With Love from Harvard Square
With Love from Harvard Square: Video Valentines and in-Store and Restaurant Events!
It is no secret that the people of Harvard Square enjoy expressing their opinions and that we have earned our reputation as the most opinionated zip code in America…but we are not just fighters and opiners, we are also full of love.
The Harvard Square Business Association’s (HSBA’s) “With Love from Harvard Square Video Valentine” project was inspired by a series of fortunate events in 2007.
In 2007 we posted a new video valentine on You Tube from the people of Harvard Square. Our Videographer for the project is renowned Photographer Mark Ostow, who lives and works within minutes of Harvard Square. He and his camera and sound guy Eric charmed their way into the hearts of many. Our project producer, Rosie Diaz, also stepped into the act for a few days to shoot, edit and SWAK a video valentine or two onto Youtube.
This month using TWITTER in the place of Cupid’s Arrow it is the HSBA’s great pleasure to re-release our valentine videos during the month of February, If you are interested in receiving our Valentweets please visit http://twitter.com/HarvardSquare
We will also post a link to the videos sent on our Website of Daily Events in Harvard Square www.harvardsquare.com
For more info about photographer and videographer Mark Ostow www.ostow.com
Valentine’s Day Weekend Events in Harvard Square:
In our Shops!
BerryLine will introduce special Valentine’s Day flavors: a Rose flavor and a Taza Chocolate flavor for you to love!
Cardullo’s Gourmet Shoppe is featuring an amazing hand-dipped extra-large strawberries in European chocolate; $2.75/each *Chocolate from all over the world-The largest selection in the square *Valentines Day Gift Baskets starting at $29.99 *Huge assortment of Valentine's Day gifts for your LOVE.
Cardullo's Gourmet Shoppe, Six Brattle Street 617-491-8888 www.cardullos.com
Faron Salon February Special! Couples haircuts - if a couple wants to book two haircuts together on the same day or with the same stylist in the month of February one cut is full price the other is half off.
Faron Salon, 57 JFK Street 617-354-3313 www.faronsalon.com
As a Valentine's Day special at Gnomon Copy we will print 18" x 24" posters "of a Loved One" for $21.00 each instead of $30.00 each.
Gnomon Copy, 1308 Mass Ave., 617-491-1111 www.gnomonhs.com
Harvard Square Shiatsu Valentine's Day Gift Certificate Special!
Gift Two One-hour Shiatsu Massages for $110 (save $20!)
Harvard Square Shiatsu - www.harvardsquareshiatsu.com 12 Arrow Street, Suite 108, 617-441-3377
KangoGift is offering a special "secret admirer" promotion where people can anonymously send Valentine's Day gifts to someone's cell phone. Deals include unique 2 for 1 offers great for date nights and fun experiences. www.kangogift.com
Lush is hosting a Pre Valentine’s Day Party on the 13th, buy any wrapped gift over $40 and get any massage bar of your choice free! Sweetheart Party on the 14th Valentine's Day, with an offer of spend $45 and receive a Love Themed Goodie Bag. Limited supplies on both days, so get here early!
Lush Cosmetics, 30 JFK Street 617-497-5874
Sweet is featuring special Valentine's flavors - chocolate raspberry, strawberries and cream, chocolate covered strawberry, white chocolate, and our ever-popular red velvet! We will also offer special Valentine's toppers - X's and O's, roses, hearts
Sweet, Zero Brattle Street www.sweetcupcakes.com 617-547-2253
Please join boutiques Alo, Via Vai and Faron Salon for an “I Love Haiti” relief discount and raffle! Get a discount on your Valentines dress and be entered into our $200.00 raffle AND
get a cut and color by renowned stylist Faron! Drawing will be held February 15!
Alo 34JFK Street
Via Vai, 63 JFK Street
Faron Salon at 57JFK Street
Dahn Yoga
From 11th Thursday through 17th Wednesday
Try one yoga class free!
Join together, recieve 15% off memberships
Dahn Yoga , 1110 Mass Ave, 617-576-9642,
Oggi Gourmet is featuring a Sexy Cupcake Valentines Day Treat! Enjoy a FREE Sexy Cupcake with the purchase of 2 Slices and a Drink OR with the purchase of “Steve’s Burger.” Cupcakes will be available all Valentine’s Day. Sexy Cupcakes will also be available for sale on Valentine’s Day for $3.00 and if you buy one you get one free!
Oggi Gourmet, 1350 Massachusetts Avenue - Holyoke Center Arcade Cambridge www.oggigourmet.com 617-345-0022
Romance 101: Valentine's Day at The Charles Hotel
The Charles Hotel, Harvard Square, is the Smart Place to Stay this Valentine’s Day.
