Harvard Square
A Novel For St. Paddy's Day
Booker-Prize winning Irish novelist John Banville reads an excerpt from his latest book, The Infinities, at the Brattle Theater yesterday during an event organized by the Harvard Book Store.
Free Milkshake at b.good!
FlyBy is always here to alert you when there’s a chance to grab free food in the Square. Tonight’s hot giveaway is free milkshakes at b. good, in honor of the 22nd birthday of Samuel B. Novey ’11, also known as Burgerman.
Bartley's Window Smashed
Around 10:40 p.m. yesterday, one of our correspondents walked by Bartley's and noticed that the front window had been shattered. As we reported earlier, the window was boarded up by 12:27 a.m.
Today is Free Pancake Day at IHOP
For those of you who miss hot breakfast in your House, today’s your chance to claim a free plate of steaming hot pancakes. To celebrate National Pancake Day—our new favorite holiday—IHOP is offering a free stack of three buttermilk pancakes at all its locations across the country, including the one in Harvard Square.
Bartley's Marks Its 50th Year
Mr. Bartley's Gourmet Burgers is celebrating its 50th year of serving up some of Harvard Square's best burgers and frappes. To commemorate Mr. Bartley's Golden Jubilee, we sat down with Joseph Bartley, the restaurant's founder and namesake, to find out what it's been like to spend 50 years in Harvard Square.
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A man offers free hugs to passersby in Harvard Square on Valentine's Day last Sunday, February 14, 2010.
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A woman hands out free scones to tourists in front of Holyoke Center on Valentine's Day, Sunday, February 14, 2010, as part of "Love in the Square."
Hot Buns
After ten episodes of fist-pumping, hot-tubbing debauchery, we here at Flyby knew that Mike aka “The Situation” of Jersey Shore fame was a meathead. But now, thanks to the fine people at Bartley’s, “The Situation” is literally ground sirloin.
