Mr. Bartley's Burger Cottage

Great burgers and incomparable onion rings make Bartley's a perennial favorite with a cross-section of Cambridge. In increasingly generic Harvard Square, it's a beacon of originality. Founded in 1960, this family business is a crowded, high-ceilinged room (there's also a small outdoor seating area) plastered with signs, posters, and memorabilia. Burgers bear the names of local and national celebrities, notably political figures; the names change, but the ingredients stay the same.

Anything you can think of to put on your personal 7 ounces of house-ground beef is available, from American cheese to grilled pineapple. Good meatless dishes include veggie burgers, huge salads, and creamy, garlicky hummus. Bartley's also serves sandwiches and comfort-food dinners, and it's one of the only places around that still serves a real raspberry lime rickey (raspberry syrup, lime juice, lime wedges, and club soda).

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