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Shake Shack in Harvard Square?

Of course. The Crimson reports on some paperwork filed with the city.

Via Boston Restaurant Talk.

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When was it exactly that Harvard Sq sold out to chains?

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Late 90s would be my guess - that's when the truly local/hip businesses began relocating to Porter and Davis.

In the mid-2000s, the process accelerated when the Standard Package of Upscale Mall Stores arrived and pushed out places like the Wursthouse.

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Mid-90s or so, with the demise of the Tasty, Wursthaus, Jonathan Swifts, and so many others that gave Harvard Square it's unique flavor. And though Harvard Square has always been a haven for colorful self expression from the hippie era to punks, etc etc, I notice a far seedier element congregating in recent years.

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Mid 90s. At the time, I remember saying "Why would anyone from out-of-town bother to deal with traffic and parking to come into Harvard Square if all it's got is mall stores?" Silly me.

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If Harvard Square is staying corporate, can we at least get an Apple Store up in there instead of yet another burger joint? I hate having to go to Cambridgeside.

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I went to the one in Chestnut Hill because it is quite close to me, and I (stupidly) wanted to see just what it was that had people waiting outside for so long in crappy weather. I should have known that I was wasting my time when the only things on the mind of the other line-waiters was Newton and Wellesley...high schools.

Other than a couple of cute BC girls to remind me of the old days, I was totally unimpressed. Bartley's burgers beat the crap out of the burger I had. The only mildly interesting thing was the IPA brewed by Brooklyn for ShakeShack. That was okay, but also gets blown away by our local IPAs.

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All of these places get their little 10 minutes of buzz, then it dies down. It's the same with Wegmans. You'd think people around here never saw a supermarket or a hamburger joint. Remember that HUGE buzz around Krispy Kreme? Then they came and went so fast your head would spin. Krispy Kreme donuts proved very unimpressive, and people got hip to it.

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They just weren't good enough to beat out an incumbent with brand loyalty on par with that of the Red Sox, and they weren't good enough to beat out the 21st century desire to look good and be healthy.

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I used to eat at Bartley's until I witnessed them reusing coleslaw people had left on their plates.

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I used to eat at Bartley's until I witnessed them reusing coleslaw people had left on their plates.

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I have a hard time believing that.

They have an open kitchen. Why would they risk their entire business to save a few cents on cole slaw?

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I'm just relating what I saw. I have no idea if it is, never said it was, and do not care if it is or is not company policy, The fact that I saw them do it one time is more than reason enough to refrain from eating at that establishment again.

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Just what Harvard Square needed, another burger joint.

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...but at least it's not another cell phone store or a bank or God help us another frogurt joint

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Meh, on the whole, I'd rather go to the Frappe Flat

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