Basta Pasta Trattoria
For those of you in the Cambridge, MA area, seriously, one of the best Italian restaurants I know of is Basta Pasta Trattoria. My friend introduced me to the restaurant in the very last week of college, but fortunately my family lives around Boston, so I’ve been able to return. Very great (I’d give it a 24 on the Zagat scale) but also insanely cheap. I mean, a huge bowl of delicious, heavenly risotto (try the white risotto with thyme, lemon, prosciutto, and goat cheese) for less than $9? It’s like a liter and a half of the stuff, too. What’s better for a poor student/post-doc? Also, the mini arancinis (fried rice balls and fontina cheese, with tomato sauce) are awesome.The only problem is that they’re a bit of a walk away from any T station (basically at the intersection of Putnam Ave and Western), and it’s in a residential neighborhood (i.e. little to no parking) but they do catering. I’m not sure if they do delivery. I go there by walking from Harvard Square, which is like 15 mins. The walk there is easy, the walk bad is hard because I’m usually stuffed full.
