Cuisine:

• Coffee Houses
• Desserts and Patisserie
• Ice Cream, Gelato, Yogurt
• Others

Finale Description:
The third location of this mini-chain specializing in upscale desserts, along with light lunches and dinners, is larger than the first two. The atmosphere is upscale, but patrons are welcome to wear anything from casual to formal.
The hours listed are for the bakery operation. Eat-in lunches, with counter service, are served from 11a.m. until 3p.m. Dining room service is offered for dinners from 6p.m.to 11p.m., and plated desserts from 6p.m. to closing.
Reservations are only accepted for groups of 5 or more, on Sunday through Thursday evenings.
The other branches are in Boston's Theatre District and in Harvard Square in Cambridge.
Each location in this local chain is a suave, velvet-lined affair of crimson, ochre and black. By day, such surroundings elevate the café and bakery above your average sandwich shop; by night, they're downright romantic. A selection of "preludes"---savory small plates such as grilled chicken-feta pizza with lemon cream---are just that: decent excuses to get to dessert already. Chef Nicole Coady's creations are always pretty, always pricey and sometimes tasty; while the Temptation sampler for two is a turn-on for couples, a rotating selection of sweets like pineapple upside-down cake with sea-salted crisps are good-n-plenty for one. But on bad days---more frequent as the company expands---Finale does indeed feel like a product, not a producer of lovingly homemade desserts.


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