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Comment by jkestner | Hacker News Reader

Oh, have they started making good food? I've had pieces of plastic fork in my food, which itself was actually bitter tasting. When they got the order right. They rebranded with a hip paint job to keep up with Clover when it showed up and stole all the customers.

Friendly Toast/Cambridge Brewing Company is a nice spot. Area IV could be awesome. Flour and Miracle of Science are the best.

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Yeah, I have heard the occasional horror story like year, but they seem to have things mostly under control. I haven't been eating there all that long, but word on the street is it's definitely better than back in the day.

Definite second to all of your other suggestions as well. I'm glad to see HNers by and large seem to have good taste in Kendall area food joints.

Jumping (back) onto the Kendall food comment train:

Other places I haven't seen mentioned:

-- Squeaky Beaker

-- Boca Grande

-- Take-out from Similans

Also, what happened to the MIT food court and when is it coming back? I want terrible Chinese food again.

I'm not big on Boca Grande (snobby Californian checking in) but am a big fan of Squeaky Beaker (and the related Second Street Cafe). If you really want terrible Chinese food, there are a couple of options in the Cambridgeside Galleria food court.

The food court at the Kendall stop? That place has (had?) the best terrible Chinese food. Cheap warm student fodder with too much rice. The one in the student center had decent Indian food.

Oh, and how could I forget Helmand? So good! Afghani food is like a cross between Indian and Middle Eastern, judging by them.

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