I have been to the MFA many times but for some reason have never eaten at the Courtyard Cafe before today. This is the slummy cafeteria in the basement, located directly beneath the hoity-toity full-service cafe that's outside the gift shop. I learned of its existence through the expensive place, though. Underneath its elegantly printed menu display is a taped-up, half-crumpled laser-printout that says "← ← ← COURTYARD CAFE, LOWER LEVEL". It doesn't actually say "Go there if you can't afford nine-dollar salads", but the whole presentation makes the implied message very clear.
