As restaurants close during these hard economic times, we started thinking about  places we remember because  of the good food and atmosphere.  All too many are only a memory.

People still talk about Giovanni’s, an Italian place that was on Rt. 9.  Union House was another legendary Italian eatery.   Marconi’s of Ashland another, briefly semi-reincarnated as Marconi’s II on Rt. 9.

Then there is signature food:  Once upon a time was the South Framingham Doughnut, and more recently, the jelly stick doughnuts at Tasty Donut in Pinefield Shopping Center. 

What local restaurants and foods of today are memorable and the stuff of future “legend?”

We would miss the freshly baked pita bread at Pizza Wagon in Saxonville and the antipasto salad at the Villa in Wayland.

Any other nominations?