The two universities that dominate Cambridge seem to foster café sitting. We will follow the rumble of the MBTA red line, felt in three Harvard and MIT coffee seats.
The long red line
Fringe benefits: Coffee with something extra, somewhere else
This week, the journey began near Porter Square, thence near Union Square and finally to East Cambridge. Each had something off my radar to recommend it!
Coffee in the great outdoors: Sidewalks are for sipping
The three outdoor places I review here are not like the Parisian café in the Jardin du Luxembourg, but they are what we have and we are happy to have them.
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Three squares, three worlds of coffee: Yego in Teele, Bom Dough in Inman and Maprang in Union
These cafés, one Rwandan, one Brazilian and one Thai, speak different taste languages.
Three cafes as diverse as Central Square
Today’s Central Square is truly the center, the convergence point for Cambridge’s diverse cultures and lively commerce.
Three destination cafes where no compromise is needed between high-quality food and coffee
There's not always a need to pair prized coffee with a generic muffin or croissant or wash down a to-die-for pastry or bagel with a lesser brew.
Space, time and coffee
An occasional feature mapping our sipping in visits to cafes in Somerville and Cambridge – this time Imagine, Forge and Three Little Figs.
Wintry mix, the seasonal coffee of choice
An occasional feature mapping our sipping in visits to cafes in Somerville and Cambridge, including Simon’s, Pepita and Cicada Coffee Bar.
Valentine’s, Galentine’s, as long as it’s chocolate: An anthropologist’s quick history of a holiday
Anthropologists love to say “Bet you didn’t know this!” about cultural history and the origins of things in human use – including for Valentine’s Day.