Eleven months of the coronavirus pandemic have driven some Harvard Square landmark spots out of business, and around another hundred may never reopen, according to a local business association.
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The Boston Globe
Border Cafe in Harvard Square has closed for good
After a two-alarm fire damaged Harvard Square’s Border Cafe in December 2019, the Tex-Mex restaurant closed its original Church Street location with the intent to reopen. Now, it appears that reopening will never come.
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NBC Boston
Border Cafe in Cambridge’s Harvard Square Won’t Reopen After 2019 Fire
A bit more than a year ago, one of the most popular restaurants in Cambridge’s Harvard Square was hit by a fire and has remain closed ever since. Now we are hearing that it is gone for good.
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Boston Herald
Border Cafe in Harvard Square permanently closes: ‘The pandemic was the last straw’
Border Cafe, a longtime Harvard Square staple with music always playing and the smell of charred meat wafting from the premises, has permanently closed as “the pain from the pandemic continues,” in Cambridge and across the region.
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The Harvard Crimson
Harvard Square Businesses Welcome the Return of Students
As students trickle back into Cambridge for the spring semester, Harvard Square business owners said they are hoping to see sales pick back up after a challenging year and quiet winter break.
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The Harvard Crimson
In $45 Million Sale, Real Estate Firm Acquires Historic Harvard Square Building
A former Harvard dormitory building that today houses Harvard Square staples like Pokeworks and OTTO Pizza was purchased last month by Gazit Horizons, Inc. for $45 million.
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The Harvard Crimson
Spyce Sizzles into Harvard Square, Complete with Automated Kitchen
Spyce, a fast-casual eatery that serves bowls and salads engineered by an automated kitchen, celebrated the opening of its Harvard Square location on Wednesday.
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Today’s Special At Grendel’s Den In Harvard Square: A Coronavirus Test For Your Server
In the old days, pre-pandemic, the line in the brick-walled basement bar of Grendel’s Den would have consisted of young customers waiting to have their ID cards checked.
These days, says owner Kari Kuelzer, it’s made up of staff members getting checked for the coronavirus.
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Boston.com
Spyce to open in Harvard Square with a new automated kitchen
Call it the new and improved Spyce: When the second location of the fast casual restaurant opens Wednesday in Harvard Square, it will debut with an updated version of the automated kitchen that first made a splash more than two years ago.
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The Harvard Crimson
Harvard Square Community Fridge Targets Food Insecurity in Cambridge
The Harvard Square Business Association collaborated with the mutual aid initiative Cambridge Community Fridge to bring a community fridge to Harvard Square in early January.