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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.

NEWS

Cambridge meetings, June 15-22: Deciding businesses for Cambridge Street and North Mass. Ave.

by Marc Levy June 14, 2026

Take part in meetings on “active uses” along traffic corridors, surveys about school cultures and housing proposed for East Cambridge.

FOOD

Wander Cat Cola is a craft soda whose bubbles are popping up all over the place

by Jay Hay June 9, 2026

Try a Japanese-inspired craft cola at the Taste of Somerville, at New Leaf Espresso

OPINION

The server took back my fries and threw them away

by Nicholas Marchuk May 31, 2026

It’s hard to open a restaurant, especially one with three all-day phases. But what kind of “dining concept” takes back an accidentally delivered side?

MENU

Clover shuts down, third Hong Kong Festival is Sunday and J.P. Licks does the World Cup

by Marc Levy May 28, 2026

The Clover chain was in its final hours Thursday, the New England Hong Kong Festival returns and there are seven new flavors at an ice cream chain.

DEVELOPMENT

Keezer’s has a next home and Simon’s Coffee Shop is looking as an apartment project speeds toward construction

by Marc Levy May 27, 2026

The apartment project at 1740 Massachusetts Ave. is on track for a permit submission in June and demolition in the months that follow.

FOOD

Another abrupt shutdown at Davis Square’s iconic Rosebud Diner leaves diners in the dark (updated)

by Marc Levy May 18, 2026

It would be easy to think The Rosebud diner is closed again. It’s dark inside, lifeless. There’s no sign on the door, and no information online.

BUSINESS

The Mushroom Shop announces a move to East Cambridge

by Christian Uva May 15, 2026

After four years in Somerville, Tyler Akabane’s Mushroom Shop moves this year to East Cambridge, to where the Courthouse Fish Market operated for 112 years.

BUSINESS

We Thieves vintage closes its Inman Square location Sunday with a final Eats & Crafts street fair sale

by Marc Levy May 14, 2026

A Porter Square location sells on, but this tin-ceiling store in Inman lasted longer than expected after opening during Covid, owner Sandra Rossi said.