| Embed: | Upstairs On the Square |
| Established: | 1992 |
| Closed: | December 21, 2013 |
| Street-Address: | 91 Winthrop Street |
| City: | Cambridge |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Postcode: | 02138 |
| Country: | United States |
Upstairs On the Square, originally UpStairs at the Pudding (because of the original location above Harvard's Hasty Pudding Club),[1] ended “its storied 31-year run” on December 31, 2013. Owned by Mary-Catherine Deibel and Deborah Hughes, the building they were in was being sold by the landlord.[2]
Their menu has been described as “adventurous classic European”.[3]
In 2012, Hughes' daughter Charlotte Silver published a memoir about growing up at the restaurant, Charlotte Au Chocolat: Memories of a Restaurant Girlhood’’.
Opened in 1982 as Upstairs at the Pudding, they had a small dining room three flights above the Hasty Pudding Club. A favorite of the locals, they also attracted many celebrities. Ella Fitzgerald sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to one of the sous chefs. Julia Roberts smoked a cigarette in the coatroom ”and turned to (the staff) and said, ‘Shhh, don’t tell.’”[4]
In 2002, they relocated to Winthrop Street, also in Harvard Square.[5]
Their Eggs Benedict was featured on The Best Thing I Ever Ate.[6]