{"id":34055,"date":"2012-12-09T03:41:38","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T07:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=34055"},"modified":"2025-09-01T22:21:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T02:21:36","slug":"where-to-eat-in-cambridge-ma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/34055\/where-to-eat-in-cambridge-ma\/","title":{"rendered":"Retr[eats]: The Charles Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because there is no sense roaming on an empty stomach.<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to dismiss hotel restaurants as overpriced, under-seasoned dining traps designed for the inexperienced traveler. But with award-winning chefs steering the ship and culinary trends invigorating menus, it doesn\u2019t have to be the case. In fact, some in-house establishments<\/a> are so good, they lure guests all on their own. <\/em><\/p>\n

Here, food-obsessed travel writer Joanna Prisco shares her monthly picks for where to stay if eating well is high on your list of getaway necessities.<\/em><\/p>\n

Life After Chowda at The Charles Hotel<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"Charles

Located at the Harvard Square stop on the T in Cambridge, The Charles is home to not one but two award-winning restaurants, making it difficult not to eat there in between every excursion. Start the day greeted by the Roasted Root Vegetable Bloody Mary at Henrietta’s Table<\/a><\/strong>. Combining pureed roasted root vegetables with tomato juice, horseradish, celery seeds, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, salt and cracked black pepper, this morning refresher has more kick than a cup of coffee (and, let\u2019s face it, more fun too).<\/p>\n

\"charles

Across the lobby, James Beard award-winner and Top Chef Masters alum Jody Adams\u2019s flagship Rialto<\/strong> has been a pillar of the New England dining scene since 1998\u2014and for good reason. Adams\u2019 attracts a steady stream of returning guests and locals with an ever-changing menu focused on French, Spanish and Italian cuisine.<\/p>\n

\"Rialto\"

\"Regattabar\"

At the latter, look for luscious cocktails like the Dark Passage, a sinful mix of Stoli Vanilla, blackberry brandy, lemon, Guinness and Old Fashioned Bitters, to send you to bed with sweet dreams.<\/p>\n

Sigh. Looks like we\u2019ll be booking another trip soon.<\/p>\n

How to get there:<\/strong> Visit <\/em>megabus.com<\/a> or consult offMetro\u2019s Boston Transportation Guide<\/a> for more travel details. Take advantage of the free bikes and on-site ice skating rink when you visit The Charles Hotel<\/em><\/em>. Rates from $259\/night. One Bennett Street, Cambridge, Mass.; 617.864.1200<\/em>; www.charleshotel.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Photos: The Farm School and all others by Charles Hotel<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because there is no sense roaming on an empty stomach. It\u2019s easy to dismiss hotel restaurants as overpriced, under-seasoned dining traps designed for the inexperienced traveler. But with award-winning chefs steering the ship and culinary trends invigorating menus, it doesn\u2019t have to be the case. In fact, some in-house establishments are so good, they lure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":45027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[759,331,747,812,314,777,781,774,748,316],"tags":[273,524,144,586,11258,963,282,421],"class_list":{"0":"post-34055","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bar-activity-2","8":"category-boston-massachussetts","9":"category-bus-2","10":"category-culinary-classes","11":"category-dining-nightlife","12":"category-fine-dining","13":"category-outdoor-dining","14":"category-restaurants-food-drink","15":"category-train-2","16":"category-weekend-getaways","17":"tag-classes","18":"tag-farm-to-table","19":"tag-hotel","20":"tag-live-music","21":"tag-massachusetts-guide","22":"tag-retreats","23":"tag-romantic","24":"tag-sustainable"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":45027,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Double_Room-300x239.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}