Brains and beer
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The burgers are by far the biggest draw of Miracle of Science, according to fellow patron Brad, especially at lunchtime when the restaurant is packed. A disproportionate number of other diners were eating them as well, including one guy at the next table who appeared to be explaining a mystifying scientific concept to his companion by pouring a mountain of salt on his tabletop and drawing in it with his fingers. Brad also gleefully informed us that the restaurant used to be the lab space of an MIT professor. Regardless of whether that’s actually true, it certainly adds to Miracle of Science’s affectation. Ultimately, the restaurant’s food makes a valiant effort to keep up with its quirky theme, but in the end it’s just another decent college eatery that has inexplicably and whole-heartedly won the devotion of its regulars. r