Guidebook for Cambridge
Shopping
Need some funky shoes or any kind of socks or footwear that you can think of? A great selection, a small, local truly Cambridge shop. Buy some socks and then go next door to Bagelsaurus for a bagel!
Cambridge Clogs
1780 Massachusetts AveNeed some funky shoes or any kind of socks or footwear that you can think of? A great selection, a small, local truly Cambridge shop. Buy some socks and then go next door to Bagelsaurus for a bagel!
I love this store. Clothes, beautiful accessories, soaps, jewelry, so many beautiful thing from all over the world.
8 locals recommend
NOMAD
1771 Massachusetts AveI love this store. Clothes, beautiful accessories, soaps, jewelry, so many beautiful thing from all over the world.
Parks & Nature
Fresh Pond Reservation
250 Fresh Pond PkwyGet out onto the Charles River!
83 locals recommend
Charles River Canoe & Kayak Cambridge at Kendall Square
15 Broad Canal WayGet out onto the Charles River!
Cambridge Common
Great playground!
Danehy Park
99 Sherman StWalking, biking, sports fields, playground.
Arts & Culture
MIT Museum Building
265 Massachusetts AvenueCutting edge, world class theater, 15 minute walk from Smack Dab.
65 locals recommend
A.R.T. - American Repertory Theater
64 Brattle StCutting edge, world class theater, 15 minute walk from Smack Dab.
OK, you can be in a world class art museum if you walk 15 minutes from Smack Dab - you don't even have to call an Uber, or ride the T. This is a beautiful museum, recently renovated to merge several museums into one. If you have time, I highly encourage you to go.
205 locals recommend
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy StOK, you can be in a world class art museum if you walk 15 minutes from Smack Dab - you don't even have to call an Uber, or ride the T. This is a beautiful museum, recently renovated to merge several museums into one. If you have time, I highly encourage you to go.
Take time to enjoy the displays of this amazing institution - the Glass Flowers, the mineral room, the preserved animals from every continent, artifacts from indigenous peoples, so many things are housed here. It's a large museum, with a small, often old-fashioned feel. It is a gem of a museum.
20 locals recommend
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
11 Divinity AveTake time to enjoy the displays of this amazing institution - the Glass Flowers, the mineral room, the preserved animals from every continent, artifacts from indigenous peoples, so many things are housed here. It's a large museum, with a small, often old-fashioned feel. It is a gem of a museum.
Huge, but manageable, world class art museum. Get lost in it. It's worth your time.
1042 locals recommend
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
465 Huntington AveHuge, but manageable, world class art museum. Get lost in it. It's worth your time.
It is SO cool, you walk THROUGH a stain-glass globe of the world, that has amazing acoustic qualities. One of a kind and worth your time.
46 locals recommend
The Mary Baker Eddy Library
210 Massachusetts AveIt is SO cool, you walk THROUGH a stain-glass globe of the world, that has amazing acoustic qualities. One of a kind and worth your time.
Coffeeshops
Hang out with your laptop or no laptop, just go and enjoy the best coffee beverages, tea and great soups and sandwiches. A true Cambridge experience.
25 locals recommend
Simon's Coffee Shop
1736 Massachusetts AveHang out with your laptop or no laptop, just go and enjoy the best coffee beverages, tea and great soups and sandwiches. A true Cambridge experience.
For amazing baked goods - sweet and savory - coffee, tea and a great big window that looks out on Massachusetts Avenue, sit and watch Cambridge go by.
72 locals recommend
Hi-Rise Bread Company
208 Concord AveFor amazing baked goods - sweet and savory - coffee, tea and a great big window that looks out on Massachusetts Avenue, sit and watch Cambridge go by.
For those of you who are Starbucks fans, there is one, 3 minutes from Smack Dab.
168 locals recommend
Starbucks
655 Massachusetts AveFor those of you who are Starbucks fans, there is one, 3 minutes from Smack Dab.
This is an amazing coffeeshop in Harvard Square. I'd say, next to Simon's, it's my favorite. Two floors, white tile, amazing European-style confections, great lemonade (not too sweet), just a great place to hang out and watch the Harvard Square crowd interact.
212 locals recommend
Tatte Bakery & Café
70 Charles StThis is an amazing coffeeshop in Harvard Square. I'd say, next to Simon's, it's my favorite. Two floors, white tile, amazing European-style confections, great lemonade (not too sweet), just a great place to hang out and watch the Harvard Square crowd interact.
Amazing European style confections, chocolate-based and otherwise, amazing coffee. You feel like you are NOT in Harvard Square, but somewhere where time is not a commodity. It 's been here for a long time, relatively speaking, which speaks to its high standards.
64 locals recommend
L.A. Burdick Handmade Chocolates
52 Brattle StAmazing European style confections, chocolate-based and otherwise, amazing coffee. You feel like you are NOT in Harvard Square, but somewhere where time is not a commodity. It 's been here for a long time, relatively speaking, which speaks to its high standards.
Movie Theaters
If you are here for a while and want to check out a truly unique movie house, check out what is showing at the Brattle. It's in Harvard Square, you can walk there in 15 minutes.
44 locals recommend
Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle StIf you are here for a while and want to check out a truly unique movie house, check out what is showing at the Brattle. It's in Harvard Square, you can walk there in 15 minutes.
MixitRestaurants
People come from ALL OVER to get these bagels, and you can bite into one after a 5 minute walk. This may be the best bagel you will ever eat. Run there, if you love bagels.
42 locals recommend
Bagelsaurus
1796 Massachusetts AvePeople come from ALL OVER to get these bagels, and you can bite into one after a 5 minute walk. This may be the best bagel you will ever eat. Run there, if you love bagels.
Fresh, beautifully prepared and presented locally sourced food. Great menu, great drinks. Friendly atmosphere. Go for some really good American cuisine.
76 locals recommend
The Abbey
1755 Massachusetts AveFresh, beautifully prepared and presented locally sourced food. Great menu, great drinks. Friendly atmosphere. Go for some really good American cuisine.
A wonderful Indian restaurant, 5 minutes from Smack Dab. They also have a great lunch buffet. I really love the decor.
Nirvana The Taste of India
1680 Massachusetts AveA wonderful Indian restaurant, 5 minutes from Smack Dab. They also have a great lunch buffet. I really love the decor.