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The Lovin' Cup Café serves comfort food well into the night, following suit with the space’s previous inhabitant, Anytime Café. The name, borrowed from a Rolling Stones song, is appropriate, with classic rock coming out of the speakers, “rockumentaries” projected on the wall in front, and a connected local music/art venue, called the Cameo Gallery. Wooden booths line one wall, a long bar on the other; tables for larger groups are in back. Updated family recipes result in gourmet home cooking, like a mound of flavorfully breaded (and chaotically shaped) Spicy Chicken Zingers with bourbon barbecue sauce. A similar sauce covers the mild, meaty wings. Well-made classics include the grass-fed gorgonzola burger and the Art Mac ’n’ Cheese, a twist on the usual, blended with artichoke and spinach. The old-fashioned oatmeal cookie sundae is enough to share, with soft cookies surrounding a healthy scoop of vanilla ice cream, topped by a caramel drizzle. — Daniel Benjamin

Chicken zingers, $7; rosemary fries, $5; art mac n’ cheese, $12