It is these nights that we remind our loved ones how much they mean to us. This year, we're offering the Romance 101 Package, giving couples the chance to fall in love all over again.
The Romance 101 Package includes:
- Glasses of sparking wine at check-in
- Overnight accommodations in a deluxe guestroom, featuring sumptuous down linens, complimentary wi-fi access, DVD players, and Bose Wave® radios.
- Bottle of sparking wine with a Valentine's Day themed dessert delivered to your room
- Breakfast in bed provided by room-service or breakfast for two in the hotel's signature restaurant, Henrietta's Table.*
- Passes for two for ice-skating on the Rink at The Charles Hotel.
Guests can also enter to win this package. Submit your “How We Met” story and we will pick one lucky couple to enjoy this night of romance. Entries can be submitted to: Elizabeth Stefan at estefan@charleshotel.com by noon on February 9, 2010.
The Romance 101 package is available from Friday, February 12 thru Sunday, February 14, 2010 and starts at $299/night based on double occupancy in a standard deluxe guestroom. Based upon availability and cannot be combined with other offers or promotions. Excludes Saturday/Sunday brunch and does not include applicable taxes and fees.
Have the gift, planned the night but still need that bit of extra to impress your date on Valentine’s Day? How about picking-up that special someone in a new set of wheels? Well if you join Zipcar before Valentine’s Day at www.zipcar.com/apply and use promotional code BOSZIPCARLOVE we’ll give you $75 in free driving towards that ride to impress. Rates start at $7/hr for eco-friendly hybrids (for the earth lover) and with 30 different models to choose from including Volvos, VWs and BMWs there’s a Zipcar for any Valentine’s Day plans. Offer must be redeemed by 2/15/2010 and driving credit is valid for 60 days following redemption. See zipcar.com/restrictions for offer limitations.
Fun EVENTS!
Harvard Women's Basketball vs. Brown - WBCA PinkZone
Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 6 p.m. in Lavietes Pavilion
For tickets www.gocrimson.com
Celebrate your Valentine with Tango! Why stop on the 14th - keep celebrating your love with an intimate evening of tango music. The New School of Music presents Tangos From South America with Love, part of the 3rd Wednesday Concert Series at the New School of Music will take place on Wednesday, February 17th at 7pm. The concert will feature accordionist Emilian Badea, violinist Anne Hooper Webb, classical guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan and violinist Loren Pearson. Each performing an array of tango chamber works sure to inspire your passion for music, dance and love! Wednesday, February 17th, from 7:00-8:00pm. Admission: $10 general admission; free to all Cambridge Public School students and enrolled New School of Music students
New School of Music, 25 Lowell Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, 617-492-8105, info@cambridgemusic.org
Come spend Valentine's Day at The Donkey Show! Whether you're on a date or looking for one, romance and glitter are in the air! All ticket buyer's for the Saturday 2/13 8pm and 10:30pm performances will be entered to win a future Discotastic Date with dinner at OM Restaurant. We'll have Valentine's cocktails, glowsticks, and other goodies - join us for night of dream, abandon, and fantasy! Special guest DJ Kennedy from Mix 104.1 will be spinning at the 8pm performance.
American Repertory Theatre, 64 Brattle Street 617.547.8300 www.amrep.org
AND of course the celebration continues in our restaurants:
Dolphin Seafood
Prefixed Valentine’s Menu: Including appetizer, soup, dinner entrees, dessert, coffee or tea
Only $29.95 pp
Also 2-2.5lbs Lobsters for ONLY $26.95
Dolphin Seafood, 1105 Massachusetts Ave.
