All-day cafe Daily Provisions is opening in Cambridge this summer
Erika Adams is the deputy editor of Eater Northeast, covering restaurant news and dining trends in Boston, Philadelphia, D.C., and New York. She has worked for Eater for five years in roles across the region, including reporter and deputy editor for Eater New York and editor for Eater Boston.
Union Square Hospitality Group, the NYC-based restaurant empire founded by famed restaurateur Danny Meyer, has something else in the works for Boston before the highly anticipated Seaport restaurants arrive later this year. The company will be opening a location of its fan-favorite all-day cafe, Daily Provisions, in Harvard Square, at 1 Brattle Square, this summer.
The cafe is on track to open before the already announced Seaport locations of Daily Provisions and Italian restaurant Ci Siamo, according to Daily Provisions president Zach Koff.
“At its heart, Daily Provisions is a neighborhood cafe and Harvard Square is one of the country’s celebrated neighborhoods,” Koff said in an email. “The unique mix of longtime residents, a diverse international demographic, and plenty of new visitors — all of whom are curious, smart and actively engaged — make it a perfect fit for Daily Provisions.”
At the Harvard Square spot, customers can expect all the hits that put Daily Provisions on the map in New York City, including the excellent breakfast sandwiches with thick slabs of bacon, juicy roast chicken, and the widely sought-after French crullers. There will be some Boston-specific menu items, according to Koff, but no details were disclosed yet.
The summer opening marks the first time that Union Square Hospitality Group has expanded Daily Provisions outside of the New York City area. (A location in Jersey City opened in March.) The company is also working on another outpost of the cafe to open in Washington, D.C., which is also slated to debut this summer.
The cafe joins another New York expat in Harvard Square, Joe’s Pizza (located just a couple of blocks away at 3 Brattle Street) as well as several other coffee shops and all-day cafes around the square, including outposts of Tatte, Blank Street, Flour, and , plus newcomer Lovestruck Books, which is a cafe, wine bar, and romance bookstore all rolled into one.