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We're remembering the local restaurants that closed in 2021, including Eastern Standard, Border Cafe, and others. Read more on Boston.com.

Its not just grocery prices that are rising. Prices are up for dining out too.

With offerings both familiar and new, several local food retailers are expanding dining options for the Harvard Community.

UpdatedThu, Jul 15, 2021 at 9:05 pm ET Replies(3) Gov. Charlie Baker attributed the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases to Fourth of July gatherings. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) T he HUB is a daily newsletter designed for what you want — to be caught up on the most interesting, important news in 5 minutes or les s. Its a little bit of this, a little bit of that, but if theres something you want more or less of, email me at mike.carraggi@patch.com. Today is Friday, July 16. Lets get started. Its not...

After a year of uncertainty, Harvard Square business owners are looking forward to welcoming more tourists and students to the Square in the next few months, now that Covid-19 vaccines are readily available in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Theodora M. “Theo” Skeadas ’12, executive director of Cambridge Local First, a non-profit network of over 450 local and independent businesses in the city, said the Square would “rebound,” though she recognized that recovery will be “difficul...

Delaware Business Now Minihane’s is back in downtown Elkton, MD. The Irish pub/restaurant, which had been closed for a year, re-emerged as Minihane’s1853 Land & Sea at the Main Street location that earlier operated as the Howard House. The restaurant will initially be open Thursday through Sunday by reservation. “Minihane’s “is a place that captures the beauty of a historic building and integrates a variety of classic cocktails, trendy draft beers, and a fine cuisine,” a social medi...

If you're wondering where to get yours, there's plenty of locally-owned options to wet your whistle.

She remembers the Border Cafe before it was the ‘Border Cafe’ Updated February 19, 2021, 7:15 a.m. Email to a Friend Firefighters respond to a fire at the Border Cafe in Cambridge on Dec. 1, 2019.Nic Antaya for The Boston Globe My best memories of the Border Cafe in Cambridge go back to its rowdy predecessor of a neighborhood bar, the Oxford Ale House (“Readers say goodbye to the wild, wonderful Border Cafe,” Food, Feb. 17). The drinks were potent, food decent, bartenders fr...

Readers say goodbye to the wild, wonderful Border Café For many, the booze-soaked, salsa-drenched memories will last a lifetime. By Kara Baskin Globe Correspondent,Updated February 16, 2021, 2:00 p.m. Email to a Friend A fire in late 2019 was the beginning of the end for the Border Cafe in Cambridge. Then the pandemic hit.Nic Antaya for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe Last week, news broke that Harvard Square’s iconic Border Café would never reopen. We asked readers for their booze...

Memories of Border Cafe come flooding in as word spreads that it has closed for good ‘The whole notion of them being gone is disorienting,’ mourns one Cambridge regular. So many others seem to feel the same. By Kara Baskin and Janelle Nanos Globe Correspondent and Globe Staff,Updated February 11, 2021, 6:41 p.m. Email to a Friend Firefighters responded to a fire at the Border Cafe in Cambridge on Dec. 1. 2019. That fire was the start of the restaurants troubles. Then COVID hit.Nic An...