List of restaurants in Cambridge, Massachusetts explained

This is a list of notable restaurants in Cambridge, Massachusetts:

List

• Charlie's Kitchen, which serves burgers, "double lobster rolls", frappes, and beer;^[1] considered one of the last vestiges of the "old" 1950s-era Harvard Square.^[2]
• Club Passim; primarily a folk music club,^[3] but it also serves food during shows.^[4]
• Grendel's Den, also a bar.^[5]
• The Middle East, a nightclub and music venue,^[6] as well as a Lebanese restaurant.^[7]
• The Plough and Stars, another bar and music venue.^[8]
• Toscanini's, an ice cream restaurant recognized as the Best of Boston by Boston Magazine several times.^[9]
• Upstairs On the Square
• Veggie Galaxy
• Yume Wo Katare

Former restaurants

• Café Pamplona, open from 1959^[10] to 2020.^[11]
• Rialto, open from 1994 to 2016.^[12]
• Tasty Sandwich Shop, a diner open from 1916 to 1997.^{[13] [14]}

See also

• List of restaurants in Boston, for other nearby restaurants

External links

• Cambridge Office for Tourism listing
• TimeOut listing
• The Infatuation listing
• Tripadvisor listing

Notes and References

1. Web site: Culinary Cambridge: Charlie's Kitchen . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101120221940/http://cambridgehistory.org/Culinary/1950-1980/Charlie's%20Kitchen.html . November 20, 2010 . January 28, 2024 . cambridgehistory.org.
2. Web site: For Class of ’57, A Different Square News The Harvard Crimson . January 28, 2024 . www.thecrimson.com.
3. Web site: 2012-10-24 . Massachusetts' Legendary Coffeehouse . 2024-01-28 . HuffPost . en.
4. Web site: Kitchen . 2024-01-28 . Passim . en-US.
5. Web site: Sun . Grace . 1 April 2011 . Grendel’s Den Reaches 40th News The Harvard Crimson . 2024-01-28 . www.thecrimson.com.
6. Web site: Henry . Bova . 2024-01-24 . ‘It was like an oasis’: How The Middle East became a talked-about music venue . 2024-01-28 . The Huntington News.
7. News: Milano . Brett . 13 November 2007 . Still rockin': The Middle East Celebrates 20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081201204841/https://thephoenix.com/Boston/music/50974-still-rockin/ . 2008-12-01 . 2024-01-28 . The Boston Phoenix.
8. Web site: Cheers to 45 more years . 2024-01-28 . Wicked Local . en-US.
9. News: Best Ice Cream, Boston Magazine's Best of Boston . https://web.archive.org/web/20160828172339/http://www.bostonmagazine.com/best_of/detail/best_of_boston_2010_ice_cream/ . August 28, 2016 . January 28, 2024 . Boston Magazine.
10. Web site: Kinzler . Alice E. . October 30, 1959 . Continental Cafe . January 28, 2024 . The Harvard Crimson.
11. Web site: A Harvard Square Without Harvard . January 28, 2024 . The Harvard Crimson.
12. Web site: Cain . Jacqueline . June 6, 2016 . Say Goodbye to Rialto This Month . January 28, 2024 . Boston Magazine . en-US.
13. Web site: Inside the Tasty Sandwich Shop in Harvard Square . 2024-01-28 . www.davidphenry.com.
14. Web site: A Fond Farewell Opinion The Harvard Crimson . 2024-01-28 . www.thecrimson.com.