OM Restaurant & Lounge
Three Courses Valentine’s weekend Dinner: $45
From February 11th thru 14th
Lobster Crepe
Kobe Steak Tartar
Thai Curry Pumpkin Soup
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Tuna Wellington
Cote de Boeuffor Two
Tasting Of Vegetables
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Caramelized Banana Upside-down Cake
Chocolate Tasting for Two
Also Enjoy Valentine's Day Brunch with your Sweetheart…
Om Restaurant and Lounge, 92 Winthrop Street, 617-576-2800, www.omrestaurant.com
Rialto
Three-course $75 fixed price Valentine's day menu
First: Lobster and caviar… hearts of palm, crème fraiche, lemon gelee
Entrée: Truffled roasted beef tenderloin… fois gras, beets, mushrooms
Dessert: Chocolate raspberry charlotte… chocolate-caramel brandy shooter
Rialto, 20 University Road, 617-661-5050, www.rialto-restaurant.com
Sandrine's Bistro
Celebration de la Saint Valentine at Sandrine's
February 12~ 14th, From 5:30pm to 10:00pm
<Appetizers>
Wild Mushroom Veloute: $8
Apple and Gorgonzola Salade: $12
Smoked Coho Trout: $14
Assiette de la Foret- Noir: $13
Traditional Baked Alsatian Escargots: $10~$16
Baked Oysters Florentine: $16
Terrine de Foie Gras Maison Mi-cuit, sur Brioche: $18
Foie Gras Farandole: $24
<Entrees>
Thyme & Rosemary Marinated Rack of Lamb: $29
Grilled Angus Filet Mignon: $26~$35
Roasted Veal Loin: $30
Roasted Long Island Duck Breast: $30
Pan Seared Diver Scallops: $29
Poisson du Jour: $28
Vegetable Risotto: $20
Valentine’s Day Prix Fixe: $65
Glass of Veuve Clicquot, Yellow Label, Brut, NV
Appetizers Choice of Wild Mushroom Veloute or Smoked Salmon Blini
Entrée: Surf & Turf
Dessert: Love at First Bite
Sandrines, 8 Holyoke Street, 617-497-5300, www.sandrines.com
Small Plates
Valentine's Day Prix Fixe, Friday 2/12 to Sunday 2/14: $40
in honor of Valentine's Weekend.
Menu as Follows:
Salad of Curly Endive & Fennel
Great Hill Blue Cheese Dressing
Choice of:
Savory French Toast
Caponata * Shaved Parmesan * Roast Tomato
Or Almond Floured Sweatbreads
Lemon Zest & Coconut Cream
Choice of:
Chestnut & Sage Ravioli
Shrimp* Wilted Watercress* Enoki Mushrooms
Or Seared Foie Gras
Kumquat & Gooseberry Confit * Blood Orange Gastrique
Dessert
Chocolate Cake
Cabernet Sauce * Homemade Rascherry & Brown Butter Ice Cream
Small Plates, 56 JFK Street, 617-441-0056, www.smallplatesrestaurant.com
Tamarind Bay
Tamarind Bay is having a 3 course Prix Fix menu
starting at $22/pp which includes a glass of sparkling wine.
For details or reservations please call 617 491 4552 or visit www.tamarind-bay.com.
Tamarind Bay, 75 Winthrop Street 617-491-4552
www.tamarind-bay.com
Tanjore
Tanjore is offering three special menus on Valentines weekend! Reservations not necessary but accepted. Tanjore, 18 Eliot Street, 617-868-1900 www.tanjoreharvardsq.com
UpStairs on the Square
Cupid's Wine Dinner: $65
February 10 and 12
Fresh Maine Crab Cakes
Poblano Lime Vinaigrette & Boston Bibb Hearts
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Salad of Jamón Serrano
Clementine Vinaigrette & Peppery Cress
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Ravioli of Pierre Robert Cheese
Truffle Fondue & Matchstick Apples
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Cotes de Beouf for Two
Creamy Mushroom Potato Gratin
Wild Mushrooms & Black Truffle Vinaigrette
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Gloucester Cod & Pat Woodbury’s Clams
Creamy Fennel, Red Bliss Potatoes & Pernod
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Romantic Package:
Coeur à la Crème Glacée
Crème Fraîche Ice Cream, Raspberry Coulis & Toasted Meringue
&
Hot Spiced Chocolate Mousse
Almond Dragées & Hot Chocolate Shooter
Valentine Cabaret Concert & Sunday Supper Menu in Soirée Dining Room
Champagne reception at 6 pm, followed by concert and Valentine supper
$95* per person
*includes Champagne reception, concert and supper with coffee/tea, but does not include other beverages or wine with dinner, gratuity or tax
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Creamy Celery Root Soup
Lightly Truffled Potato Pierogi & Pink Peppercorn Pickled Shallots
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choice of: Seared Marinated Hangar Steak with Bleu Cheese-Crushed Potatoes
Or Bitter Greens & Beurre Rouge
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Roasted Breast of Giannone Chicken
Creamy Yukon Golds, Marinated Root Vegetables
Local Honey & Aromatic Hazelnuts
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Vegetarian Option Available upon Request
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Fig Almond Brown Butter Cake
Port Wine Reduction, Almond Anglaise & Almond Ice Cream
Pre-Valentine's Lunch: Saturday Lunch - 11 am - 3 pm
And Valentine's Brunch: Sunday Brunch - 10 am to 3 pm
$38 prix fixe menu in the Monday Club
Eva’s Macomber Turnip Velouté with Nantucket Bay Scallops
OR Heart of Boston Bibb with Indian River Grapefruit & Lobster Fritter
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Love Bird Duck Salad with Pomegranate Salsa
OR Striped Bass with Rosehip Harrisa & Caviar Lentils
* * * * *
Zebra Heart Cake for Two
“Au Chocolat” Valentine's Teas: $32
Saturday, February 13 (3:00-5:00 pm) Sunday, February 14 (12:30-3:30 pm)
Our lovely afternoon tea on Valentine’s Day and Eve will feature chocolate and more chocolate, with very special Valentine’s treats. Simmering Valrhona hot chocolate with housemade marshmallows too! This is special chocolate three- tiered Valentine Tea.
