Enjoy a sunny day on the North Shore — and all the fried things. Today’s the day for a New England classic, fried clams at Woodman’s of Essex. Get the Chubby’s original plate, which includes clams — perfectly fried, remarkably non-greasy — plus fries and onion rings. You can restart your healthy eating goals tomorrow.

Some days are made for sneaking out of work for an extra-long lunch and strolling along the beach with a giant New York-style slice of pizza in hand. Make this happen at Bianchi’s, a classic Revere Beach spot, where the slices equal a quarter of a pie. (Slices are cheese only. Want toppings? Get a whole pizza.) Cash only.

Soft pita, spicy pork, salty fries, creamy tzatziki: eat the spicy pork pita wrap at Daddy Jones in Somerville’s Magoun Square. Or sub in lamb, chicken, veggies, or loukaniko (pork sausage) instead of the spicy pork. If weather permits, eat on the patio, one of the best hidden oases in town. Room for dessert? Try the loukoumades.

Is it the perfect night for a hearty bowl of pasta? Enter Gran Gusto, an excellent Italian restaurant hidden inside of an office building in an otherwise residential neighborhood sandwiched between Cambridge’s Porter Square and Fresh Pond. If you’ve heard of it, you know it quietly serves up some of the best pizza in town, but don’t skip the pasta. One thing you should eat today is the paccheri (wide, smooth tubes of pasta) with tender short rib ragù. If you eat a second thing, make it the restaurant’s signature chitarra alla “sciuè sciuè,” mixed up tableside in a giant cheese wheel. Throw in a diavola pizza, too, for good measure.

Sure, bagels are the focus at Bagelsaurus — but you can (and should) order a bialy there as well. The little Cambridge shop is open daily until 3 p.m. (or until everything’s sold out), and the bialys appear at 10 a.m. each morning. Fillings vary; the bialys were stuffed with onions and poppy seeds on a recent visit. Bonus: Buy a Bagelsaurus hoodie while you’re there. They’re irresistibly soft and cozy.

If you’ve ever been on Somerville’s Beacon Street, you’ve probably passed P & K Deli plenty of times and paid no attention to it. Venture inside the tiny convenience store and head to the sub counter in the back. Others will tell you to order the Italian sub, with its deli meats sliced to order by the friendly owner. But it’s the hearty meatball sub — saucy but not soggy, thanks to the soft-on-the-inside, crisp-on-the-outside roll — that feels right on those mildly chilly early spring or late fall days. Or any day.

Although Boston shines in the high-end sushi department (O Ya, Uni, and more), there are also a number of can’t-miss options on the more casual side of sushi. Swing by Ebi Sushi, grab a seat at the sushi counter, and order anything from the specials menu, especially if torched salmon is available. Want to avoid thinking? Try the five- or ten-piece omakase nigiri, which generally highlights a number of those specials, including the aforementioned torched salmon.

Get a taste of Georgia — the country, not the state — with the khachapuri (“egg boat”) at Broadsheet Coffee. The bread is stuffed full of feta, mozzarella, and spinach, bulging out in the middle to accommodate an oozy egg. Pay special attention to the irresistible sauce on the side: zhug, a hot sauce with origins in Yemen.

Head to the new Island Creek Oyster Bar/Row 34 sibling Les Sablons in Harvard Square, and save room for dessert, because one of the things you should eat today is the lemon posset with olive oil gelato and pistachio. Never heard of posset? “It may sound like a small mammal, but posset is actually an old-time English dessert that most Americans have never encountered,” according to a March 2016 Cook’s Illustrated article. “Until fairly recently, even most English cooks would likely have associated the name with a tart, creamy drink dating back to the Middle Ages. But today’s posset, which has been taken up by English celebrity chefs and cookbook writers and is starting to appear on American restaurant menus, is something altogether different: a chilled dessert with the marvelously plush texture of a mousse or pudding that comes together almost by magic from nothing more than sugar, cream, and citrus juice.” Les Sablons’ version could indeed be described as “marvelously plush,” and the perfect bite includes equal parts of the subtle olive oil gelato and the bright lemon posset. The pistachio topping is a bonus.

