Harvard Square Restaurants

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16 Garden Street Restaurant
16 Garden Street Restaurant, Harvard Square's best kept secret, offers outstanding New England cuisine in an intimate and elegant setting. Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner, our Chef searches out the best cuts of meat, free-range chicken, fresh local fish, fruits ...
9 Tastes
9Tastes received Best of Boston award from Boston magazine 2007 in the category of Best Neighborhood Takeout, Harvard Square. ...
Aiyara Thai Restaurant
Welcome To Aiyara Thai Cuisine. The Biggest Thai Restaurant in Harvard Square. We provide an exceptional menu with delicious authentic Thai specialties that change monthly. Dishes are carefully prepared from the finest ingredients delivered fresh daily. This second-floor space provides ...
Algiers Coffee House
The Algiers Coffeehouse continues to enjoy a healthy share of the international cafe crowd, in its renovated, two floor central position at 40 Brattle Street, in Brattle Hall. Algiers has an expanded menu that now includes beer and wine, in ...
Atrium Dining Room at The Inn at Harvard
Guests of The Inn at Harvard can enjoy food and beverage service in our sky lit Atrium, an intimate gathering place with the atmosphere of a grand residential living room. The Atrium offers a unique setting among Cambridge hotels. Our ...
Au Bon Pain
At Au Bon Pain, we take our service — and menu — beyond the expected. From our authentic artisan breads and scrumptious pastries to inspired menus filled with savory sandwiches, soups, salads and entrees, no recipe is less than perfect, ...
b. good
our.beliefs we believe in the hamburger — a good, old-fashioned, house-ground, hand-packed patty of happiness — there's nothing better. we believe in washing one down with fries and a shake and still feeling good. we believe in real food — the stuff we ...
Ben & Jerry's
Ice cream shop serving up over thirty flavors of Ben & Jerry's all-natural ice cream, frozen yogurt and sorbet. The shop also features great frozen drinks including shakes, sorbet splashes, cappachillo coolers and real fruit smoothies. ...
BerryLine
BerryLine was founded in early 2007 by a couple of friends conducting postdoctoral research at Harvard and MIT. The first location opened at 3 Arrow St in Harvard Square, establishing BerryLine as the leader in Boston area tart frozen yogurt. ...
Bertucci's
A casual theme Italian restaurant featuring brick oven cooking. Extensive menu includes brick oven pizzas, authentic Italian pastas sauteed to order, freshly baked rolls, appetizers, salads, soups, desserts and alcoholic drinks. We have a kids menu too. ...
Boloco
Boloco offers fresh, made to order burritos and smoothies including The Classic, Buffalo, Caesar, Mediterranean burritos and Berry Blitz, Mango Passion, Cape Codder Cra’c’y and Triathlete smoothies. Boloco also offers FREE Wi-Fi access. Now serving Breakfast Burritos and Coffee ...
Border Cafe
Our food is honest and unique, our service is casual yet professional, and our atmosphere is fun & friendly. Over the years we have established ourselves as a rstaurant known for quality. One of our priorities is to provide our ...
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CAFE OF INDIA
WATCH as Tandoori chefs prepare your sizzling & steaming delicacies and fresh breads in the glass enclosed Tandoori kitchen. ENJOY your delicious meal in our comfortable, elegant & spacious dining room, decorated with traditional art and artifacts while watching the bustle ...
Cambridge 1
A variety of charcoal-grilled pizzas, cold beer and great wine selection from the owners of Miracle of Science, Audubon Circle and Middlesex Lounge. 42” Plasmas, takeout available, and comfortable, oversized booths with a sleek fireslate bar. A second Cambridge, 1 ...
Casablanca
Since 1978, CASABLANCA has been synonymous with Harvard Square. Look for it down a quaint brick alleyway behind the famous Brattle Street Theatre. This casual Brattle Street restaurant and bar is a magnet for all types of patrons –from grad students ...
Charlie's Kitchen
Known as an institution in Harvard Square, Charlie's Kitchen has been serving up its famous double cheeseburger with a wide assortmant of draught and bottled beers for decades. You'll see all walks of life in this lively Cambridge eatery. Enjoy ...
Chez Henri
Chef Paul O'Connell opened Chez Henri, the French restaurant with a Latin twist, in Cambridge in 1994. Chez Henri was named best new restaurant that year by both Esquire and Bon Appetite and has gone on to win several Best ...
Chipotle Mexican Grill
"Food With Integrity" isn't a marketing slogan. It's not a product line of natural and organic foods. And it's not a corporate initiative that will ever be finished or set aside to make room for other priorities. It's a philosophy ...
Conga
Conga is a melting pot of several latin countries authentic cuisines. There is a full tapas menu available including, duck with a berry sauce, chicken and ham croquettes, and Columbian empanada's The entrees vary from Puerto Rican Mofongo's Con Camarones ...
