Business Archives - Page 7 of 23 - Cambridge

Cambridge has ideas about how to limit customer drinking, and the response has been terrible

by Marc Levy June 16, 2026

Restrictions on serving alcohol that are due for discussion by Cambridge’s License Commission in August are already seeing strong opposition from restaurant owners, their customers and a city...

FOOD

Buddy’s Diner repair work is about to get started, owner says, for a reopening next year

by Marc Levy June 15, 2026

The classic train-car-style diner at 113 Washington St., East Somerville, shut three years ago because of a ruinous plumbing problem.

DEVELOPMENT

Nonprofit developer plans to put up affordable housing and offices at lot along Concord Avenue

by Marc Levy June 15, 2026

Homeowner’s Rehabilitation Inc. plans to build affordable housing at its recently purchased lot at 755 Concord Ave. in the Cambridge Highlands.

BUSINESS

Harvard Book Store is opening a branch in a historic Boston neighborhood near Faneuil Hall

by Marc Levy June 15, 2026

Harvard Book Store announced on Monday “a new chapter” in its 94-year history in the construction of a second store – opening in the fall in Boston.

TAXONOMY

Tax tip of the week: Your big refund from the IRS isn’t really good news

by Vincent Hicks June 15, 2026

For some taxpayers, provisions of Donald Trump’s so-called One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act reduced their tax liability, which may have led to larger refunds.

FOOD

Retail mecca Assembly Row adds the thing demanded in years of surveys: a weekly farmers market

by Marc Levy June 13, 2026

A weekly open-air farmers market launched Friday in Somerville’s Assembly Row with a ceremony, speeches and a benefits match to double buying power.

DEVELOPMENT

Moxy Hotel project is moving forward on the city line with 145 guest rooms

by Marc Levy June 12, 2026

The six-story Moxy Hotel is 145 rooms, down from the 199-room AC Hotel proposed in 2023 – though the first permits were in 2017.

FOOD

Five foods to follow out of the Taste of Somerville

by Marc Levy June 11, 2026

When staggering happily away from the event, it turns out there were dishes that had me already plotting how soon I could get back to their sources for more.

LET’S GET COFFEE

Two cafes welcoming ‘the irregular’: New Leaf Espresso and True Grounds

by Corky White June 10, 2026

A coffee shop in a barbershop and woodsy space with art and painted wainscoting beckon with a trim, a long black and thoughts of a rom-Som.

BITE

Veggie patty at Chatty Patty

by Travis Dillon June 10, 2026

$3 Yes, this is take two on Chatty Patty (and take three on the Eastern Edge Food Hall). But empanadas, calzones, pasties, turnovers: I love them all, especially affordable ones, and the variety of...