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At Chef Zhang, spicy tofu skin and creative spicy spins with noodles and chicken
The Hunan cuisine places around Camberville are either headline-grabbers like Sumiao Hunan Kitchen in Kendall Square or old favorites like Zoe’s Chinese on Beacon Street, Changsho in Porter Square and House of Chang in Huron Village. By contrast, Chef Zhang’s Cuisine and Bar in Harvard Square is relatively under-the-radar. Read more Cambridge NAACP to elect […]
Crowds flock to Charlie’s Kitchen sidewalk sale
Hundreds of people came by Charlie’s Kitchen to buy memorabilia and support its co-owner, David Toraji Oshima. Charlie’s, a beloved dive bar in Harvard Square, closed earlier this year due to internal flooding from a dishwasher malfunction. Oshima started the “everything must go” sale to prepare for whatever happens next, which might include relaunching the […]
Lamplighter plans to shift brewery ownership to employee ownership trust
Workers at Lamplighter Brewing Company say they feel cautiously optimistic about what the company’s planned ownership shift, announced earlier this week, will mean for them. On Monday, co-owners and co-founders Cayla Marvil and AC Jones said they were transitioning ownership of the company to an employee ownership trust, whose role would be to benefit employees. […]
Half Shell’s long run comes to a close Thursday
The Half Shell will change hands this week, meaning the loss of another cherished, longtime provider of comfort food along “The Avenue” (the stretch of Mass. Ave. between Harvard and Porter squares). The Lagoudakis family, a father, mother and son team, have served up pizza and subs for 28 years, during which time it has […]
Clamoring for summer fare at Möeca
We’re at the end of Dine Out Boston, where epicurious eaters can get great prix fixe deals in Boston and Cambridge. Far more alluring to me have been pop-up concepts like Vinal’s burger night and the recent vegan feast at Season to Taste: varying concepts intrinsically baked with passion around a cuisine, season or specific […]
Lining up for Burger Night at Vinal Bakery and General Store
Overview: Tuesday nights Tuesday’s at Vinal Bakery and General Store have become an event on par with the block-wrapping lines at BerryLine and the weekend curb waits at Bagelsaurus. I ventured over last week for a burger — the Miso Maple, cheddar cheese, thick-cut bacon, bread and butter pickles, and of course, miso maple butter […]
Salt + Stone restaurant will reopen five months after fire
Assembly Row’s Salt + Stone will reopen July 10, five months after a kitchen fire forced the restaurant to close. Read more Tenants nervous about CHA takeover face “no threat,” Fraden says Grease buildup in an oven exhaust duct caught fire during dinner service Feb. 3, hours before the pipe was scheduled to be cleaned. […]
At Urban Hearth’s new Inman Square locale, a feast for the eyes as well as the palate
Urban Hearth, Erin Miller’s intimate 24-seat bistro in North Cambridge, closed at the end of May in preparation for its move to Inman Square. Its stylish new space has more than double the seating capacity but has not lost the sense of having your own personal chef. Read more Developer releases designs for affordable housing […]
Clover Food Lab will close Thursday
The Cambridge-based fast-casual vegetarian chain Clover Food Lab will close Thursday after 17 years in business. Read more Increasing housing supply won’t lower prices The company had said March 30 its shuttering was imminent if it did not find a buyer before June. Today it issued a statement saying it had not, and blamed inflation […]