Crazy Dough's Pizza Co.
Crazy Dough's Pizza offers a delicious variety of gourmet pizza by the slice as well whole pizza's. Our super premium toppings range from Fresh Mozzarella, artichoke hearts, oven roasted tomato, carmelizied onions, to buffalo chicken. Our specialty pizzas will drive ...
Crema Cafe
Crema Cafe was born from a desire to bring the charm and character of the cafe culture back to Harvard Square. The atmosphere that the owners have created is welcoming and refreshing. Heart pine floors and other natural materials, a ...
Dado Tea
Dado Tea is owned and operated locally. It seeks to serve healthy food that nourishes the mind and body of its customers without creating unnecessary waste to the enviornment. Thank you for supporting a local independant business. ...
Daedalus
"Housed in a converted greenhouse, Daedalus makes good use of its two-story digs, with a separate bar and dining area on the first floor and a dark lounge area upstairs where there is another bar, couches, and tables situated under ...
Darwin's
Located at 148 Mount Auburn Street and also at 1629 Cambridge Street in Cambridge, Darwin’s Ltd. is a unique, bohemian, shabby - chic deli and cafe, serving up "Best of Boston “ gourmet sandwiches, saucy & satisfying take-out dinners, local ...
Dolphin Seafood
FISH FRESHER THAN OURS HASN'T BEEN CAUGHT YET!!" Dolphin Seafood is located in both Harvard Square as well as 12 Washington Street in Natick, MA. With over 30 years of experience, both restaurants offer the freshest seafood handpicked ealry each morning ...
Eliot St. Cafe/Dunkin' Donuts
Neighborhood cafe featuring the world famous Dunkin' Donuts coffee and a variety donuts, bagels, and muffins. Our other products include Deli Sandwiches, Fresh Fruit, Soup of the Day, Lunch and Breakfast Sandwiches, Espresso and Cappuccino. Our freshly Baked Bagels are ...
Felipe's Taqueria
At Felipe’s Taqueria, our philosophy for good food is simple: ingredients should always be fresh and the recipes authentic. We cook all of our food from scratch continuously throughout the day. Everything we make - from the hand-squeezed key lime ...
Finale Desserterie & Bakery
Finale Desserterie: During the evening, visit Finale for a sensational dessert experience in the dining room--after dinner or after the show. While Finale is known for it’s award winning desserts, the unique concept also offers a delicious light appetizer menu. Finale ...
FiRE and iCE
FiRE + iCE, an improvisational grill featuring an interactive 35 square-foot round grill, is located in the heart of Cambridge's Harvard Square. Guests of the restaurant are invited to create their perfect meal by hand selecting ingredients from their marketplace of ...
Flat Patties
Making a name for itself with outstanding burgers and sandwiches, Flat Patties serves an array of American fare made-to-order. Every burger is ground fresh daily, and every French fry is hand cut. Enjoy a variety of warm sandwiches - including ...
Grafton Street Pub & Grill
Originally opened in October of 1996, Grafton Street Pub & Grill has been a beloved institution of Harvard Square for nearly a decade. Located at 1230 Massachusetts Avenue—the Gateway of Harvard Square—this neighborhood hotspot is named after the spirited cobblestone-lined ...
Grendel's Den
A "dyed in the wool" Harvard Square bar and restaurant since 1971. Grendel's Den has been serving casual gourmet dishes and international specialties in the same location for over 35 years. We have a full bar and an beer selection reknown ...
Guangzhou Restaurant
Guangzhou Restaurant is a family business that has been in the heart of Cambridge for fifteen years. The restaurant serves traditional and modern Chinese dishes such as the Szechuan and Cantonese styles. It is located on Cambridge Street, right in the hustle and bustle ...
Harvest
Located in the heart of Harvard Square, Harvest celebrates the modern New England table. Food & Wine Magazine's Best New Chef, Chef Mary Dumont of Harvest presents contemporary New England cuisine focused on the regions freshest ingredients. Her seasonal menus ...
Henrietta's Table
  Chef Peter Davis has created a comfortable and award-winning restaurant at Henrietta’s Table, which honors the culinary bounty of New England. Chef Davis uses organic and native ingredients from local producers in and beyond Massachusetts to create and original ...
Hong Kong Restaurant
A family owned and operated Chinese restaurant since 1954, featuring a bar with DirectTV satellite and 6 TV's, and Harvard Square's largest dance club. Home to The Comedy Studio. Full menu available for take-out orders and delivery in the Cambridge ...
IHOP
IHOP restaurants feature moderately priced, high-quality food and beverage items, and table service in an attractive and comfortable atmosphere.  Open until 4:00am 7 days a week. ...
