Square Business
Fired Insomnia Cookie Employees Protest Alleged Labor Violations, Call for Higher Wages
A rally Thursday outside the company’s Harvard Square location highlighted a week of picketing in front of the store.
Calling All Cambridge Foodies!
Back on campus early and trying to avoid eating cheap pizza until the dining halls reopen? Before kicking your brain into high gear, take your taste buds on a gastronomical tour of Harvard Square.
Tamarind Bay Closes After Nine Years in Harvard Square
Harvard Square will lose one of its beloved bistros Saturday as Tamarind Bay shuts its doors after nine years of serving Indian delicacies.
Froyo Throwdown: A Case for CVS
Buy yourself a $5.79 pint, and you too will understand that CVS’s supremacy in the Square’s frozen yogurt market is undeniable.
Serving Up CVS
Looking for reasonably priced froyo at 3 a.m.? CVS offers Ben and Jerry's brand froyo for a mere $5.79 a pint.
Froyo Throwdown: A Case for Berryline
Every year, fresh faces with short memories and capricious tastes flood the Square, distracted by new, flashy, corporate froyo options. And Berryline—poor, forgotten Berryline—finds itself further from the hearts of the fickle patrons it sought to serve.
Just Peachy
A swirl of J.P. Licks's Peach X froyo, enjoyed at its best in a plastic Boston Red Sox cap.
Froyo Throwdown: A Case for J.P. Licks
America, you steely-eyed beauty, nothing better captures your greatness than the city of Boston. And there’s no frozen yogurt establishment in Beantown quite like our very own J.P. Licks.
Clover Set To Reopen Thursday
The health-conscious fast-food chain closed all of its operations over a week ago after learning that some people in Massachusetts who had contracted salmonella had eaten at Clover.
Clover To Reopen
Clover's Harvard Square restaurant is scheduled to reopen on Thursday. The chain had closed all operations following possible connection with a salmonella outbreak in the area.
Froyo Throwdown: A Case for Lizzy’s
Is it wrong for froyo to look and taste like ice cream? At Lizzy's, the answer is a resounding no.
A Scoop of Lizzy's Frozen Yogurt
Think this raspberry chocolate chip frozen yogurt looks conspicuously like raspberry chocolate chip ice cream? At Lizzy's, that's the point.
Froyo Throwdown: A Case for Yogurtland
When it comes to American values, no frozen yogurt vendor can claim to top the heartland that is Yogurtland.
(Yogurt)land of the Free
A star-spangled banner waves o'er the (Yogurt)land of the free and the home of the brave.
Froyo Throwdown: A Case for Ben and Jerry’s
The American patriot Patrick Henry once said, “Give me Ben and Jerry's, or give me death.” Or at least he probably would have, had he ever been given the opportunity to taste the frozen deliciousness that Ben and Jerry’s has to offer.
My Big Fat Greek Frozen Yogurt
Old Glory, or at least a close equivalent, flies atop a mound of Ben and Jerry's Greek frozen yogurt.
Froyo Throwdown: A Case for Pinkberry
The colors of this great nation are red, white, and blue—it is no coincidence, I assure you, that red and white combine to give pink, and that blue is the name of a prominent berry.
For Square Businesses, Rolling Stone Cover Presents Tricky Decision
CVS and Out of Town News will not shelve the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone Magazine, which has sparked controversy for its cover photo of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The Coop, citing concerns about "bad precedent," plans to sell the issue.
Stars, Stripes, and (Pink)Berries
A small red, white, and blue Pinkberry sits upon the red, white, and blue.
Yogurtland Brings New Flavor to the Square
A month after opening its doors, Yogurtland, the newest entrant into Harvard Square’s crowded frozen yogurt landscape, is hoping that its self-service model will lure in customers looking for relief from the blazing summer heat.
Yogurtland
Yogurtland patron Debbie Marujo exits the new frozen yogurt joint, chocolate and pistachio froyo in hand.
Laid-Off Workers Trade Goodbyes as the Inn at Harvard Closes Its Doors
Nearly 22 years ago, Mustapha Jorti helped welcome the first guests to the Inn at Harvard. On Monday, the University-owned hotel’s final day of operation, he manned a quiet front desk as the Inn’s last patrons checked out of their rooms.
The Front Desk
Mustapha Jorti (right), the Inn at Harvard's front desk manager, works alongside his assistant front desk manager, Mohamed Medjahed (center), on the hotel's last day of operation. At left, a worker with an outside consulting company dismantles the front desk computers.
Looking Down on a Final Day
The Inn at Harvard, pictured from its third floor inside, closed its doors Monday after 22 years of operation.