“This one has less of a homey feel—I think it comes from the high ceilings,” Cowen says. “But I like it. My kitchen here is magnificent.”
Mazie Harris, who works at Harvard’s Fogg Art Museum, says that although she has never been to the original store she has become a fan of the coffee at Darwin’s new site.
“Hopefully, they’ll put Starbucks out of business,” she says.
But, according to Maltas, coffee isn’t the key to Darwin’s success. He says people flock to the shop mainly for one reason.
“The sandwiches are just really good,” he says.
While sandwich shops abound in Cambridge, Darwin’s—be it the old site or the new—is, for many who seek good eats, the natural selection.
—Staff writer Adam Goldenberg can be reached at goldenb@fas.harvard.edu.
—Staff writer Andrew P. Schalkwyk can be reached at schalkwy@fas.harvard.edu.
—Staff writer Sam Teller can be reached at steller@fas.harvard.edu.