Fresh Noodle Allston

Fresh Noodle Allston is a food-court counter at 1 Brighton Avenue with a menu built around noodles and rice plates. Beef, lamb and chicken-leg noodle dishes give you several starting points, while Lanzhou-style spicy noodles and dry-fried flat noodles offer different preparations. It’s worth reading past the first bowl on the menu if you prefer a stir-fried noodle dish to soup.

Tea eggs and dumplings can round out an order, and chicken-and-potato dishes provide another option beyond noodles. The shared food-court setting works well when people want to choose from different businesses and still eat together. Make sure your pickup order is for the 1 Brighton Avenue location; the food court contains several separate counters, so look for Fresh Noodle’s name when you arrive.