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By Scott Kirsner, Globe Columnist
Where in Boston can you drink or dine among the movers and shakers of the innovation economy?That was the question I've been posing to dozens of entrepreneurs and investors over the last few days. Basically, I wanted to know where they went regularly and were most likely to run into others of their ilk, in Boston, Cambridge, or the 'burbs. I asked 74 people ' including venture capitalists like Lucy McQuilken, angel investors like Joe Caruso, and CEOs like Glenn Batchelder, Michael Simon, and Diane Hessan ''and got 78 different answers. I tried to include in my sampling people who work and invest in tech, life sciences, and cleantech. I also asked people who work in Waltham, Newton, Needham, Woburn, Somerville, Boston, and Cambridge. But I wouldn't say the mix of industries or locations was precise.
The top spots:
1. Voltage Coffee & Art (Cambridge)2. Henrietta's Table (Cambridge)
3. Two-way tie between Crema Caf' (Cambridge) and the Riverbend Bar & Grill at the Newton Marriott (Newton)
4. Naked Fish (Waltham)
5. Meadhall (Cambridge)
(Voltage isn't always as crowded as it is in the picture at right; it was taken during a special event last December.)
And another 15 spots received at least three votes. In order of popularity:
''Johnny's Luncheonette (Newton)''Firebrand Saints (Cambridge)
''Evoo (Cambridge)
