Montrose Spa celebrated its 45th anniversary just last month, a source of not just cheap breakfast food and delicious pressed sandwiches, but information about Cambridge dating back some five decades.

Oggi, a pizzeria plus, has persisted in an always changing Harvard Square – and it’s the fresh sandwiches that are the go-to.

This is homestyle comfort in a container, and it more rightfully belongs at the center of a meal than as its prologue.

The big game is over and Craigie On Main’s Super Bowl wings are gone, but the regular menu still offers a renowned burger, revolving family meals and the red chile-rubbed whole roasted chicken for two, as well as fried chicken popups and Valentine’s Day options.

If you miss the wood-grilled pizzas of Cambridge, 1., in Harvard Square, Source serves glorious wood-fired pizza pizza, gastropub appetizers (chicken wings, salads and burrata) and gourmet pasta worthy of comparison to Gran Gusto and Giulia.

A search for good, basic Thai food arrives at Yummy Thai on Massachusetts Avenue in North Cambridge, mostly for generous lunch combos featuring pad thai, pad see ew, drunken noodles and other traditional dishes.

The savory momos at Base Crave are something different, a piquant changeup from other dumplings in texture and taste, yet at the same satisfyingly familiar.

Between two thick, golden slices of airy sourdough oozed mild, aged cheddar. It was simple and needed nothing else. No mustard. No nothing. I ate outside and I ate it fast, not because it was cold, but because it was that good.

In this notebook about dining options during Covid-19: Healthy tofu to go from Bon Me, House of Chang and The Smoke Shop.

Sugidama is a hidden gem among Davis Square’s Asian eateries that stands out for its specialty in soba – the classic Japanese buckwheat noodle, made fresh and in-house.