J.P. Licks
Since 1981, we've been making our customers happy with our homemade ice cream and non-fat frozen yogurt. Even our bittersweet hot fudge is made from our own scratch recipe. We roast our own organic and Fair Trade certified coffee in ...
John Harvard's Brew House
Winner of the Best Microbtewery/Restaurants in Boston, two years running. Enjoy honest American food including Chicken Pot Pie, Grilled Tuna Steak Salad, and Homemade Meatloaf, while watching the Brewer's make today's fresh beer. Visit at lunch and chooe from a ...
Legal Sea Foods
For over 50 years, Legal Sea Foods has set the standard for quality and freshness in the restaurant business. We've dedicated ourselves to serving absolutely the freshest fish in the seafood industry. This means we source our own fish, handle it ...
Lizzy's Ice Cream
Way back in 1995, Lizzy’s was founded by Nick Pappas (one of those eccentric corporate world types). In a bout of mid-life crisis, Nick cashed in his chips as a Digital manager—and dove head first into his dream of making ...
Mr. Bartley's Burger Cottage
Mr Bartley´s Gourmet Burgers 7 ounces of choice beef, ground fresh daily. A Boston landmark since 1960 TRAVEL HOLIDAY First-Rate Burger joint in a Pizza Town; Hang out for Harvard Faculty HARVARD LAMPOON Over thirty years service in the Square THE IMPROPER BOSTONIAN One of the few places ...
Noir
Food & Wine’s “Best Nightlife”, Noir is a chic, cozy bar serving classic cocktails mixed to perfection, sultry signature drinks and a menu suited for a late afternoon or late night snack.   Designed to reflect the warm, decadent atmosphere of ...
Oggi Gourmet
Oggi Gourmet was founded in 2003 in a small kitchen in Boston's Jamaica Plain district. Our goal is to produce the ultimate pizza, salad, and sandwiches, which is why we only use the freshest and highest qaulity ingredients. ...
OM
The perfect haven for après-work, après-university, pre-theatre or late night - The Lounge at OM - with all its transforming elements - takes Harvard Square Nightlife to new heights. While the upstairs dining room promises a calming, museum-like journey through ...
Peet's Coffee & Tea
The Peet's store in Harvard Square features fresh, Deep-Roasted(tm) whole-bean coffees and premium hand-selected teas that have earned the company an international reputation for quality. Like all Peet's stores, the Harvard Square store features a dedicated bean counter offering more than ...
Pinocchio's Pizza
Noch's has been serving up great pizza and subs to Harvard University students for over 30 years.Come to Pinocchio's and have the best slices of sicilian pizza and mouth-watering steak sandwiches! ...
Qdoba Mexican Grill
With one-of-a-kind offerings like Qdoba Signature Burritos, Qdoba won over customers and critics alike. Denver's Gabby Gourmet restaurant critic named Qdoba one of the top 15 inexpensive restaurants in Colorado. And both the Denver Post and Westword named Qdoba "Best ...
Ready Health Go
Ready Health Go strives to make eating healthy, simple and convenient by providing tasty and nutritious foods where you live, work, exercise and relax.  With the help of a local Chef/Registered Dietician we’ve developed a menu that is loaded with ...
Redline Food and Drink
Located in the heart of Harvard Square, Redline caters to a hip cross-section of the city with its casually refined menu, buzzing bar scene and late night entertainment. Redline’s approachably sophisticated cuisine is as diverse as the clientele it draws, ...
Rialto
James Beard award-winning chef/owner Jody Adams celebrates regional Italian cuisine interpreted with New England ingredients at Rialto restaurant. Rialto's award-winning wine list includes a range of organic and biodynamic wines as well as a unique selection of champagnes and sparkling ...
Sabra Grill
Ever since Sabra Restaurant opened its doors in 1978, its name has been synonymous with outstanding Middle-Eastern cuisine.  Our commitment to quality has been the corner stone of our success, as we have continually shown that fresh, nutritious gourmet food can be ...
Sandrine's Bistro
“  …Best Affordable French Restaurant”        Boston Magazine 2006     If your idea of a culinary heaven is classic and contemporary French food, prepared by a Master Chef and served with style in a dining room oozing with charm and distinctive European décor, ...
Shabu Ya
Located in the heart of Harvard Square, we are proud to serve you only the freshest meats, seafood and vegetables  for your shabu-shabu experience. Shabu-shabu, also known as hot-pot, was historically eaten by Genghis Kahn and his hordes of fierce warriors as they trekked across ...
Small Plates
Located down the sidewalk alley at 56 JFK Street, this cozy hidden bistro serves an eclectic variety of New American Tapas, Entrees & Desserts, along with distinctly paired wines, finely crafted beers & unique “cocktails”.  Our beautifully renovated dining room ...
Spice Thai Cuisine
Thai fare in a pleasing environment. Quick service delivers specialties to your table like mango curry, drunken noodle,and basil crispy chicken. A reputation for quality and service! ...
