CHA closes Inman Square family health clinic, location bought from a trio of its own doctors
Cambridge Health Alliance has permanently shuttered an Inman Square clinic that had been temporarily closed since last fall because of “building issues” and staffing challenges.
Attend meetings on Greene Street pot for Porter, Bom Dough for Inman and changes in Kendall
Public meetings this week look at a cannabis shop proposal near Porter Square, Kendall Square improvements and affordable housing, and a fast-casual restaurant called Bom Dough coming to Inman Square.
S&S Restaurant is still serving up the comfort after more than a century in Inman Square
In the decade preceding Cambridge Electric Light’s illumination of Cambridge Street, when trolley tracks ran from Inman to Porter Square, a little delicatessen began welcoming hungry patrons. Rebecca “Ma” Edelstein greeted guests with “es and es,” Yiddish for “eat and eat” – which the wide-ranging fare of the S&S Restaurant still encourages diners to do.
Attend meetings on $22M in direct family aid, $787.9M budget, municipal broadband, more
Public meetings this week look at $22 million in direct-aid for lower-income families, the city’s budget for the next fiscal year, a moratorium on construction of labs and offices around Alewife, a Fresh Pond beer garden, bike lanes on Brattle Street, municipal broadband and ideas for improving The Port and the future of Cambridge Street.
Inman Eats & Crafts festival returns for fifth year with a bigger open-air Handmade Marketplace
Inman Eats & Crafts, the East Cambridge Business Association’s annual celebration of “everything Inman Square,” returns May 22 for its fifth year with even more emphasis on the crafts end of the event.
Revivals of Republiks and Scholars
New life has been breathed into some establishments that looked like they might become part of the Covid R.I.P. list: The People’s Republik became New Republik and The Thirsty Scholar has reopened.
Until Poetry Jam is back at Lizard Lounge, Robinson offers a teasing taste at Lilypad
Spoken-word fans don’t yet have the Sunday night Poetry Jam and Jeff Robinson Trio back at Lizard Lounge, but they can get their Jeff Robinson fix monthly at Lilypad in Inman Square. On Wednesday he performs with poet and singer Iyeoka Okoawo.
Inman Incubator opens, bringing pop-up shops that starts with the unique ‘Indestructible Food’
A rotating pop-up storefront called the Inman Incubator has set up shop in the heart of Inman Square. The first local maker set up for a month of sales: Indestructible Food, with a series of screen prints by Sarah Dudek that turn supermarket staples into wall-worthy art.
Business case study: Industry Lab is an incubator where the innovation includes arts and sciences
Industry Lab is home to a dizzying array of talented tenants, uniquely curated by managers to draw from arts and technology. The lower-cost spaces have residents ranging from robotics and medical device companies to a folk singer and filmmakers.
Attend meetings on budget, ‘Zoning 101,’ IQHQ and if Inman will get its Brooklyn Bagel Factory
Public meetings this week look at the next city budget, plans for land in North Cambridge owned by the life-sciences developer IQHQ and whether Brooklyn Bagel Factory can open in Inman Square in a former Taco Bell space. There’s also a chance to learn “Zoning 101” in an hour from Community Development Department staff.
