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...Taqueria and the soon-to-come IHOP. Though Grendel’s Den needed six years to gain a liquor license due to a state law “allowing a church to prevent restaurants from serving alcohol within 500 feet of its door,” the HSDF vocally supported withholding the license for even less convincing reasons—HSDF felt the Square already had an adequate number of restaurants selling liquor. Legal Seafoods’ entrance into the Charles Hotel was protested because of its expansion and encroachment into the public courtyard, a seemingly slight problem...
These are the battles HSDF sees fit to fight. It was one of the first groups to speak up when IHOP made its decision to settle in the Square, but there were few motions against each of the new banks that have popped up in recent years. I suppose HSDF doesn’t believe that seven banks are more than adequate...
...college population is the total late-night city shutdown. All over America, students know the joy of sitting in a diner at 5 a.m., ruminating random ideas and runny eggs. Yet even though IHOP was content asking for a mere 4 a.m. closing, compared to its normal 24/7 schedule, HSDF objected and won. As the president of the HSDF, Ginny Nathans put it, “If there were going to be a 4 a.m. license in Harvard square, it wouldn’t be in IHOP.” The restaurateurs who try for anything past two, never have...
...HSDF has a worthwhile goal in theory, but in practice it is creating a sterilized Cambridge with little personality. By overly concentrating on restaurant-operating hours in the Square, it misses the chance to really hold onto some of the Cambridge character—I’m pretty sure those who live here won’t look back on their fond memories of Bank of America. More importantly, HSDF is creating a Cambridge that alienates the students who call it home...
It’s time for HSDF to stop being so reactionary and start considering compromises. We don’t want catastrophe and chaos at 3 in the morning. We just want a couple of pancakes...