After 27 years of serving ice cream to the Harvard Square masses, Herrell’s Ice Cream’s Dunster St. location may close as early as November.  Financial pressure from rising costs and a

With all its musty traditions, dozens of bookstores, hordes of university students, and streets crowded with hippies, the homeless and Nobel honchos, Cambridge, Mass., is never boring. September, though, is

Ride your bike, walk or take Mass Transit to the “Go Green walk/ride” party…

In Harvard Square, Om Restaurant, The Red House, and Charlie’s Beer Garden offer popular outdoor dining rooms and a stunningly diverse range of food–all within a block. Inside, Om (www.omrestaurant.com;

May – June 2009Chez Henri, a Cambridge mainstay since 1994, might be overlooked in the constant rush toward the newly bold and beautiful. Don’t make that mistake this Commencement season.

As the nation celebrates Women’s History Month, Cambridge Residents…

Folk and acoustic music are no longer the only substances flowing freely at Club Passim—the legendary Harvard Square venue has begun serving beer and wine, breaking its dry spell for

Although most knights exist only in fairy tales, Harvard Squares’ Raymond E. Ost, chef and co-owner of Sandrine’s Bistro, was knighted yesterday with the medal of the French Order of

For Harvard Square eateries, Valentine’s Day indicated that love is blind—even to recessions.  Every restaurant contacted reported dining rooms booked solid with celebrating couples ordering as if the housing crisis

With all the local politics and legal hubbub surrounding controversial street artist Shephard Fairey, one thing is certain:  he’s made a visual impression throughout Boston.

Two Harvard Square establishments and nine other Cambridge restaurants made Boston Magazine’s first ever list of “The 50 Best Restaurants” in the Boston area last month.  Square fixtures Rialto, which

Convenience store and newsstand operator Muckey’s Corp. signed a lease to take over Out of Town News earlier this week, rescuing the iconic Harvard Square kiosk from an uncertain future.