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Signing in Boston (Cambridge), MA on 8/3

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Fyrchick:
Another New Englander? Woot!

--- Quote from: afhomer on June 01, 2011, 12:38:46 PM ---I'll try to be there. If people are interested in tea beforehand, there are no shortage of places for it nearby.

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Any suggestions?

Imp:
i can point in the direction of good bars and greasy food...

cass:

--- Quote from: Fyrchick on June 01, 2011, 02:55:12 PM ---Another New Englander? Woot!Any suggestions?

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New-Englander-in-exile, and lived in Cambridge for a few years.

LA Burdick (i.e. "Burdicks")  has legendarily good hot chocolate.

There's a Peets Coffee/Tea in the square, as well as a Ben and Jerry's and a Starbucks in The Garage.  Not much seating or ambiance in the Garage, though. 

Farther away from Harvard Square (about halfway between Central and Kendall), there's Toscanini's--  ice cream and coffee and such.  And Cafe Luna-- the same, but with (at least, the last time I was there...) gelato frappes.

And there's also 1369 Coffeehouse on the Harvard side of Central Square proper.

For slightly more substantial food (and greasy, too!) there's Bartley's burgers on the Central-square-facing side of Harvard Square, and Crazy Dough's pizza in the Garage.  Border Cafe isn't really worth it-- New England-style "Mexican" food.

There are lots of other restaurants up and down Mass Ave., but these are the places that I've actually been to.


Bring up Google Maps centered on Harvard Square and I'm sure that you'll find someplace you want to go.

Fyrchick:
Thank you!

It helps to have someone who has been to these places.
I was thinking maybe something pub-ish but I'm not sure everyone is of age.

Whatever we decide, it needs to be within walking distance since I don't plan on driving. (Or even being mostly sober, but thats still up in the  air...)

cass:
"Walking" is a matter of time and fitness.  I used to walk to Harvard Square from MIT along Mass Ave-- takes forty minutes, or so, at a fairly purposeful pace.  There's also the number 1 bus, which goes along Mass Ave., and the Red Line, which will take you all the way out to Route 2, or all the way in to downtown and out the other side.  (But I take your point.)

I can't help you with bars/pubs-- those aren't really places I frequented.  But again, google maps has most of the area restaurants marked and gives a decent compilation of reviews and comments on a place if you click on the label on the map.  There are some real dive-y looking places along Mass Ave., especially near Central Square, but since I've never been inside, I can't say what they're actually like.  (Central Square is an...interesting...place at night. I don't recommend solo travel in that area, especially if sobriety isn't guaranteed.  Though you'd fit right in with some of the nightlife if you weren't sober.)

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