Melodias Restaurant

Melodias Restaurant is at 1045 Saratoga Street in East Boston, a short walk from Orient Heights on the Blue Line. Phone (617) 561-6400. The daily specials on the official site are entraña with rice, beans, papa criolla, and chimichurri; tostón with carne asada, guacamole, and hogao, plus beans and rice; the Melodias burger with house beef, bacon, avocado, cheese, lettuce, tomato, slaw, a grilled onion, and fries; and shrimp ceviche with avocado and green plantain. That is the working board, not a heritage essay about unnamed founders. 1045 Saratoga, Orient Heights, East Boston. Come for the skirt steak or the tostón, and check the specials page if you want today’s prices before you sit down.