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...Herrell??s Ice Cream, the Harvard Square sweet-tooth haven famous for “Herrell??s dollars” and apple pie à la mode, has announced that it will close its doors after 27 years of service. And while its management plans to reinvent the space as a casual dining establishment that will still serve some ice cream, it’s a sad day whenever such a deeply rooted institution is forced to close, regardless of the reasons...
...subject of reasons, however, there is an interesting twist to the demise of Herrell??s—one that isn’t necessarily explained by rising operating costs or the strain of the recession. Apparently, JP Licks, a competing ice-cream vendor that opened in a strategic Mass. Ave. location last summer, benefitted from financial incentives offered by Harvard University. The university owns the real estate JP Licks currently occupies, and it essentially invited the franchise in, offering the popular Boston-area chain preferential access to the space and a lease at a below-market rate...
...university, Harvard has a vested interest in leasing to businesses that together can provide a certain type of collegiate community geared toward the interests and needs of students. The university clearly judged that JP Licks was one of those businesses, and, as much as we have appreciated Herrell??s service over the past three decades, we have no complaint about the role Harvard may have played in its demise. (And, while we appreciate Harvard’s interest in the well-being of the Harvard Square community when choosing its tenants, it would be nice...
After 27 years of serving ice cream to the Harvard Square masses, Herrell??s Ice Cream’s Dunster St. location may close as early as November.Financial pressure from rising costs and a new competitor in town with prime real estate on Mass. Ave. snowballed into “the perfect storm” for the much-loved ice cream shop, said Herrell??s owner Jeffrey Stanett, making its continued operation impractical, if not impossible.Instead, Stanett said he plans to open a casual restaurant by next spring in an expansion of Herrell?...
...Herrell??s is one of those “quirky,” old-school Cambridge spots whose demise visitors will frequently lament on their way to J.P. Licks. It’s pretty good, but probably not good enough to stave off the bulldozer of capitalist progress that is the Licks franchise. Creative destruction, we guess...