Known as the best juice and smoothie bar around, this hopping street-corner wonder is perfect for vegetarians and health food junkies and a gem for anyone with a taste for gourmet. Cheerful yellow and blue walls, red wooden chairs, and dangling whiteboard menus add to an atmosphere as fresh and fun as the food. Delicious steak, chicken, and veggie wraps (grilled portabella and onion $5.75) make the Wrap's conventional selection pale in comparison. The fresh juices ($2.25-3.50) will prove to any skeptic that wheat grass and cucumbers do in fact make good thirst quenchers, and the smoothies ($4) are just as tasty. Arrive before 11:30am M-F and before 1pm Sa-Su for their huevos rancheros wrap and other breakfast items (pancakes $4.50-5.25). Panini sandwiches $5-6, salads $3.25-5.75, wraps $4.50-5.75. This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard.

Unlike the designer label that shares its name, Diesel is welcoming to all. This java joint fuels students and locals with coffee ($1-3.50) and specialty drinks like raspberry lime rickeys ($2.50) and the Rusty Slide (chai blended with ice and vanilla ice cream; $4.75). The cool staff prepares awesome pizza bagels ($3.75), and many of the assorted sandwiches ($5-6), soups, and pastries ($2) are vegan-friendly. For a true caffeine fix, fill 'er up with the Solid Six ($4), 6 shots of espresso, at the unfinished bar or one of the red leather booths adorned with license plates. Diesel also entertains the leisurely with pool tables ($5 to play before 7pm, $8 after), board games, and even a magnetic poetry board. This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard.

Formerly Benjapon on Elm Street, this new Thai restaurant in the outskirts of Davis Square has all of the ingredients for success: a refurbished dining area, an extremely friendly staff, cheaper-than-usual prices and a revamped menu that reflects the changing tastes in this gentrified part of Somerville/North Cambridge. Reminiscent of the popular Lemongrass Grill in Brooklyn, Joey’s Thai Café’s appropriate slogan is “happy in – happy out.” The menu sports a few spicy additions including Joey’s Spicy Pad Thai (an authentic spicy version of Pad Thai stir-fried with shrimp and chicken--$7.30) and Drunken Chicken (stir fried poultry in extra spicy chili sauce--$6.95). And for Davis Square’s ever-growing population of vegetarians, Joey offers an amazing selection of healthy tofu dishes.