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Chocolate is food: L.A Burdick in Harvard Square

by Corky White October 21, 2026

The pastries, the chocolates, the thick, dark hot chocolate – even the gift boxes – at this Harvard Square shop are satisfying in their luxury and the affection in their making.

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Is everyone hanging out at Pronto without me? This friendly hotel cafe has delicious meals and its own pastry chef

by Corky White October 13, 2026

Harvard Square’s best-kept café secret is in an out-of-the-way space in the Charles Hotel, run by the generous Yazid Berbiche by way of Algiers and Marseilles.

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Looking over a Clover

by Corky White October 7, 2026

Clover and its chickpea fritter sandwich will remain at the Science Center, where there's a separate coffee bar giving local roasters' beans the attention they deserve.

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Where there are books, there should be coffee: Page & Leaf

by Corky White September 30, 2026

Page & Leaf serves Porter Square denizens and Lesley University and is within Porter Square Books, but on the day I visited the sound was laptops clicking.

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The newest kid on the block is Café+ by Pagu, where global fare includes Enso’s dusted Taiwanese doughnut

by Corky White September 23, 2026

Tracy Chang, chef-owner of Pagu has opened a small café with a global menu within the new home of MIT's School of Architecture and Planning.

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Follow your nose: Pavement Coffeehouse and its predecessors

by Corky White September 16, 2026

Memories of coffee in places sometimes layer over each other; there’s been a lot of movement and those of us who remember have followed the coffee aromas across town.

BUSINESS

Coffee shop in the making aims to bring together Salvadoran beans and Cuban cheese rolls

by Marc Levy September 15, 2026

Launch could come before the end of the year in a vote of confidence in, and expression of gratitude for, the community and business district south of Porter Square.

FOOD

Revelations on taste: New thoughts on coffee and food at Sofra

by Corky White September 9, 2026

Almost never is a café visit only about coffee, and that is particularly true at Sofra, a café-deli-restaurant-destination. Its food, with a morning cup of coffee, offers a lesson in pairings.

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Work and play and then coffee at Triangle’s not-quite-coworking cafes

by Corky White September 2, 2026

In my Triangle visit, the space was crisscrossed with striding workers. The residents of café tables were bent over computers and phones. The coffee is just fine.

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Frozen: Do as the Parisians do, but in Somerville, at Wildgrain Bakehouse

by Corky White August 26, 2026

Wildgrain Bakehouse is close by but feels like another planet. And there are very good croissants – surprisingly, previously frozen and then baked.