COVER STORY
Mass. appeal
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Bartley's Burger Cottage 1246 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. 617-354-6559. (Get directions).
Harvard Book Store 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. 617-661-1515. (Get directions).
Harvard Coop 1400 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. 617-499-2000. (Get directions).
Hong Kong at Harvard Square 1236 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. 617- 864-5311 (restaurant); 617-661-6507 (Comedy Studio). (Get directions).
Out of Town News Mass. Ave. at Harvard Square, Cambridge. 617-354-7777.
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Harvard Square
The Inn at Harvard is a not-so-subtle sign that you're entering Crimson territory. One of the first Harvard institutions is the Hong Kong, a Chinese restaurant where countless students have drunk themselves sick on scorpion bowls. A relatively new feature is the upstairs Comedy Studio, which features stand-up acts, sketch groups, and frequent drop-in appearances by people like Jimmy Tingle and Jonathan Katz. Another low-budget eatery is Bartley's Burger Cottage, where the sandwiches are named after celebrities, and the decor (including old political posters) spans the past four decades.
Harvard Square is best known, of course, for its reading material, and three don't-miss stores are near the T stop here. The Harvard Book Store has the inventory of a superstore and the friendly staff of a corner shop. The Out of Town newsstand has just about any hometown paper you can think of, and the Harvard Coop is large enough to kill an entire rainy afternoon (including trips to the upstairs cafe).
The west side of Harvard Square has lots of funky little shops and even more chain stores, but Mass. Ave. takes a sharp right to avoid them, as if offended by the very idea of commercialism. As it heads north, the avenue passes the peaceful greenery of Harvard Yard and Cambridge Common. Oh, and it also manages to get through one of the most complicated traffic intersections on the East Coast.
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