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New York-based chain Joe’s Pizza welcomed customers on Sept. 15, bringing the iconic taste of its NYC-style pizza to Harvard Square.

Located on 3 Brattle St., the storefront is the first Joe’s location in Massachusetts. The new location joins the wide variety of options for pizza in Harvard Square, including Pinocchio’s Pizza & Subs and Otto.

Joe’s Pizza opened its first location in 1975 in Greenwich Village and has now expanded to Cambridge, as well as other parts of New York City, Miami, and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Previously, Milk Bar occupied the space where it currently operates.

Joe Pozzuoli, president and majority owner of Joe’s Pizza, said Massachusetts is “a new market” for the chain.

“It is a convenient location for us because it’s close enough to New York where it’s easy to get to,” he said.

Students have welcomed the new location with enthusiasm. Lillian Sun ’26 discussed the “unique flavors” offered at Joe’s, highlighting the “Fresh Mozzarella” option.

“I don’t really see that anywhere else. I see more like traditional pepperoni pizza or cheese pizza,” Sun said. “I think it felt less oily which is always good. It felt more healthy, and it felt more fresh.”

Sasha G. Scolnik-Brower ’17 knew of the New York location and wanted to check out the new Cambridge location for himself.

“I’m not a connoisseur, but I thought it was great,” Scolnik-Brower said. “It’s nice to have one right in town.”

“We couldn’t be more happy with the enthusiasm and support received,” Pozzuoli said.

Joe’s has not yet set its official hours, but Pozzuoli hopes to continue serving until 3 a.m. on weekends.

“We’re trying to go as late as we can,” Pozzuoli said.

At Joe’s, customers can order whole pizza pies, salads, and single slices — with the latter beginning at $4 per slice. The pizza options include cheese, Sicilian, supreme, caprese, and more.

Joyce Q. Lu ’26, who visited the restaurant on opening day, said the pizza “definitely tasted like it was from New York.”

“I didn’t think it was anything amazing, but if you like thin-crusted pizza and you like New York pizza, then I would definitely recommend,” she said.

“I think it’s a little overpriced, but then again, everything in the Square is kind of overpriced,” Lu added.

The store features a plethora of pictures of celebrities who have visited the chain, including Kim Kardashian, Dua Lipa, and Conan O’Brien.

“They make it all old time-y with all the photos,” Scolnik-Brower said, speaking to the atmosphere of the store. “It feels sweet.”

Annie Steffen, a local resident, and Liv Hurley visited the store together.

“I hope they start building a Boston wall of all the Boston people that come,” said Steffen. “We were just talking about all the celebrities on the wall, pointing them out.”

“It’s a fun like find-it game,” added Hurley, who is visiting Steffen.

When Joe’s Pizza first started to expand, the owner, Joe Pozzuoli Sr., resisted.

“He wanted to keep the product — the business — pure, so to speak, without diluting ourselves by expanding,” Joe Pozzuoli Jr. said of his father.

However, they could not ignore the overwhelming demand for Joe’s products.

“We felt that there’s demand for this pizza for sure,” Pozzuoli said. “It just seemed to make sense.”

“Our product is an old school product. We’re not reinventing the wheel,” Pozzuoli added. “But we feel we do it right.”

A pepperoni slice from Joe’s Pizza.

Legendary NYC slice shop Joe’s Pizza has started selling its pies at its first Boston-area outpost, in Harvard Square. 3 Brattle Street

The restaurant serves guests until 3 a.m.

Pizza fans have reason to celebrate — a famous New York City shop known for its street slices has debuted in Cambridge.

Joe’s Pizza opened on Brattle Street in Harvard Square on September 15, serving up classic flavors to the surrounding community. Located in the former Milk Bar and &Pizza space, the eatery originated in New York’s Greenwich Village in 1975, according to their website, and it has remained a popular late-night haunt. The Boston location will be bringing signature New York-style thin crust pizza, the kind that you fold in half, to the neighborhood.

Owner Joe Pozzuoli told the Boston Globe in February that the area is “a special corner.” He added that Joe’s Pizza serves a “classic New York slice: We’re tried and true, with an old-style, authentic recipe. We’re not trying to change the game. It will be identical to what we’ve been serving since 1975.”

Guests will enjoy trying classic cheese slices, but the menu features other standard offerings like pepperoni, white, caprese, Sicilian square, and Supreme — made with sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms, and onions. A house salad also makes an appearance, as does a selection of sodas.

The restaurant has seven other locations in the country, including spots in New York, Miami, and Michigan, said manager Tony Cosentino. This pizzeria is their first in New England, according to NBC Boston, and it will be open until 2 a.m. Sundays through Wednesdays, and 3 a.m. Thursdays through Saturdays.

Joe’s Pizza, 3 Brattle St., Cambridge, is open Sunday through Wednesday (10 a.m. – 2 a.m.) and Thursday through Saturday (10 a.m. – 3 a.m.).

A legendary pizza shop that started in New York City 48 years ago has officially debuted in New England with its first Massachusetts location in the Boston area.

Joe’s Pizza opened in Cambridge’s Harvard Square on Friday, Sept. 15, staff told MassLive the following Thursday. The store, located at 3 Brattle St., is straight across from the Harvard Square T stop on the Red Line and nestled among Harvard University’s campus.

The Cambridge spot is the latest location where customers can order a slice or pie of Joe’s signature NYC-style, thin-crust pizza. The options include cheese, Sicilian, caprese, supreme and more.

Joe’s has other locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Joe’s original location in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village was established in 1975, according to the restaurant’s website.

