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Upstairs On the Square

Coordinates: 42°22′21″N 71°07′15″W / 42.3725°N 71.1209°W / 42.3725; -71.1209
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Established1992
ClosedDecember 21, 2013
Street address91 Winthrop Street
CityCambridge
StateMassachusetts
Postal/ZIP Code02138
CountryUnited States
Coordinates42°22′21″N 71°07′15″W / 42.3725°N 71.1209°W / 42.3725; -71.1209

Upstairs On the Square, originally UpStairs at the Pudding (because of the original location above Harvard's Hasty Pudding Club),[1] ended “its storied 31-year run” on December 31, 2013. Owned by Mary-Catherine Deibel and Deborah Hughes, the building they were in was being sold by the landlord.[2]

Their menu has been described as “adventurous classic European”.[3]

In 2012, Hughes' daughter Charlotte Silver published a memoir about growing up at the restaurant, Charlotte Au Chocolat: Memories of a Restaurant Girlhood’’.[2]

History

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Opened in 1982 as Upstairs at the Pudding, they had a small dining room three flights above the Hasty Pudding Club. A favorite of the locals, they also attracted many celebrities. Ella Fitzgerald sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to one of the sous chefs. Julia Roberts smoked a cigarette in the coatroom ”and turned to (the staff) and said, ‘Shhh, don’t tell.’”[4]

In 2002, they relocated to Winthrop Street, also in Harvard Square.[5]

Awards and honors

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Their Eggs Benedict was featured on The Best Thing I Ever Ate.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Moore, Galen (October 18, 2013). "A Cambridge institution, UpStairs on the Square to close at New Year's". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b Blumenthal, Rachel Leah (October 18, 2013). "UpStairs on the Square to Close at the End of the Year". Eater Boston. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Culinary Cambridge". Cambridge Historical Society. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  4. ^ Baldassari, Erin (October 18, 2013). "Upstairs on the Square closing at year's end". Wicked Local Cambridge. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  5. ^ Schraa, Eugenia B. (April 16, 2002). "Pudding To Reopen As 'Upstairs on the Square'". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Upstairs on the Square". Food Network. Retrieved 10 February 2019.