You know you want to gleefully drink boozy slushies today. Descend into Night Market, a basement space hidden steps away from the Harvard Square hustle and bustle, and find a dark, cozy space decorated with colorful murals and communal tables. Order the best-value tasting menu in town ($28 per person for a generous line-up of dishes that often includes dan dan noodles, shaky shaky beef, and more) and make your way through the selection of sake slushies. Flavors vary; on a recent visit, there were pineapple, grape, and sour cherry options. All are sweet, fun, and the perfect complement to the spicy Sichuan numbness that comes through in some of Night Market’s dishes.

In a restaurant scene filled with flashy new openings, it’s easy to forget the places that have been around for a while, quietly serving up excellent food night after night. Tonight’s a good night to visit one of these older standbys, Oleana, and enjoy — for the first time or the 100th time — its most classic dessert, the baked Alaska. Not that Oleana really flies under the radar — it’s still a fairly difficult reservation to book — but if it’s been a while since your last visit, or if you’ve never been, why not try to swing by tonight? There’s a chance you can grab a bar seat and enjoy a glass of wine and the towering baked Alaska, full of coconut ice cream and standing in a pool of perfect passion fruit caramel.

There’s much to enjoy at the newly opened Pammy’s (928 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge) between Harvard and Central squares — and unlike so many openings these days, it’s the type of restaurant where one can enjoy a straight-up appetizer-entree-dessert combo without juggling a table full of small plates meant to be shared. Share anyway, though, because the entree-sized pasta dishes and mains are equally desirable. Don’t miss the Arctic char, perfectly cooked and served on a bed of farro and dehydrated strawberries. (And be sure to save room for dessert.)

Café Du Pays has arrived, a cozy rebirth of the former Hungry Mother space, courtesy of the Hungry Mother/State Park/Mamaleh’s team. As promised, it brings French-Canadian fare to Cambridge — a cuisine difficult to find in the Boston area, aside from many attempts at or twists on poutine. (Yes, Café Du Pays has poutine, and yes, the menu calls it “Yes, we have poutine.” Yes, you should eat it.) Poutine aside, the must-try dish on a solid debut menu is the half duck, which comes complete with smoked leg and tomato salad. At $40, it’s priced as the shareable centerpiece of the meal; fill in with some smaller shared plates, especially one that comes with freshly baked bread (the ham and Dijon or the cultured butter and radishes, for example), and it’ll be a suitable feast.

Noodles. Hand-pulled, filling noodles. Maybe you’ve been to Gene’s, maybe you’ve been to MDM Noodles, but today, you should head to Watertown Square to Home Taste, which opened in late 2015 and has been quietly serving up excellent noodles, Chinese burgers, dumplings, and more since then. Order number two, the spicy hot oil seared hand-pulled noodles. (At lunch time, the dish is available as a special combo with a beef roll or spring roll, boneless spareribs or chicken fingers, and soup.)

Heat things up with the lava fish at Sumiao Hunan Kitchen in Cambridge’s Kendall Square — and don’t forget to order it “authentic spicy” for a bit of extra fire. (Don’t be scared; it’s still quite manageable.) The dish features swai filet and duo jiao (chopped salted chilies). Try it with baijiu, a Chinese grain-based spirit, served at Sumiao by the bottle, by the glass, and in cocktails.

Hard to choose just one dish to recommend at the excellent North Square Oyster, which opened in May 2017 in the North End. Since we’ve already sung the praises of the restaurant’s French onion soup and clam chowder in our soup map, let’s zero in on the lobster roll. Get it hot with brown butter. (It’s also available cold with mayo, celery, and chives, but we’ll fight anyone who thinks that a cold mayo lobster roll is superior to a hot buttered one.) On a recent visit, the lobster roll was served with vinegar chips, but a later menu lists french fries as the side. Either way, this newbie is a worthy contender among Boston’s best lobster rolls, overflowing with giant chunks of lobster meat, served in a bun sturdy enough to hold everything together but soft enough to let the lobster keep the spotlight to itself.

