Guidebook for Cambridge

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Guidebook for Cambridge

Food Scene

Friendly place close by, with great coffee, breakfast and lunch sandwiches. Can eat outside in front or back, in good weather. Open 7am - 4pm.
14 locals recommend
cafe rustica
356 Beacon St
14 locals recommend
Friendly place close by, with great coffee, breakfast and lunch sandwiches. Can eat outside in front or back, in good weather. Open 7am - 4pm.
Family-friendly bar/restaurant with many beers on tap, TVs with sports, great burgers and comfort food. Favorite of students from nearby Harvard Law School.
77 locals recommend
Cambridge Common
77 locals recommend
Family-friendly bar/restaurant with many beers on tap, TVs with sports, great burgers and comfort food. Favorite of students from nearby Harvard Law School.
Great pies, scones, etc.
64 locals recommend
Petsi Pies
31 Putnam Ave
64 locals recommend
Great pies, scones, etc.
Great food and drink. Sidewalk seating in season.
76 locals recommend
The Abbey
1755 Massachusetts Ave
76 locals recommend
Great food and drink. Sidewalk seating in season.
Great frozen yogurt from a local chain. Lots of homemade toppings.
28 locals recommend
BerryLine
3 Arrow St
28 locals recommend
Great frozen yogurt from a local chain. Lots of homemade toppings.
Thin crust pizza with lots of different toppings. Order online for delivery.
Upper Crust Pizzeria
1782 Massachusetts Ave
Thin crust pizza with lots of different toppings. Order online for delivery.
Baked goods and coffee, with tables inside and outside.
72 locals recommend
Hi-Rise Bread Company
208 Concord Ave
72 locals recommend
Baked goods and coffee, with tables inside and outside.
Unique Japanese ramen restaurant, whose name means literally "talk about your dreams". Despite having essentially only one item on the menu, people line up every evening to eat there and be rated on how well they finished their bowl of noodles with pork, then have a chance to stand up and share their dream with everyone in the restaurant.
34 locals recommend
Yume Wo Katare
1923 Massachusetts Ave
34 locals recommend
Unique Japanese ramen restaurant, whose name means literally "talk about your dreams". Despite having essentially only one item on the menu, people line up every evening to eat there and be rated on how well they finished their bowl of noodles with pork, then have a chance to stand up and share their dream with everyone in the restaurant.
Bagel and bagel sandwich place. Popular - lines out the door on weekends.
42 locals recommend
Bagelsaurus
1796 Massachusetts Ave
42 locals recommend
Bagel and bagel sandwich place. Popular - lines out the door on weekends.

Drinks & Nightlife

Cozy bar known for its great burgers, hand cut fries and onion rings, and Tuesday trivia night.
23 locals recommend
R.F. O'Sullivan & Son
282 Beacon St
23 locals recommend
Cozy bar known for its great burgers, hand cut fries and onion rings, and Tuesday trivia night.
Local live music place
19 locals recommend
Lizard Lounge
1667 Massachusetts Ave
19 locals recommend
Local live music place

Essentials

Closest grocery store, open until 10pm.
595 locals recommend
Star Market
370 Western Ave
595 locals recommend
Closest grocery store, open until 10pm.
A little farther walk, near Porter Square T station, but open 24 hours (except Sunday nights).
595 locals recommend
Star Market
370 Western Ave
595 locals recommend
A little farther walk, near Porter Square T station, but open 24 hours (except Sunday nights).
24-hour drugstore with pharmacy.
63 locals recommend
CVS
516-522 Main St
63 locals recommend
24-hour drugstore with pharmacy.
No-frills, good service.
Charlie's Barber Shop
1794 Massachusetts Ave
No-frills, good service.
Dry cleaning and laundry wash and fold service.
Beacon Street Laundromat
358 Beacon St
Dry cleaning and laundry wash and fold service.
Drugstore, convenience store with pharmacy. Closest drugstore, just across Mass Ave, but only open until 8pm, 5pm on Saturday/Sunday (CVS in Porter Square is open 24 hours).
118 locals recommend
Walgreens
1890 Columbus Ave
118 locals recommend
Drugstore, convenience store with pharmacy. Closest drugstore, just across Mass Ave, but only open until 8pm, 5pm on Saturday/Sunday (CVS in Porter Square is open 24 hours).

Getting Around

Local Hertz office, a short walk via tunnel under the train tracks next to Star Market.
14 locals recommend
Hertz
646 Somerville Ave
14 locals recommend
Local Hertz office, a short walk via tunnel under the train tracks next to Star Market.
Red Line and Commuter Rail station.
55 locals recommend
Porter station
1899 Massachusetts Ave
55 locals recommend
Red Line and Commuter Rail station.
Harvard Square Red Line station
114 locals recommend
Harvard station
1 Brattle St
114 locals recommend
Harvard Square Red Line station

Arts & Culture

Home of the famed Glass Flowers exhibit, within walking distance.
151 locals recommend
Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St
151 locals recommend
Home of the famed Glass Flowers exhibit, within walking distance.
New, combined home of the Harvard art collections opened fall of 2015. Check out the atrium lobby and cafe.
205 locals recommend
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St
205 locals recommend
New, combined home of the Harvard art collections opened fall of 2015. Check out the atrium lobby and cafe.

Sightseeing

World-famous campus, with John Harvard statue.
71 locals recommend
Harvard Yard
2 Kirkland St
71 locals recommend
World-famous campus, with John Harvard statue.

Parks & Nature

Great field for kids to run around, play catch, soccer, etc.
Sacramento Field
Sacramento Street
Great field for kids to run around, play catch, soccer, etc.
Park with hiking/jogging trail around reservoir, and public golf course.
112 locals recommend
Fresh Pond Mall
545 Concord Ave
112 locals recommend
Park with hiking/jogging trail around reservoir, and public golf course.