This beef empanada from Bow Market’s Buenas shop was hot, fresh and seriously delicious – even better than the store’s frozen goods in local stores.

The Central Square location of the Crumbl cookie chain, which opened this month, has goods worth a try without being exceptional.

The egg and cheese sandwich gets a makeover with a genius schmear of mustard butter at Cambridge’s Bagelsaurus.

Opened by former employees of the Darwin’s that closed in the same space, Circus has a chickpea salad wrap that gets you a filling meal on the cheap.

Coffee cake’s crumb topping gets swapped out at Flour Bakery + Cafe for a buttermilk icing drizzle that doesn’t impress.

Eggplant and miso come together to add a unique element to a simple egg and cheese sandwich, the best thing at 1369 Coffee House.

Hi-Rise Bread Co.’s new sweet shop doesn’t hit it out of the park with its Oreo analog, though the cakes and pies demand a serious tasting.

This poblano pepper-topped tortilla makes for a tasty option from the daytime-only to-go menu from Olé in Cambridge’s Inman Square.

With a gold-star-worthy tomato sauce, Mortadella Head is an easy favorite simple slice of pizza in Somerville’s Davis Square.

There was no cheese in sight in this dish from one of the Chilacates chain serving fast casual Mexican, but this was still a tasty bite.