The story--written by The New Yorker's Anthony Hiss '63--credits Bartley's, then called the Harvard Spa Luncheonette, with alleviating "The Great Hamburg Blight" that had previously plagued the Square.
Hiss notes Bartley's 48-cent "full quarter-pound, ground-chuck" hamburgers.
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"Unquestionably, Bartley's burgers are the best buy this side of Montauk Point," Hiss writes.
And The Crimson was not the only one to pick up on Bartley's success.
Today, a plethora of awards from local and national magazines are cut out and taped simply to the front door.
Bartley still seems in awe of his own unexpected success as he reads over the awards.
"I never thought any of this would happen," Bartley says.
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