Gregory J. Lopez '95 said, "It's really kind of a shame...It's a Harvard tradition and it's the only place around here to get a decent egg cream. So now the egg cream is officially dead here."
Jeanne L. Smoot '93-94, who described herself as "surprised, shocked and dismayed," said that when she took a year off from Harvard, she specifically looked forward to patronizing Tommy's on her return.
"You go and you hang out [at Tommy's]. You can just be, for long periods of time," Smoot said.
James Dowling '76 and Charles G. Lewis, a Cambridge native and graduate of Boston University, said they would miss the restaurant's relaxed atmosphere.
"It was a good place to go without drinking," said Dowling.
"Tommy is a character--a very nice person," Lewis said. "It was a nice place to go to get something quick to eat or just for a couple of games of pinball."
The manager of Pinocchio's Pizza said yesterday he is not worried about facing competition from a new pizzeria.
"We wish them luck," he said.