City Girl Cafe, a veteran among Inman Square restaurants, opened 13 years ago as an informal place where customers ordered panini and salads and breakfast at the counter. Now City Girl has grown up. This fall, the tiny spot down the street from Ryles began offering table service for dinner and brunch. The more formal atmosphere - if a restaurant bathed in eggplant-purple walls covered with kitschy pictures of girls and young women could be considered formal - has transformed City Girl into a cozy restaurant, a romantic nook in the busy square on a blustery night.
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Pictured, Bruschetta with artichoke pate and marinated tomatoes.
204 Hampshire St., Cambridge. 617-864-2809. www.citygirlcafe.com All major credit cards accepted. Not wheelchair accessible.
