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Bisque buffs and soup lovers may want to be on the lookout in Harvard Square Thursday; that’s when the HP Hood Soup Boutique is scheduled to be on the scene, dishing up soups that make creative use of Hood cream.  This soup boutique is on wheels — not to put too fine a point on it, the boutique is a food truck officially titled the Soup Boutique, Inspired by Hood Cream — a.k.a. the Hood Cream Soup Boutique. The Hood food truck/boutique has been out and about this week, with stops in Boston and a stop planned in Portland, Maine.

HP Hood announced the launch of the Soup Boutique, a touring food truck sampling chef-created soups featuring Hood Cream. From November 26^th through December 13^th, Hood will be sampling these hot, delicious soups at select locations on specific dates.

Patrick Lee has been carving out a small restaurant empire in and around Harvard Square for more than 15 years.  Now, with the newly opened Park restaurant, Lee’s Grafton Group has nearly 16,000 square feet of restaurant space in the neighborhood spread among four restaurants.

When Hurricane Sandy battered Harvard Square, Cambridge businesses were forced to reassess their usual consumer priorities.  While some Harvard Square staples experienced regular levels of patronage, others found their decisions to close early or not open at all worthwhile.

If you’re looking for some insight into how the elections are going to play out, just look at the burger menu at Mr. Bartley’s Gourmet Burgers in Harvard Square. Famous for frying up 7-ounce celebrity-inspired burgers, the 50-year-old restaurant’s constantly evolving menu currently features 11 burgers named after politicians.

In honor of Food Day—a national event that promotes healthy, affordable, and sustainable food—Harvard Square has partnered up with local restaurants to offer delicious events for foodies, health-conscious eaters, and sustainable diners alike.Starting at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, a total of nine restaurants—from b.good and Cardullo’s Gourmet Shoppe to Rialto and UpStairs on the Square—will set up tables on Brattle Plaza to serve sustainable bites to patrons for free.

In a couple of years, maybe, folks will greet each other on October 24 with cries of “Happy Food Day!”  The event, created by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, hasn’t yet achieved the high profile of, say, Earth Day, but it’s well on its way, with talks, dinners, demos and more in Massachusetts and the nation.

Nobody in Harvard Square will ever forget the April afternoon that Dennis Coveney and his fiancée, Kelly, tied the knot in the pouring rain on a Brattle Street sidewalk, an event like none other.

This September, the Harvard Square Business Association is sponsoring a month-long celebration of Harvard Square’s artistic and cultural heritage called “Revival Month”.”Harvard Square used to be a place where people used to come together [and] play music, and it was such a wonderful celebration of folk music and tradition,” said Denise Jillson, Executive Director of the HSBA.