Serving up burgers, salads, chicken sandwiches, fries, and yes- veggies, this is a healthy alternative to fast-food. This young, hip new-aged (did we mention expanding) restaurant chain has the people in mind. Come for the food and stay for the funny advertisments and unique marketing strategies displayed in-house. Always clean, and often with lines, be sure to ask for your burgers well done if you like them like that, they tend to come on the rare side. There are four other locations around Boston.

Takumi Douzo is a modern Japanese restaurant and lounge located in the South End of Boston. They specialize in Sushi, Sashimi, Maki, and all kinds of Hand Rolls. Items on the menu include sushi and sashimi such as: Octopus($4.25/6.25), Tuna($5.75/7.75), Sea Eel($6.50/8.50), Escolar($7.00/9.00), and rolls such as: California Roll($6.50), Spicy Salmon($6.50) and Kanpyo($3.50). They also have platter options available for large group events. The menu features a full selection for any curious eater, and the restaurant has a modern vibe that gives you the feeling of an upscale restaurant(without incredibly steep prices). For more information, check out their website at http://douzosushi.com

The Firefly American Bistro is nestled in between the Copley Mall and Back Bay Station. The restaurant has many tables in an intimate setting, and during the warmer months, offers patio seating. This restaurant is the sister restaurant to Laurel Grill and Bar, just a few streets over. The Firefly restaurant offers lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch. The prices are reasonable, portions large. Little or no vegetables with entrees.

Brownstone is a restaurant that serves a wide variety of very dull food, and has a full bar. This is a newer restaurant in the South End/Back Bay area. The location has seen a few restaurants over the years (same owners) Always offering bland,run of the mill food. A spaceous place, it's a wonder how rent is paid.

Occupies the former space of Tim's Tavern, whose chef is now at the Cantab Lounge in Cambridge. Coda is open for lunch and dinner and specializes in upscale comfort food, and is most well known for the mac and cheese and the turkey meatloaf. They have an inventive drink menu and offers a wine list with several by the glass and a variety of bottles as well. Attire is nice but casual. Coda occupies the old spot of Tim's Tavern, a long time South End institution. Coda: Think Co + Da: Columbus Ave. and Dartmouth St.

Bar 10 is the bar and restaurant in the Copley Westin Hotel. Stylish furniture and a laid back vibe attracts the hotel and Boston crowd to eat and drink here. Can get crowded on the weekends.

Welcome to Osushi, now you know where the trendy and hip get their raw fish fix in Beantown. With this Back Bay staple and a new Financial District location, Bostonians will be eating their sushi in style for years to come. With both a local fascination and an international repeat clientele, this 41- seat, quaint and timeless restaurant is a popular staple that keeps on reinventing itself. The philosophy is simple: Osushi's commitment to authentic Japanese cuisine is its secret. You will NOT find "fusion" sushi here, but the menu offers unmatched creativity, and guests will admire the "raw" sophistication of the pallet of a culture which has enjoyed the art of sushi for millennia. Many combinations are too filling for lunchtime. Consider sharing the delicious Godzilla maki, a double-layered roll of yellowtail and vegetables that's a meal in itself.

This swanky Bay Bay restaurant and bar, connected to the Copley Westin, costs a pretty penny but will blow you away with its classic elegance. Serving New England seafood--including its award-winning clam chowder--in a five-star setting, Turner Fisheries is perfect for the quintessential power lunch. Armed with a $3 million renovation, the venue isn't your typical hotel bar.

For over 80 years The Palm has been renowned for its aged USDA prime steaks, jumbo Nova Scotia lobsters, Italian entrees, warm smiles, outstanding service and an atmosphere like nowhere else. The walls are covered with caricatures of local notables and national celebrities.

A Boston-based chain Legal Sea Foods offers a variety of high quality sea food. The clam chowder has been served at the last seven presidential inaugurations. Although Legal Seafoods now has an entire East Coast, it's base continues to be Boston. Legal Sea foods also ships throughout the country.