Buy-one, get-one oysters at Summer Shack
If you love oysters – I do – Summer Shack’s buy-one, get-one-free Tuesday may be the best deal in town in terms of quality, presentation and price.
Cambridge declares its ‘shared streets’ dead, while state announces Riverbend Park details
Two long-running debates over use of streets during the pandemic have received definitive answers for 2021, with an announced reopening of “Riverbend Park” and the end of Cambridge’s shared streets program.
North Point building accounts for most evictions among residents, coming despite a moratorium
During the first three months of this year, a North Point luxury property submitted at least 22 eviction filings out of 24 residential eviction cases in Cambridge District Court, many involving allegations of Covid-19 violations. But there’s much more to the city’s eviction picture.
Bar owners went beyond First Amendment rights with their ‘raised voices, interrupting,’ AG argues
The legal defense of a faked Cambridge fire law hasn’t grown visibly stronger over time, but it has evolved as it moved to bigger courts and now includes attacks on First Amendment protections.
Attend meetings on lower majorities for zoning, pool repair, MCAS tests and ice cream from a lab
Public meetings this week look at passing zoning more easily, and a Green New Deal; opting out of the MCAS test and a vocational education coalition; the Volpe redevelopment in Kendall Square; “missing middle” zoning; a Sub Zero Nitrogen Ice Cream in Cambridgeport; and much more.
Remember free food pantry in Harvard Square, says first-grader worried about hungry people
At the fridge and pantry set up in Harvard square, people can donate what they can, and take what they need.
Juicy, steamed dumplings from Dumpling Xuan
The steamed mini buns with pork are juicy and plump; the basic pork and leek steamed dumplings were exceptional for something so basic, with a thin but spicy soy sauce to dip into. One order of each is all you need for a lunch or dinner.
Of cubanos and chipotle: Chez Henri lives at Noir and Mariposa
Hard to believe it’s been near 10 years since the shuttering of Chez Henri, Paul O’Connell’s great neighborhood bistro. But at least its classic cubano sandwich pops up here and there.
Gift cards to shop at Daily Table in Central Square distributed through nonprofits by Food For Free
The nonprofit Food For Free is distributing 1,500 gift cards through area food pantries to Daily Table, a grocery store that opened in Central Square in January.
The Village Kitchen’s Mediterranean tuna sub
This mediterranean tuna is marinated and dressed in olive oil (no mayo is used) and garnished with fresh spinach, tomatoes and onion. It’s simple and wildly addictive.
