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...seemingly inexorable move upscale. Although several new arrivals hint at the promise of a revitalized, unique neighborhood, rising rent costs have left Harvard Square’s diners in a state of flux.THE LOCAL TRADITIONHarvard Square used to abound with small, inexpensive, owner-operated eateries: the Tasty, the Wursthaus, Elsie’s Sandwich Shop, and, yes, the Hong Kong.“All of these places were dives, places that, if you were not in an altered state, you wouldn’t want to be in or be seen in,” said Timothy A. French...
...Both the café and restaurant will serve three meals a day and the café will be open for late night service. Zebny recalled that while he was at Harvard, the Square buzzed with late-night eating options such as Tasty Diner, the Cardullo family’s Wursthaus restaurant, which served up German fare. “I want to bring back late night eating to the Square and have it be fun,” Zebny said. The restaurant’s owners have teamed up with Boston-based bassist Danny Klein, the 59-year-old veteran...
...Soon, his customers included Houghton Library, which holds Harvard’s rare book and manuscript collection. He regularly sold single volumes at four-figure prices.He decided the time had come to move his business out of the elements and rented a shop above a German restaurant called the Wursthaus, in the building that is now Citizen’s Bank. But Marshall didn’t want his store to be just another old-book shop. He perceived a market for someone who could repair old books, but couldn’t find anyone to teach him how.Then, browsing...
...historic Bow & Arrow Pub served its last pint, culminating a decade of the Square’s cultural decline. In 1992 customers literally wept at the closing of J.F. Olsson’s—a fixture on Brattle Street for 107 years. Financial troubles led the once popular Wursthaus restaurant to disappear after 79 years. And just a few years ago, Harvard Square’s Tasty restaurant, still a legend in Harvard lore, was replaced by that symbol of corporate decadence—Abercrombie and Fitch...
...used to love the Wursthaus...