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Friday aggregation: Dwelltime yay, Thrillist blech; Akamai and Harmonix; murder; and MassHealth
By Marc Levy
Published: April 6, 2012 at 07:04 AM
Dwelltime looks awesome, but Thrillist writes about it with the elegance, wit and class of a used-car salesman after two cases of lite beer. There’s more serious news elsewhere, from executive compensation to health care insurance.
Thursday aggregation: Best city, great cornbread and a taqueria on the way
By Marc Levy
Published: April 5, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Cambridge lands atop a list of “New England’s Best Cities 2012”; the Beantown Taqueria may replace The Olive Tree Cafe; and The East Coast Grill and its cornbread take to the Times.
Liberal Servings proposed as ‘neighborhood brasserie’
By Marc Levy
Published: April 2, 2012 at 03:29 PM
The team behind Liberal Servings, the restaurant for Harvard Square, calls it a “a neighborhood brasserie” with live music meant as background for hearty, “moderately priced bistro fare.”
Yoki coming to replace Floating Rock in Central
By Marc Levy
Published: April 2, 2012 at 01:42 PM
Central Square’s Floating Rock restaurant opened, struggled and closed in a few short months, but its fallback plan — merging with a Japanese restaurant — looks to outlive it. Yoki has a sign up in place of Floating Rock, and says it’s hiring.
Sunday aggregation: SCVNGR paintball; walkable city; Kendall bakery
By Marc Levy
Published: April 1, 2012 at 07:25 PM
SCVNGR will be holding a charity paintball contest Friday before its building is torn down; Cambridge’s is still the country’s most walkable city; and Brookline’s Tatte Bakery & Cafe is coming to Kendall.
Five recommendations: Gus Rancatore
By Marc Levy
Published: April 1, 2012 at 10:16 AM
We just want to ask you five questions — or, rather, get five recommendations of things to read, listen to, watch, eat and buy. Here are some from Gus Rancatore, who loves food from Sofra, jazz at Lilypad, reading about coffee and the secret door at Boston’s Bodega.
Restaurateur Bardy is back, asking: Is Harvard Square ready for Liberal Servings?
By Marc Levy
Published: March 27, 2012 at 02:58 AM
Harvard Square is already due to see The Sinclair, a late-night restaurant and 525-person concert hall, open in the fall. Now a smaller performance venue and restaurant called Liberal Servings is targeted for 13 Brattle St., the heart of the square.
Memorial Drive food truck slots up for (qualified) grabs through March 18
By Marc Levy
Published: March 9, 2012 at 01:19 AM
There won’t be just strollers, runners and skaters along Memorial Drive on Sundays this spring and summer. As requested by residents in a survey last year, there will be food trucks as well.
Five recommendations: Swati Tiwari
By Marc Levy
Published: February 26, 2012 at 01:58 PM
Five questions. We just want to ask you five questions — or, rather, get five recommendations of things to read, listen to, watch, eat and buy from people who live, work or otherwise spend time in Cambridge. Here are some from Swati Tiwari, who moved to Prospect Street from Southern California.
Five recommendations: Rossen Badakov
By Marc Levy
Published: February 19, 2012 at 06:11 PM
We just want to ask you five questions — or, rather, get five recommendations of things to read, listen to, watch, eat and buy. Here are some from Rossen Badakov, who loves Inman Square jazz, Kendall Square cinema and Central Square food and dancing.