St. Valentine’s Day Menu 2010 in Monday Club Bar
Sunday, February 14 - $85/$135 with champagne/wine pairing
Porn Star Oysters - a.k.a. Island Creek & Yellow Fin Tuna
Radish-Citrus Salad
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Heart-Shaped Buckwheat Sourdough Waffles
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Lightly-Smoked Black Cod & Blood Orange
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Can’t Be Beet Risotto
*
Carpaccio of Beef & Shaved Parmesan
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Traditional Burrata Stracciatella
Individual Cast Iron Foccacia with Fig & Lardo-Italian “Hot Bath”
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Nantucket Bay Scallops
Macomber Turnip Velouté
*
Salad of Winter White Heat
Endive, Hearts of Palm, Horseradish
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Wild Striper & Whole Artichoke “Heart”
Melting Leek Fondue-Meyer Lemon & Peppercress
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‘Hunk’ of Prime Cut Sirloin Steak
Robiola Potatoes & Amarone -Porcini Dust
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Love Bird: Thinly Sliced Long Island Duck
Wild Oats, Bittersweet Chocolate & Tipsy Cherry
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Flame Kissed Lobster with Gentleman Jack
“Whipped” Sweet Potato & Blooming Lillies
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Grandioso Raviolo:
Truffled Egg, Tender Greens & Honeyed Ricotta
‘Caught between the Sheets’
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Zebra Heart Cake for Two
Red Velvet Cake, Chocolate Mousse and Passionfruit
Ginger Pavlova – Crème Legere with Lemon Mousse & Brandied Cherries
Valentine Kisses: Grand Marnier Truffle; Hazelnut Baci
Raspberry French Macaroon; Passionfruit pate de fruit
Coeur a la Crème Glace – Crème Fraiche Ice Cream
Raspberry Coulis & Toasted Meringue
St. Valentine’s Day Menu 2010 in Soirée Dining Room
Sunday, February 14
$125/$185 with champagne/wine pairing
Duet of Amorous Oysters: Fried Oyster with Oyster Stew
Oyster on the Half Shell with Yuzu Ice & Asian Pear
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Hand-Rolled Tagliatelle with Peekytoe Crab Fondue & Fresh Herbs
Creamy Wild Mushroom Soup with Truffled Parmesan Rye Croutons
Duck Rillettes Topped Potato Blinis Dried Cherry & Sage Compote
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Nantucket Bay Scallops Sautéed in Brown Butter
Pickled Green Papaya, Bean Sprouts & Cilantro
*
Hand-Made Potato Gnocchi Black Truffles & 2 Year Parmesan Cream
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Salad of SweetHeart Beets with Roquefort, Apples & Petite Watercress
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Côte de Boeuf for Two:
Ribsteak with Potato Purée
Creamed Spinach & Wild Mushroom Saute & Truffle Vinaigrette
*
Roasted Delicata Squash Galette with Tender Greens & Manouri Cheese
Butter-Poached Maine Lobster
Roasted Red Bliss, Brussels Sprouts Fondue & Passion Fruit
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Parsley & Lemon Crusted Black Cod
Crushed Yukons, Garlicky Spinach & Caviar Beurre Blanc
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Valentine Kisses: Grand Marnier Truffle; Hazelnut Baci
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Raspberry French Macaroon; Passionfruit pate de fruit
Coeur a la Crème Glace – Crème Fraiche Ice Cream,
Raspberry Coulis & Toasted Meringue
Lovers’ Fool – Passionfruit Mousse, Almond Softcake;
Blood Orange & Campari Granita
Spiced Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Mousse,
Almond Dragee & Hot Chocolate Shot
UpStairs on the Square, 91 Winthrop Street, 617-864-1933, www.upstairsonthesquare.com
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