Harvard Square Media Room

Welcome to the Harvard Square Media Room, your source for the latest news, announcements, and stories from one of the world’s most iconic neighborhoods. As a vibrant destination where history, culture, education, dining, shopping, and innovation converge, Harvard Square continues to inspire visitors, residents, and businesses alike.
Cambridge Day

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 […]

Harvard Independent

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, […]

Harvard Independent

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 Boston Globe

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 […]

The Harvard Crimson

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 […]

CBS News

“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 […]

The Harvard Crimson

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 […]

Union Leader

NYC-based ice cream chain Van Leeuwen opening 3 Boston-area locations

WCVB

Lesley University students fill Harvard Square community fridge

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — They’re lifelines for those in need tucked away in communities across the country and in Massachusetts: Community fridges offering food with no questions asked for anyone to […]

The Boston Globe

Van Leeuwen Ice Cream will open a trio of scoop shops; Greenway food trucks roll into town April 1

COMING SOON: New York sensation Van Leeuwen Ice Cream will open a trio of scoop shops in the Boston area, starting this spring. They’ll begin with Chestnut Hill (55 Boylston St.), followed […]

Boston.com

Here’s when Van Leeuwen ice cream shops will open around Boston

The popular NYC chain will open locations in the Seaport, Harvard Square, and Chestnut Hill. Looking for a new ice cream parlor? We’ve got the scoop. Van Leeuwen Ice Cream will […]

Mommy Poppins

25 Things To Do with Kids in Harvard Square

Harvard Square is a great hangout for students and young professionals, but its full of things to do with kids. With one of the best playgrounds in the Boston area, […]