Word: bon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bon Pain in Holyoke Center is tolerated, even glorified, by the Harvard Square establishment. Part of the reason is undoubtedly that Harvard owns stock in the restaurant. Au Bon Pain is fast food, no doubt about it. But it's overpriced, yuppified, faux French fast food. The store even deliberately slows down its food preparation so the customers feel like they aren't getting fast food...
...Harvard Square, intellectuals lurk in unexpected places and in all sorts of guises. Even the flakiest nose-ringed punk or that guy huddled in the corner at Au Bon Pain could probably discuss the latest nonfiction best-seller or the works of Virginia Woolf...
...Never mind the fact that Cambridge is equipped with its own historical landmarks, theaters and neighborhoods. An anthology of tales about 8-hour organic chemistry labs, lunches in the Pit with preteen skinheads and idle afternoons lingering over coffee and croissants at Au Bon Pain, do not complete Harvard Summer School Experience make...
...Bon Pain is a good place to start observing. Basically a fast-food joint that's been spruced up with outdoor tables and a never-ending classical music tape, it is a favorite summer hangout for students, tourists, and even some locals. In keeping with the Euro atmosphere, the fairly expensive menu is partly in French (that little chunk of bread is called a "petit pain," and you may feel compelled to say "kwa-sohn" for "croissant...
...stately white guys who didn't play ultimate frisbee or football on the lawn. A bunch of Cliffies didn't dig up the middle of the Quad for a bonfire. And hundreds of tourists from Dubuque didn't kick up the sod chasing squirrels with bits of Au Bon Pain corn muffins...