SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549





                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

          Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) May 15, 1998




                                Bertucci's, Inc.

               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



 Massachusetts             0-19315                           04-2947209

(State of Other        (Commission File                     (IRS Employer
Jurisdiction               Number)                           Identification
Incorporation)                                               No.)

                 14 Audubon Road, Wakefield, Massachusetts 01880
               (Address of Principal Executive Officer) (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (781) 246-6700

                                 Not applicable
         (Former Name or Former Address, if changed since Last Report)



Item 5   Other Events

         On Wednesday,  May 13, 1998,  the Company  terminated the Agreement and
Plan of Merger,  dated as of February  13, 1998,  by and among the Company,  Ten
Ideas,  Inc. and Ten Ideas  Acquisition  Corp.  Later that same day, the Company
entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with NE Restaurant Company, Inc., a
Delaware  corporation  ("NERC"),  and NERC  Acquisition  Corp., a  Massachusetts
corporation ("NERC Acquisition") (the "Merger Agreement"). Pursuant to the terms
of the  Merger  Agreement,  on or about  May 20,  1998,  NERC  Acquisition  will
commence  a tender  offer  to  purchase  all of the  outstanding  shares  of the
Company's  common stock for $10.50 per share.  In the merger to occur  following
consummation of the tender offer, each share of the Company's common stock which
is outstanding and not purchased  pursuant to the tender offer will be converted
into the right to receive $10.50 per share in cash.

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Item 7 Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

         (a)      Not applicable

         (b)      Not applicable

         (c)      Exhibits.
                  10.11    Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated May 13, 1998, by
                           and among Bertucci's, Inc. NE Restaurant Company, 
                           Inc. and NERC Acquisition Corp.

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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended,  the  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                  BERTUCCI'S'S, INC.
                                  (Registrant)


                                  By:  /s/ Joseph Crugnale
                                  Name:    Joseph Crugnale
                                  Title:   President, Chairman, and Chief
                                           Executive Officer

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                                 EXHIBITS INDEX


Exhibit
Number                                      Description                Page

10.11             Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated May 13, 1998,     6
                  by and among Bertucci's, Inc. NE Restaurant Company,
                  Inc. and NERC Acquisition Corp.


304988-1


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