Cafe Itadaki

Cafe Itadaki on Harvard Street in Brookline Village is a place for Japanese cafe food, from onigiri to a full bowl of ramen. The rice balls include salmon, tuna mayo, pickled plum and soy-braised shiitake fillings. For something larger, the menu offers pork katsu sandwiches, Japanese curry and omurice, with an omelet laid over chicken fried rice.

Ramen choices include pork-based miso and shoyu broths, chicken paitan and a vegetarian miso version. Matcha and hojicha drinks run alongside coffee, with Japanese sweets such as taiyaki and matcha cake on the dessert menu. You can make this a small snack stop or sit down to a more substantial meal. Its direct ordering page is useful for comparing the current food and drink options before heading to 24 Harvard Street.