Keep it classic with the Craigie on Main “secret” burger, whether you’re a first-timer or an old fan. Head to the bar right at 5:30 p.m. to snag one of the 18 available each night. While you wait for it to arrive, read about its anatomy or about chef-owner Tony Maws’ feelings toward having an ultra-popular burger on his menu. (Michael Scelfo of Alden & Harlow, Michael Schlow of the now-defunct Radius, Tim Wiechmann of Bronwyn, Will Gilson of Puritan & Co., and Patrick Gilmartin of River Bar chime in as well.)

A long-term pop-up called Abide has quietly taken up residence inside Middlesex Lounge in Cambridge, with plans to stick around at least partway through 2018. Friendly baristas are whisking up a variety of hot and cold matcha drinks and more — colorful, pleasing drinks that will make you smile. Try the Monarch, for example: a nutty blend of matcha, black sesame, and milk. Another matcha selection, the Godfather, layers in strawberry matcha and milk for a picture-perfect (and delicious) Italian flag of a drink. (There are also plenty of non-matcha beverages on the menu that’ll delight tea and coffee lovers alike, and there’s even a kid-friendly “fruit latte” with seasonal fruits and milk.) Plus, Abide’s branding and menu design is adorable. Hours can vary, so check social media before heading over, but it tends to be open from 11 a.m. to 6 or 7 p.m. most days.

Perhaps it seems odd to get excited about a salad, but Branch Line’s sugar snap pea salad (marcona almond, mint, ricotta) has been on the menu since day one because it’s that good. The mountain of light, crisp peas is the perfect accompaniment to Branch Line’s specialty, rotisserie chicken. Don’t forget to order a side of rotisserie drippings and roasted garlic for dipping the bread that comes with the meal.

Mary Dumont’s new downtown restaurant, Cultivar, is full of beautifully plated dishes with lots of floral accents. There are plenty of highlights on the dinner menu, from crudo to pasta and beyond, but be sure to save room for dessert: Robert Gonzalez, formerly of Bistro du Midi, is serving up irresistible sweets. Try the chocolate passion fruit custard, which somehow toes the line between rich and light. It’s the perfect answer to the conundrum of whether to go in the chocolate direction or the fruit direction for dessert.

Wagyu. On. Fire. This one’s a splurge at $32 for just five pieces of flaming meat, but if you feel like dropping some cash, the Fuego Wagyu is one of the most impressive bites at Ruka (505 Washington St., Downtown Crossing, Boston), in terms of both taste and presentation — bulgogi beef futomaki (“fat rolled sushi”) with A5 Miyazaki Wagyu beef, scallion, and peppers. And fire.

Hotel restaurants tend to get a bad rap, but Boston’s got plenty that are worth visiting even if you’re not a tourist staying in the hotel. Plus, they generally serve substantial breakfasts daily. Such is the case at Outlook Kitchen and Bar at the Envoy Hotel, where you could spend your weekday morning eating a big pile of Nutella French toast, topped with caramelized chai rum bananas. Need more sugar? Throw in a sticky bun with bacon jam.

Today, choose dessert. Choose light, airy Greek-style doughnut holes — loukoumades — dripping with sweet toppings. Head to Gre.co for Yaya’s loukoumades, topped with hazelnut praline (think Nutella), Oreo cookies, and powdered sugar.

A soup for all seasons: Oak & Rowan’s outstanding clam chowder, with pork belly and fingerling potato chips, is truly suitable for any weather. It’s a surprisingly delicate chowder, light enough for a hot summer day, but the pork belly helps fortify it to warm up a chilly fall day or even a blizzard. Don’t miss this one. Available for both lunch and dinner.

Fast-casual Mediterranean is on the rise in Boston, and that’s a good thing. Now with two locations, Saloniki (Fenway, Central Square) is a vital part of the scene. From the team behind Trade, Saloniki serves up pitas, salads, and plates topped with items such as braised honey-garlic pork shoulder, zucchini-feta fritters, loukaniko (pork sausage), and more. Get the spicy lamb meatball plate (aka “George”) with spicy whipped feta or tzatziki. And absolutely do not forget the secret sauce, a preserved lemon-based ray of sunshine.