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Bill Bartley, current manager of the long-time Harvard Square restaurant Bartley’s Burgers and the son of the restaurant’s founder, recalls having radically different neighbors 25 years ago. Among his neighbors were the Bow and Arrow Pub, a sandwich shop called Elsie??s, a camera store, and a tiny jewelry store—all squeezed in just between Bow Street and Holyoke Street...
...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...
While new restaurants have replaced such old favorites as Elsie??s, the Wurst House, and The Tasty, new is not necessarily better...
...considered to be a house for those striving to get good grades,” he recalls. According to Bouchard, their Stoughton entryway was comprised predominantly of scholastic types. “We were not party people.”Nevertheless, Leder recalls late night pitstops to Elsie??s, “a sandwich place which made a terrific roast beef.”After graduation, Leder enrolled in Harvard Medical School where he got his M.D.Given the socio-political climate of the sixties, Leder chose to join the National Institute of Health (NIH) to avoid the draft...
...miss the shabbiness of the Square…No more Elsie??s and Tastee’s, two places where I squandered a lot of hours,” Delbanco said...