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ANTICO FORNO, 93 Salem Street, North End, Boston, (617) 723-6733. Voted best traditional Italian restaurant by the Improper Bostonian. The Boston Globe raved, "The first glimpse of the wood-burning oven warms the soul and gives an immediate boost to the appetite....Everything cooked in it seems blessed." Feast on authentic country Italian cuisine: antipasto, lasagna, grilled entrées, and an array of handmade pasta dishes. Everything is fresh, filling, and priced in the $7 to $15 range. Lunch and dinner only. Visa and Mastercard accepted. Catering and corporate events available. Lunch, Monday-Saturday, 11:30-3. Dinner, Monday-Thursday, 3-10; Friday-Saturday, 3-10:30; Sunday, noon-10.

THE ATRIUM DINING ROOM AT THE INN AT HARVARD, 1201 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, (617) 491-2222. Experience innovative New England cuisine in a beautiful courtyard setting. Featured entrées include shrimp and scallop sauté, grilled veal chop, and wild mushroom risotto, all served in style by the gracious Inn staff. Validated parking with dinner. Breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, cocktails, and dinner.

THE ELEPHANT WALK, 900 Beacon Street, Boston, (617) 247-1500; 70 Union Square, Somerville, (617) 623-9939. Cambodian and French cuisine. A Boston Globe critic called the menu "so intriguing that one is tempted to order one dish after another just to explore all those flavors, all those nuances...." Lunch, Monday-Friday, 12-2:30. Dinner, Monday-Thursday, 5-10; Friday, 5-11; Saturday, 4:30-11; Sunday, 4:30-10.

HARVARD FACULTY CLUB, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, (617) 495-5758. Enjoy elegant décor and the eclectic cuisine of chef K.C. O'Hara. A la carte and prix-fixe menus. Available for private parties and events. Membership open to the Harvard community, affiliates, and alumni/ae. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

MAISON ROBERT, 45 School Street, Boston, (617) 227-3370. This Boston classic in the renovated Old City Hall was opened in 1972 by Lucien Robert and his wife Ann, A.M. '56. Lucien's nephew Jacky Robert, maître cuisinier de France and principal chef, offers classic and contemporary French food (with Asian accents) in the menu of the elegant main dining room. Imaginative bistro food at provincial prices (plus prix-fixe menus) is served in the more informal café. Award-winning desserts. Fine wines. Terra cotta bar. Seasonal garden. Valet parking. All major credit cards accepted.

TERRAMIA RISTORANTE, 98 Salem Street, North End, Boston, (617) 523-3112. "Terramia has become a hit with Boston insiders. The 40 seats are filled with savvy diners (including the owners of other restaurants paying the ultimate compliment)," claimed Bon Appétit in 1996. Seasonal menu may include such entrées as Maine lobster fritters and giant open-face ravioli with sea scallops, shrimp, and fresh zucchini in a lobster mascarpone sauce. Fine wines available. Dinner, Monday-Friday, 5-10:30. Saturday, 4-10:30. Sunday, 1-10. Reservations and all major credit cards accepted. Large parties and corporate events can be accommodated. Parking on Cooper Street.

UPSTAIRS AT THE PUDDING, 10 Holyoke Street, Cambridge, (617) 864-1933. The atmosphere, like the menu, is elegant: bowls of fresh flowers on the table, pink tablecloths, chandeliers, and rich hunter-green walls stretching up to high ceilings--a setting worthy of the venerable Hasty Pudding Club, this restaurant's downstairs neighbor. The food also upholds that club's tradition of excellence without pretense. Lunch and dinner. Weekend brunch, Saturday and Sunday. Outdoor herb garden.

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