village"in Greece. If the decor of this restaurant accurately reflects what the village looked like, that must have been one heck of a rich little town. The ionic columns outside and the friezes inside may be reminiscent of Greek temples,but you won't find many restaurants in Greece that look like this. Although the decor maybe somewhat plastic, the food is of much higher quality. Begin your meal with soup or an appetizer. If you want to forgo the common egg-lemon soup, try lentil (each 5.45). Although not exciting, it is good tomato broth with plenty of peas floating in it. For an inexpensiveversion of a usually costly appetizer, order the taramosalata (caviar salad) for Sur- prisingly, this dish made of caviar,potatoes, olive pil, ano. lemon, is pink and has a whipped consistency. For another more unusuai appetizer order saganaki This "baked cheese delight" is a dish ol" melted cheese served with lemon. I i The shish kebab Oriental (53.50) is quite good. The chunks of i lamb are alternated with the traditionalpeppers, tomatoes, and onions. The zucchini and eggplant mixture that comes with the I 1 i ! i 492-09C0, Sat, $.65. ($.75). 1 r _i Q 161 162 A in, Mexico offers Mole Poblano (55.00), boneless breast of chicken strange as it may seem, a highlyseasoned chocolate sauce. Casa Mexico stuffed A milder dish is the enchiladas verdes (54.75), to. villas Winthrcp Tibridg. green Address: 75 St., d with chicken and covered v-iih a delicately seasoned cheese, and sour cream. Another mild Phone: -'-9 1-4552 tomato sauce, melted offering but unfortunately so mild as to be rather dull, is Arroz unexciting Hours: Noon-2:3opm; 7 Con (54.75), somewhat dry chicken in an Mon-Sat days6-10pm; Fri, Sat til 1 1 Polio dinners include tomato,olive, and mushroom sauce. All of these i Credit Cards: None very good retired beans and well-seasoned rice. make your You may be filled by just a main course; but tc Liquor License: Bring your own meal even delicious you might want to order an appetizer, more off a a soup or a salad. It is especially good to balance spicy Reservations: Yes, except on versa. Among the Friday and Saturday nights entice with something mild before it, or vice 75 guacamole (avocado) i Quality of Food: -«S '',.U tamer accompaniments, the 51. _salad ___i_u»s<otf are - and the mixed greens salad with avocado dressing (51. 25) Value for Money: "_««_"<§ choices. Both are interesting and well-seasoned. good soup of In the same categoryfalls the bean soup, an occasional though, is the Total Experience:^*,_?*-«* '...♦.J the day (51.00). The best of the milder -» .» »» J in a *- Queso Asado It is a gooey, delicious cheese baked of sausage that add a bit v* spice to the " crock with a few pieces concoction. way, If you want to begin your meal in a more highly seasoned Walking down Boylston in Casa Street Cambridge, you may have there are also many goodies to choose from. The Hongos passed a corner marinade; where some very tempting aromas pervade the Mexico arc mushrooms in a delicious, spicy air. If so, you were waluing by the basement windows of C.-ia mushroom salad (51. 50) is a delicious Mexico, and the spinach and one of the area's best Mexicanrestaurants. One of only a vegetable combination in a similar-tasting vinaigrette dressing. few Ln Boston, this Mexican soup (Sl. __■), a grcUcr eating place is not your Better than the salads, however, is the garlic typical taca stand. It is flavoring. a brightly decorated, intimate basement dish that is innundated with delicious garlic room fantastic where verygood, weil-seasonedfood is served at moderate of all the spicy appetizers is the Chiles Rellenos ($1.75), prices. Hottest ! warm chile peppers stuffed with melted cheese. no reservations arc than Since accepted on week-ends, you should The dessert selection is small and much less interesting plan to before unorder avoida after your big arrive 6:30 to 15-30 minute wait in the rest of the menu. But if you are still hungry line. If you do arrive late, sauce. though, you will find the food well meal, order theflan a very good custard in a tasty for. worth waiting The tangyMexican tastes begin as soon ns you not to leave without having some Cafe Casa Mexico are Be sure seated; instead of giving you the usual bread to munch on (555) though, a delicious blend of chocolate, and until your dinner arrives, the waiter brings you tortillachips and cinnamon. a very hot gazpacho-like dip. I I The pri.j of the entrees range from 54.25 to 56.50, but almost all are less than 56.00. One of the best ones to order is tostados (54.50), crisp tortillas topped with chicken or beef (or chorizo sausages,for 5.25 extra; shrimp cost SS.CO), refried beans, lettuce, ! melted cheese, and a little chile sauce. The mixture of flavors in f this dish is delicious; for some reason, though, chicken goesbetter i with the other toppings than does beef. For spicy food lovers, Casa t foods, ($1.50). ($1.25) r ($.75), coffee, I }g> 177 178 that is cooked in a meat stock. A bit more expensive, and no better, is the veal scaloppine, marsala (56.75). Although tasty i I Ferdinand's and tender, it is a little on the heavy side, the result of a thickly buttered sauce. w Address: 121 Mt. Auburn Cambridge Dinners here are served in large portions, and are quite filling. You therefore might want to save some money and avoid the \ Phone: 491-4915 appetizers and desserts. But this could be many of these before- and after-dinnertreats are quite good. One of the best is i Hours: Mon-Fri 1 l:3oam-2:3opm; Sat Noon-3; I i tlie excellent quiche ($.95), heavily cheese-flavored and laden 7 days 5:30-10pm; Fri.Sat til 1 1pm (51.25; i } I with large bits oi ham. The onion soup gratince is loaded i i with onions and is quite tasty; but the cheese topping is made I Cards: BA, I Credit MC with Swiss instead of the more common gruyere cheese, i i resulting in a rather unusual taste. Less expensive is the i Liquor License: Yes vichyssoisc (5.65), well-seasoned, but served, unfortunately, only » Reservations: Yes slightly cooler than lukewarm. 1 For dessert try the peach melba ($.95). a delicious com- cream, sauce, ! Quality of Food: «_£>^> "s_" 4 bination of peaches, vanilla ice raspberry and want to ; almonds. Also good, but a dish you would not attempt to Value for Money:*Ji**sv*_ l eat when you are almost is ice cream a la Greenstreet (SI.OO. It is made with coffee ice cream, creme de cacao, ar.J coconut. Total Experience:-.'-.;"■_£" I Ferdinand's also offers the more common chocolate mousse (5.75), but this dessert suffers from the usual inexpensiveFrench restaurant problem of over-heaviness. It has, however, a very rich chocolate flavor. For moderatelypriced French a cuisine that is usually At lunch time meals at Ferdinand's are a lot cheaper (51.95- quite expensive, a pleasant restaurant to visit is Ferdinand's. Not -$3.25), but the selection is not as wide, and the portions are overly large, it is divided into three small rooms, each of which smaller. At either time, though, the atmosphere is pleasant and provides a casual, friendly atmosphere. the service friendly. Dinner entrees, all of which are accompaniedby a salad and a potato or vegetable, range in price from 53.75-58.75. Eight of them, plus six different kinds of omelettes, are available for less than $5.00. Naturally, these less expensive offerings are more of i the chicken and fish than of the beef variety.