Grafton Street Pub and Grille

Named after a Dublin equivalent of Harvard Square, this restaurant combines traditional Irish cuisine with a contemporary dining atmosphere. It replaced One Potato, Two Potato on Mass. Ave. between Linden and Plympton streets.

HSA

The largest student-run corporation in America moved it's headquarters from Church Street to a corner of Mt. Auburn. Renovations of the old home of Elsie's cost $3 million to complete. Part of Let's Go Travel Agency, the linen agency and the Campus Store moved to nearby Holyoke St.

Nantucket Nectars

Tom and Tom (last names Scott and First, respectively) made a bid to bring a juice-bar to their corporate headquarters in the Square. They were opposed by both the University and a group of local residents. The city denied their application for a variance, so the duo dropped their plans.

Pho Pasteur

Vietnamese cuisine has found its way back into The Garage. Well-received by locals, the restaurant is often packed. Specialities include chicken lemmongrass, beef curry and noodle soups.

Starbucks

After a year of legal wrangling with local residents who opposed granting a special permit for a fast food license, Starbucks, the coffee giant, managed to replace Steve's Ice Cream on Church St. Housed in what was once Cambridge's first jail, it joins sister stores one located in The Garage, another on Broadway next to Broadway Market and one on Mass. Ave. and Linnaean St., near Radcliffe Quad.

Sunglass Hut

Except for the fact that it's not a hut, the name says it all. Designer sunglasses at designer prices.

The Tasty

Icon of Harvard Square and the only 24-hour eatery in the area, The Tasty is endangered by plans to renovate the crumbling Reed Block building that it calls home, now abandoned by The Wursthaus, which closed in October after 80 years.

A first draft of plans was rejected by the Cambridge Historical Commission (CHC), so the building's owner, Cambridge Savings Bank, has commissioned a second architect to make stronger efforts to preserve the building's historic feel. The CHC will make a final decision on renovation plans tomorrow, and sources involved in Harvard Square commerce say there's a very good chance Reed Block could be made a historic landmark, helping those fighting to preserve The Tasty.