Starbucks Church Street
The bottom line We always figured that putting people before products just made good common sense. So far, it’s been working out for us. Our relationships with farmers yield the highest quality coffees. The connections we make in communities create ...
Starbucks JFK Street
The bottom line We always figured that putting people before products just made good common sense. So far, it’s been working out for us. Our relationships with farmers yield the highest quality coffees. The connections we make in communities create ...
Subway
The SUBWAY® restaurant chain is the undisputed leader in the submarine sandwich category serving fresh, great tasting, made-for-you sandwiches and salads, many of which have 6 grams of fat or less. Offering a healthful alternative to traditionally fatty fast food ...
Summer Shack Cambridge
Get messy at Jasper White's Summer Shack all year round! Jasper White, world-renown chef and cookbook author, brings his extensive knowledge of seafood and New England fare to the Summer Shack, nominated by the James Beard Foundation as one of ...
Takemura Japanese Restaurant
Takemura, meaning Bamboo Village, is a tradional Japanese restaurant offering a complete menu of sushi, sashimi, maki and your favorite Japanese entrees including agemono, teriyaki, tempura, and nabemono. We also offer traditional Korean barbeque grilled to perfection. ...
Tamarind Bay
Located in the heart of Harvard Square, Tamarind Bay is changing the perception of Indian Dining in the greater Boston area. Started in June of 2004, Tamarind Bay was awarded RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR award for the year 2004 by ...
Tanjore
Regional Indian Cooking! Visit our website for the full menu: www.tanjoreharvardsq.com ...
Tealuxe
A Tea Bar and Cafe. Come Sample some of the Worlds Finest Teas in a true Harvard Square institution.Tealuxe has over 100 different varieties of tea to choose from, as well as fresh bubble teas and delicious tea cakes and ...
Temple Bar
An American bistro, Temple Bar prides itself on its status as one of Cambridge’s most reliable dining destinations, known for amazingly noteworthy food with seemingly too-good-to-be-true prices. Adored by our neighborhood of families, students and professors, Temple Bar offers an ...
the red house
Visit the red house restaurant and star gaze from the main dining room through a vine-covered mahogany skylight. Enjoy ecclectic European food, a unique atmosphere, and a journey into the past of Old Cambridge. Built in 1802, and used as a residence ...
The Regattabar
Widely acknowledged as Boston’s best jazz club with critical acclaim from the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Boston Globe and Boston Herald; The Charles Hotel’s Regattabar brings to the hotel the most dynamic live jazz, both national and international, Tuesday ...
The Upper Crust
Long known for its eclectic mix of funky shops and cafes, not to mention being the home to one of the world's most prestigious universities, Harvard Square is now serving up the smartest pies in Boston. With loads of toppings ...
Tommy Doyle's
Harvard Square's largest Irish Pub & Restaurant boasts a popular menu, consisting of Irish classics, fresh seafood, American staples, mouth-watering burgers, and all the pub fare you could ask for.  Our three cozy floors with a little something for everyone.  ...
Tory Row
 Located on historic Brattle Street, Tory Row is the new focus of Harvard Square. Tory Row was a 1770s name for Brattle Street which was then a home to British loyalists.  Having since cast aside its loyalty to royalty, the ...
Uno Chicago Grill
Uno's legendary Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza is just the beginning! Our menu has lots of great items like mouthwatering steaks, crisp salads, juicy burgers, sandwiches, flavorful pastas, grilled specialties and tempting cocktails. Open for lunch, dinner and takeout seven ...
UpStairs on the Square
Restaurateurs Mary-Catherine Deibel and Deborah Hughes have found a new home and a new name for the much-missed UpStairs at the Pudding. UpStairs on the Square occupies another former Harvard club, built in 1906 on Winthrop Square, in the heart ...
Veggie Planet
Welcome to Veggie Planet, where Vegetarian Planet cookbook author Didi Emmons and co-owner Adam Penn serve inventive and healthy meat-free pizzas and meals on rice in the heart of Harvard Square. Also made on premises are salads, soups, and desserts. ...
Wagamama
International noodle restaurant, wagamama is open daily for lunch and dinner. enjoy the restaurants asian inspired menu including a delicious selection of noodle and rice dishes, salads, fresh juices, wines, sake and asian beers. the restaurants modern, lively atmosphere is ...
Wrapro Falafel and Grille
Wrapro is proud to provide  the best in the  Middle Eastern Cuisine ,an extensive selection of delicious food freshly made to order. ...
Zoe's
Longtime restaurateur, Theophilos Vallas, has brought his kitchen talents from Boston to historic Harvard Square. Zoe's offers a spectacular menu of both Greek and American food in a fun retro atmosphere with breakfast served all day! This quintessential fifties diner ...
 
 

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