August 18, 2011

Oldest and newest Harvard Square businesses

The lists below include many of the oldest and newest Harvard Square businesses

From The September-October 2011 Issue

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The Square has always attracted those who want to shop, eat, gawk, and play.

The lists below include many of the oldest and newest Harvard Square businesses, according to information provided by the Harvard Square Business Association.

Oldest

Cambridge Savings Bank (1834)
Cambridge Center for Adult Education (1876; a nonprofit, rather than a business)
Harvard Coop (1882)
Leavitt & Peirce (1883)
Cambridge Trust Company (1890)
J. August (1891)
La Flamme Barber Shop (1898)
Alice Darling Secretarial Services, Inc. (1913)
Felix Shoe Repair (1913)
Dickson Bros. True Value Hardware Store (1920)
Brattle Square Florist (1925)
The Sheraton Commander Hotel (1927)
Grolier Poetry Book Shop (1927)
Harvard Book Store (1932)

Newest (2010 and 2011)

Follow the Honey
Al’s Sandwich Shop
Chutney’s
Clover Food Lab
Forty Winks
Hotel Veritas
The Maharaja
Otto Pizza
Pinkberry
Russell House Tavern
Starbucks Harvard Square (bi-level store)
TD Bank
Zinneken’s

Published in the September-October 2011 print issue under the headline “Fixtures and Followers,” in the section.

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