Attend meetings on advancing Alewife zoning, catering from within a condo, a Harvard bank
Public meetings this week look at Brattle Street safety improvements, schools’ nondiscrimination policy, a caterer in Porter and bank and apartments in Harvard, and Alewife zoning recommendations.
City-owned shuttles or riding with college kids? Council is aboard, and for an e-bike delivery biz
After months of MBTA closings and safety concerns, Cambridge is looking at adding its own bus lines and supplement service with university shuttles. Officials also seek to test an e-bike delivery service for restaurants and businesses.
Classics at Buddy’s Diner
The menu’s handwritten and hanging up over the griddle. You sip your coffee and watch the cook whip, pour and fold your omelet on the steel hot-top just feet away. That’s old-school.
Tasty Burger’s plans to open in Central Square are delayed by snafu from city’s permit system
Tasty Burger is taking a second swing at the Central Square market. The eatery walked away from a 2013 bid to replace a nearby bakery after license commissioners voted against allowing late-night beer and wine in a residential area.
Attend meetings on a city-run shuttle bus idea, Brattle Street bike lanes and preserving The Pit
Public meetings this week look at monkeypox preparedness, a proposal for city-run delivery services making up for MBTA failings with shuttle buses, Brattle Street bike lanes, preserving The Pit and more.
Saag and samosas at the new Tanjore
The food is every bit as good as it was at the old Tanjore, which was always one of my favored spots for Indian cuisine despite a flat, sterile interior – and that’s definitely changed.
Yamba Boutique plants a cannabis lifestyle brand for the ‘left out’ amid bricks built up for the police
It may seem like a sign of changing times when the Yamba Boutique cannabis shop opens in what is often referred to as Harvard Square’s “Carriage House” – which started life as a police station. It is to store owner Leah Samura.
Buddha Bowls and other veggie goodness at Life Alive
The Life Alive cafes that have landed recently in Kendall and Harvard squares (there are Boston locales too) are a huge change-up from the crunchy Central Square original from 2010.
Ninawa’s upcycling may be the future of fashion, but owner struggles to stay sewing in Cambridge
For the past two years, Aelen Unan has been both homeless and a small-business owner. Her Ninawa Zero-Waste shop promotes sustainable fashion by turning unwanted clothing into upcycled dresses and tote bags – but it too is about to be homeless as her time at the Popportunity small-vendor market in Central Square runs out.
Indigenous scholars put up with missionaries, Harvard’s Indian College and ‘praying towns’
James Printer and John Sassamon are among the many examples of Indigenous people – often apprenticed to Christian missionaries – who used assimilation to their advantage to reclaim their humanity and rights.
