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Harvest is a Harvard Square restaurant originally owned in 1975 by Benjamin Thompson (architect) (he designed it as well) and his wife Jane. They closed in 1997 because of “growing competition and poor management” but reopened under new management [1] (past managers R. Patrick Bowe and Jayne Bowe) [2] and renovations by Elkus Manfredi. [1]
Charlie's Kitchen's jukebox has won the Boston Phoenix’s reader-polled "Best of Boston Award for Best Jukebox" for the past five years, most recently in 2010. [6] It also won The Improper Bostonian's Boston's Best Bar for the Harvard Square Neighborhood in 2010 [7] and the Weekly Dig's Dig This Award for Best Outdoor dining in 2009.
House of Blues is an American chain of live music concert halls and restaurants. It was founded by Isaac Tigrett, the co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe, and Dan Aykroyd, co-star of the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. [1] The first location opened at Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts on November 26, 1992 (Thanksgiving Day). [2]
The location in Harvard Square was subsequently purchased by attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan, who had represented the chain's employees in a lawsuit, to be re-opened as a partly employee-owned pizzeria, which closed in winter 2018. [14] Since UC Acquisitions took control of Upper Crust, many franchisees have elected to cut ties with the company. [15]
In 2021, the company was acquired by Sweetgreen, a chain of salad restaurants. [17] [18] Both Spyce restaurants were closed following the Sweetgreen acquisition, "to focus on developing technology for Sweetgreen restaurants". The downtown Boston location closed October 22, 2021, [1] and the Harvard Square location closed February 18, 2022. [2]
The Harvard Square location opened in 1913 and closed in 1938, when it became a Hayes-Bickford cafeteria. In 2017, when the space was being renovated to become a branch of the local Clover Food Lab chain, the original Waldorf decor, with college pennants in tile, was exposed. [2] Besides operating retail restaurants, the Waldorf System built ...
Rialto was a restaurant in Harvard Square’s Charles Hotel owned by Jody Adams and Michela Larson. [2] Opened in 1994, it closed on June 22, 2016. [3] Originally, it was announced she would leave the restaurant in the hands of executive chef David Ladner, but it was later announced it would close down.
Mary-Catherine Deibel (1950–2023), along with Deborah Hughes, was the owner of Upstairs On the Square (previously known as Upstairs at the Pudding) and known as the unofficial mayor of Harvard Square. [1] At the restaurant, Deibel was in charge of public relations and hospitality. [2]