It’s hard to walk more than three feet in Cambridge without bumping into a clinician, researcher, engineer, or a combination of all three in one. Every second building* houses a lab, every third has some classrooms or a diagnostics lab. So where do all these scientists go to eat when they have a free moment? The Miracle of Science of course, the most sciencey eatery in the city.

The menu is written on a giant chalk periodic table of elements, color coded by appetizer, sandwich, skewer, dessert, etc.

Photo by Scott Beale/Laughing Squid

The molecular weight of the menu item elements? That’s the price. Yea, it’s kitchy, but not tacky. Strangely, it works. In addition to award winning burgers, Miracle of Science also serves a great, easy, and comfortable brunch.

The star of the brunch show (not up on the board, sadly, but printed on a separate menu) is a breakfast burrito, with chicken jalapeno sausage, eggs, black beans, salsa and cheese. Not jumbo sized, like so many breakfast burritos, fresh tasting, light yet satisfying. I loooved it. I loved it even more than I love a clean Western blot, and that’s saying something.

There was also a breakfast egg sandwich-

And the obligatory as-you-like-it omelette with homefried potatoes-

There is not much science in the food, thankfully. It relies on freshness and careful preparation. But the aura? All science, all geek, all the time.

*hyperbole at work