Boston Calling 2024 review: The best and worst moments of the festival
A three-day recap of the best and worst of Boston Calling 2024, from the scintillating sets to the overwhelming Sunday crowds. Leading up to Boston Calling 2024, which took over the […]
Younger Siblings: Here’s Where in Harvard Square is Actually Cool
Yeah, your sibling is graduating from Harvard. Big whoop. They’re taking photos, hanging out with friends, hogging your parents… but what is there for you to do? Well, you’re in […]
Dear Parents: Here’s Where You Should Hang Out in Harvard Square
Hello Harvard parents and welcome to the thing your child reads in lecture instead of paying attention our quirky student life blog. Have you been abandoned by your child even though you […]
Design Review: A Singular Art Nouveau Shopfront in Harvard Square
Made 100 years before the current marketing phrase went abuzz, 1304 Massachusetts Avenue is an enticing example of a true immersive retail experience. Art Nouveau façade of 1304 Massachusetts Avenue, […]
Clover to Keep All Cambridge Locations Open After Surviving Bankruptcy
All of Clover Food Lab’s locations will stay open following a corporate restructuring after the company declared bankruptcy in November, Clover CEO Julia Wrin Piper said Friday. The locally sourced […]
Luxor Cafe Plans to Replace Roust in Cambridge’s Harvard Square
A new coffee shop may be replacing a cafe in Cambridge, and the space had previously been the flagship location of a local group of sandwich/coffee shops. According to an article in […]
Mark Zuckerberg’s 40th birthday party included a replica of his favorite Cambridge pizzeria
Mark Zuckerberg and his family at his 40th birthday party, which included a replica of Pinocchio’s Pizza in Harvard Square.© Mark Zuckerberg/Instagram Mark Zuckerberg took a trip down memory lane for […]
Union dispute bubbles up at Harvard Book Store
The labor dispute comes just two months after management canceled the planned second location in the Prudential Center. Unionized staff at the Harvard Book Store have filed an unfair labor […]
Harvard Innovation Labs Co-Founder Jodi Goldstein To Serve as Coop CEO
Harvard Innovation Labs Co-Founder Jodi Goldstein will serve as the next chief executive officer of the Harvard Cooperative Society, a joint MIT-Harvard clothing and gift store, the organization announced on […]
Harvard Coop’s Changing of the Guard
New leadership for a staple Square retailer THE HARVARD COOP announced today that CEO Jerry Murphy ’73, M.B.A. ’77, will retire on September 1, concluding a Harvard Square career that began […]
Coop in Harvard Square to get a new leader after 30-plus years
The Coop, a Harvard Square institution, is undergoing a leadership change. Jerry Murphy, left, is retiring after leading the store as CEO since 1991. He’ll be succeeded by Jodi Goldstein […]
Food, Street Performers, And More At 39th Annual Harvard Square Mayfair
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — It was not your typical Cinco de Mayo celebration, but Colin knew his routine would make a lasting impression. “Please, God, let me get this,” Colin warbled […]
HAPPINESS FANTASY Installation Comes To Harvard Square
The exhibit will be on display from May 8th – 31st from 8am – 11pm daily. The Harvard Square Business Association and Gazit Horizons are pleased to announce the first […]
Chip City to Open in Cambridge’s Harvard Square
A cookie chain that is based in New York City is expanding further into the Greater Boston area, with a new location on its way to Cambridge. According to an article in […]
One Reason Garden Bar Prepares to Mix Back In to Harvard Square
One Reason Garden Bar will be returning to the Charles Hotel on May 5, marking the bar’s second year in business after it first opened in July 2023. New this […]
Chip City Cookies Set To Sweeten up Harvard Square in July
Chip City Cookies, a New York City-based company offering cookies that clock in at more than a third of a pound, will open a Harvard Square location at 1 Brattle […]
Cambridge’s first Black woman-owned dispensary opens
After two years of building and permitting delays, Harvard Square has a cannabis dispensary. Zoom in: Yamba Boutique opened this week at 31 Church St., a small brick building that once housed […]
Cambridge’s Weed Policy Prioritized Social Justice. Some Dispensary Owners Say It’s Left Them High and Dry.
Since legalizing marijuana for adult recreational use in 2018, Massachusetts has seen nearly $6 billion in recreational marijuana sales. But to some, Cambridge has failed to capitalize on this momentum. […]
Hit-and-Run Shatters Window at Wholesome Fresh
Local grocery store Wholesome Fresh suffered a hit-and-run on Sunday night, leaving a store-front window shattered. CPD spokesperson Robert Goulston wrote that a motor vehicle “struck a street sign” in […]
Two-day event to celebrate the glory of Grolier Bookshop; All She Wrote Books turns five; and more
A weekly roundup of literary news and events from around the region Two-day event to celebrate the glory of Grolier Bookshop A two-part event next week celebrates the glory of […]
The fast-casual Mexican restaurant that became a Cambridge nightlife hub
AMBRIDGE — On warm weekend nights in Harvard Square, a line of young people wraps around a brick building, eagerly awaiting entry into a nightlife hub in the country’s original […]
Harvard Square might get more restaurant space as part of Harvard plan to de-uglify alley between the two Coop buildings
Cambridge Day reports the university is looking at new ways to make Palmer Street better. One proposal: Retractable bollards on timers to be raised at key times to keep ride-share drivers out.
Plan to enliven Harvard Square’s Palmer Street reimagines Coop Annex with restaurant spaces
A rendering from a March 6 meeting shows proposed restaurant space on Palmer Street in Cambridge’s Harvard Square. (Image: Harvard Square Advisory Committee) Harvard University plans to reuse the empty former […]
Brett Angell’s ‘Night Studio’ lets passersby peer at any hour into an artist’s moonlight moments
On view in the narrow windows of the 25/8 gallery in Harvard Square, “Night Studio” is a playful ode to how artists work in the dead of night, with all its […]
Here’s the Tea on Bubble Tea
Ten One Tea House: Harvard Square’s newest boba addition. If you are an avid bubble tea fan, like many college students are, here is some exciting news: on March 1, […]
Let’s Taco-bout it.
A review of Achilito’s Taqueria. Every Harvard student’s good night out ends at one of the Square’s renowned late-night Mexican-style eateries. With this comes a fun debate on the walk […]
The great Harvard Square pizza war: Who’s getting a bigger piece of the pie?
Since it opened in mid-September, Joe’s Pizza has been challenging customer loyalty to nearby pizzerias. Here’s why that might be good for everyone. CAMBRIDGE — When Ron Sullivan organized his […]
Las Palmas Uprooted From Harvard Square After Less Than 5 Months in New Location
Las Palmas, a Dominican restaurant chain, shut its doors in Harvard Square in late November, less than five months after it moved into a new location on Mount Auburn Street […]
“French-style” Van Leeuwen Ice Cream shop to open 3 Boston-area locations
BOSTON – There’s no shortage of great ice cream shops in Massachusetts. But Van Leeuwen, a popular chain out of New York with over 50 stores, is coming to the Boston […]
A Look into Old Harvard: Leavitt & Peirce
Although Harvard Square has undergone considerable changes over the centuries, a handful of remnants of “Old Harvard Square” still stand today. Leavitt & Peirce, the iconic tobacco storefront, is the […]