If you love fun, festivals and maybe a little beer, you know what this time of year means: Oktoberfest.

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Greenwich Village classic Joe’s Pizza is now open at 3 Brattle St. in Harvard Square, says partner Pino Vitale.

Owner Joe Pozzuoli (who, coincidentally, was actually born in Boston) told the Globe in February that he hopes to stay in the neighborhood long term. “This is a special corner,” he says.

He describes Joe’s as a “classic New York slice: We’re tried and true, with an old-style, authentic recipe. We’re not trying to change the game. It will be identical to what we’ve been serving since 1975,” he says.

The shop will have about 30 seats, with al fresco seating in warm weather. And Pozzuoli says you can’t go wrong with the classic cheese slice.

Students should be satisfied: The place is open late. Visit Sunday through Wednesday from 10 a.m. until 2 a.m., and Thursday through Saturday until 3 a.m.

Repairs and renovations are complete at a Painted Burro location in Cambridge’s Harvard Square. (Photo: Tom Meek)

Two of Cambridge’s longest-awaited eateries showed signs of life Thursday, winning approvals from the city’s License Commission: The Painted Burro, an upscale Mexican restaurant that said in January 2022 it was coming to Harvard Square; and a Jaho Coffee Roaster & Wine Bar expected in Central Square since March 2020.

The Painted Burro replaces the Border Cafe at a 32 Church St. site empty since a fire on Dec. 1, 2019 – an incident prompting the main concern of the three-member commission board.

It’s great that the “Car Talk” gang’s Dewey, Cheetham & Howe window is being preserved in Harvard Square (“Preserved: One window into a madcap past,” Page A1, Sept. 12). But the name is more than a gag, and to illustrate this, I have a check for 2 cents from “Car Talk” that bears the name of that fictional law firm.

When “Car Talk” could be heard on Swedish radio some years ago, I wrote a story in a Swedish technical weekly, Ny Teknik, in April 1999 under the headline “Car Talk drabbar Sverige” (Car Talk strikes Sweden). Without my permission, “Car Talk” ran my story on the show’s website. I wrote to them, saying that although my accountant insisted anything on the “Car Talk” website wasn’t worth 2 cents, I disagreed, and I enclosed an invoice for 2 cents.

A few days later, I received the attached BankBoston check for 2 cents, from Dewey, Cheetham & Howe, covering “Reprint Permission.”

As you can see, I never cashed the check, which probably threw Dewey, Cheetham & Howe’s financial statements into confusion for years.

Robert Skole

Boston

The autumn months bring with them a treasure trove of cultural events in the Greater Boston area. Though it’s not an exhaustive list, here are some that we think should be top of mind if you’re visiting in September, October, or November: Indigenous People’s Day celebrations; Harvard Square Oktoberfest; Cambridge Science Festival; Boston Ballet Fall Experience; and Boston Public Market Harvest Party. They’re a mix of free and ticketed events, some family friendly and some better for adults. But whatever the celebration, we’re confident your time in Boston will be well-spent.

Back Bay actors, Joy Clark, Eva Colliou, Ana Viveros, Alan Cid, and Klara LaGuardia, star in Moonbox Productions’ upcoming production of the Tony-Award-winning musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler.  Directed and co-produced by Ryan Mardesich with musical direction by Dan Ryan and choreography by Joy Clark, Sweeney Todd opens October 13th and runs through November 5th at the new Arrow Street Arts performance venue located at 2 Arrow Street in Cambridge.  Tickets are $65 with Pay-What-You-Wish options available at www.arrowstarts.org. 

Moonbox Productions’ Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a Brechtian take on this Sondheim classic. After being wrongfully imprisoned by the corrupt justice system, Sweeney Todd returns home to London to seek his revenge and save his daughter, Johanna. Aided by his meat-pie baking neighbor Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney comes to a much darker conclusion – we all deserve to die. Together, they wreak havoc on Fleet Street and serve up the hottest – and most unsettling – pies in London.  Witness Moonbox’s new take on the modern myth, the parable of power, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. 

The cast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street includes Davron Monroe* (Sweeney Todd), Joy Clark* (Mrs. Lovett), Caitlin Zerra Rose (Beggar Woman), Todd Yard (Judge), Meagan Lewis-Michelson (Beadle), Ethan DePuy (Pirelli/Fogg), Eli Douglas (Toby), Dallas Austin Jimmar (Anthony), Eva Colliou (Johanna), Ana Viveros (Ensemble), Ciaran D’Hondt (Ensemble), Abigail Whitney Smith (Ensemble), Alexander Lyons (Ensemble), Tim Lawton (Ensemble), Todd McNeel Jr. (Ensemble), Alan Cid (Swing), Brandon Lee (Swing), and Klara La Guardia (Swing). (*Member of Actors’ Equity Association)

Sweeney Todd will be the first presentation at Arrow Street Arts’ renovated and expanded venue in Harvard Square.  The venue is in the midst of a major renovation, and Moonbox, a resident company at ASA, will produce the musical during a break in the construction schedule.  The facility’s full opening is planned for Spring 2024.

“What an exciting way to kick off our thirteenth season!” says Producer Sharman Altshuler.  “Sweeney Todd is such an exceptional piece of musical theater, and to be able to present it during the Halloween season is especially thrilling!  Deepest thanks to Arrow Street Arts for pausing their renovations to let us present this show in their fabulous black box space – a perfect spot for this production, and a great opportunity for the community to get a sneak peek into this renovated venue, which will be an incredible asset to the arts community in and around Cambridge,” said Altshuler.