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Flaccid tomato sauce and pricey beer aside, Cambridge, 1 is a very welcome addition to the Harvard Square scene. When you think about it, it’s upsetting that other places cannot follow their simple recipe for success. No real culinary rocket science is going on in the kitchen, after all, and the décor is an exceedingly understated blend of a sauna and a factory. The beauty is that Cambridge, 1 does not aim too high, but also does not fall into the same bland banality of most restaurants in its price range...
Lacking liquor, Cambridge, 1’s bar offerings can pretty much be judged on the quality and price of their beer and wine selections. Complementing the concise food selections, the libations are a well-chosen assortment, though the bang for your buck found on the other side of the menu seems to trail away here. The beers are a very nice mix of domestic standards (Bud, MGD), local classics (Harpoon, Tremont, Magic Hat), familiar imports (Peroni, Amstel) and some exotic foreigners (Beamish, Tucher). Likewise, the wine list has eight quality whites and nine highly drinkable reds, such...
...outrage many locals. Glasses of wine range from $6 (a nice pinot grigio) to $11, while bottles stick pretty close to the “glass times four” formula and span from $22 to $58. For those who have heard rumors of an $8 glass of beer, it does in fact exist and resides at Cambridge, 1 in the form of Melbourne Strawberry Ale. I decided to forego this brush with Puffy-like alcohol indulgence fearing that, like a first-class upgrade, it would forever mar my relative judgments...
...filled characters CLINT EASTWOOD Aging actor named to California Parks Commission. First order of business: cut him in half so tourists can count the rings Losers ZHU RONGJI Chinese Premier red-faced over economic forum snafus. To-do list for next Boao summit: fewer boring heads of state, more beer bongs MARLON BRANDO Godfather hit with big palimony suit by his maid. Who else is a guy who lives on his own private South Pacific island going to fool around with? HELEN CLARK Kiwi PM nailed for passing off others' artwork as her own. It turns out this unknown artist...
...street, 42-year-old Bangkok accountant Suntorn Sukanand explains why, as he loads jumbo packs of instant noodles, fish sauce and Thai beer into his cart at Tesco Lotus. "I stop at the local shops only when I have forgotten to buy something in the superstore," he says. "It's clean, and it's cold." Says Bangkok housewife Sunee Veerachai: "I can get everything I need here in one trip on Saturday. Besides, the kids like this place...