Harvard Square will soon welcome Wusong Road, a newly established Chinese American restaurant and tiki bar headed by chef Jason Doo and Thomas Brush, the owner of Felipe’s Taqueria.
Wusong Road is aiming for a “late fall” opening on 112 Mt. Auburn St., the historic building where French restaurant Les Sablons used to be, Doo said in an interview. The new restaurant is located near Flour Bakery and the Harvard Square Hotel.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/10/7/wusong-road-opening-soon/
More than 50 years ago, Bill Staines, Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl, Billy Novick & Guy Van Duser, and Stuart Shulman were up-and-coming artists playing clubs across New England and beyond. They have all gone on to achieve success. Now, the Passim All-Stars are returning to one of the spots where it all began, Club Passim Sunday, November 21st at 7:00 pm. Tickets are available online now at www.passim.org.
What’s better than a fresh pizza straight out of the oven? We head to Source and Capo both places are kicking up the traditional pizza up a notch
NEEDHAM, Mass. —Source is a new restaurant in Harvard Square that procures the majority of its menu items from within 100 miles. Executive Chef Brian Kevorkian crafts Neapolitan-style pizza crust from a sourdough starter that he started working on three years ago. Some of the unique pizza pairings they offer are artichoke hearts and crispy shallots on top of a smoked white sauce, buffalo chicken with a creamy blue cheese base and pickled celery root, and the classic cupped pepperoni pizza with a vincotto drizzle.
https://www.wcvb.com/article/crescent-hotel-haunted-arkansas/37901981
Employees at Harvard Square coffee chains Pavement Coffeehouse and Darwin’s Ltd. have moved to unionize in recent months as the stores seek to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Workers at both Pavement and Darwin’s declared their intentions to unionize after delivering a letter to their companies in June and September, respectively.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/10/1/darwins-pavement-unionization/
JPMorgan Chase will be the next big bank to cash in on Harvard Square, with a 5,000-square-foot branch slated to open in 2022.
The business will be housed at 9 JFK St. — across from CVS — and is part of a 60 branch expansion into New England that Chase announced in 2018, per JPMorgan Chase spokesperson Briana Curran. Currently, Chase’s only presence in the Square is an ATM in the Harvard Square MBTA station.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/9/29/chase-opens-harvard-square-branch/
Since students have returned to campus, long lines, reduced hours, and staff shortages have plagued Harvard Square eateries, mirroring broader trends in the restaurant industry caused by the pandemic.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/9/27/long-lines-square-biz/
It’s 12 AM on a bustling Friday night. Whether you just stepped out of Lamont Library or the basement of a fraternity, your stomach uproars in protest. Starving, you amble around the streets in Cambridge looking for some form of sustenance that calls your name. You stand with a group of people who split into two groups: Jefe’s and Felipe’s. It’s only your first week on campus and you don’t know in which direction to go. Ironically, this is the biggest test you’ve had all semester. Jefe’s or Felipe’s? Which one will satisfy your biggest cravings? No need to worry: The Harvard Independent is here to help you make an informed decision about your burrito consumption in Harvard Square.
In Italian “Enza” means giant. It’s no surprise, then, that Michelin-starred Chef Mark Ladner put a “meatball gigante” on the menu…
https://www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/2021/09/24/first-look-bar-enza-cambridge/
They’ve replaced a center of knowledge with a merchandise mart that trivializes and commodifies the trappings of learning.
Holyoke Street came alive Sunday as people square danced, ate barbeque, and drank beer at the “Hoedown on Holyoke,” a day-long block party organized by the Harvard Square Business Association.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/9/20/the-bbq-smoke-shop-holyoke-hoedown/