CLOSED: The Savant Project

On Sundays, the owners of the Savant Project pull down a giant video screen on the wall: time for a few rounds of Space Invaders, plus a match or two of Scrabble and maybe a cutthroat rock-paper-scissors contest. It's game day at the nerdy-cool Mission Hill restaurant and bar, but even when it's not, a playful spirit prevails. The menu is largely a collection of steak egg rolls, polenta logs, and other finger foods, and cocktails have names such as the Yoko No No, Mangria, and the Three Nymphs (a menage of beer-based concoctions: the Blonde, the Brunette, and the Redhead). You can practically hear whoever wrote the drinks list giggling as you read it.