Sunday Brunch

 I realize you said you don't love buffets, but... I LOVE the brunch at Blue
 Room in Cambridge (Kendall Square).  Yes, it's a buffet, but the food is
 absolutely fabulous.

 Ann P. wrote:

 > What is your fav place in BOS for Sunday Brunch? I have a date in a few
 > weeks with a friend and want to make a great choice..I do not love buffets.
 > Thanks..mid range and casual and perhaps eclectic..not at a hotel
 >
 > Annie

 Ann P. wrote in message news:...
 > What is your fav place in BOS for Sunday Brunch? I have a date in a few
 > weeks with a friend and want to make a great choice..I do not love buffets.
 > Thanks..mid range and casual and perhaps eclectic..not at a hotel
 >
 > Annie

 Metro in the Porter Exchange is excellent (and T-accessible).  Their
 pastries were so amazing my companions and I were forced to buy extra
 to bring home.  If there are better croissants available elsewhere
 outside of France, I'd be surprised.  The lobster and tarragon omelet
 was a bit heavy on the tarragon (where a little goes a long way) but
 still an order of magnitude better than your average brunch fare.

 Christopher's (also in Porter Square, but not in the Exchange) has a
 good reputation for brunch, though I've never partaken of it myself.

 If you like gospel music, you might try the House of Blues in Harvard
 Square.  I've heard the food is outstanding (if you like Southern
 cuisine), although it doesn't meet your not-a-buffet criterion.

 I do know of one other place that breaks both the not-a-buffet and the
 not-in-a-hotel criteria, but is well worth it nonetheless: Henrietta's
 Table in the Charles Hotel, Harvard Square.  Despite being in a hotel,
 it doesn't feel like it because its windows look out onto a big
 courtyard.  And yes, it's a buffet...but what a buffet!  Not only can
 you get an omelet or frittata made to order, but you can get
 peel-and-eat shrimp and raw oysters and cherrystones (in season)!!
 They also have several lunch-type entrees, and the desserts are to die
 for (or possibly from).  It's expensive, but you get all-you-can-eat
 raw oysters, which makes it worthwhile in my book.

 -Matt