Moving to HBS & Greater Boston Area
Dining
Dining On-Campus
Spangler Center Dining Hall
Located on the first floor of Spangler. Open Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Offering mulitple stations including salad bar, sandwich station, Asian station, Sushi station, Comfort Food station.
Spangler is really good with kids--they always have high chairs and you can choose anything from milks and juices, to packaged cereals, fruits, and breads.
The Grille
Located in the basement of Spangler. They offer pre–packaged salads, sandwiches, and sushi and pizza, burgers, chicken fingers, quesadillas, and soup. They also serve beer and wine in the evening.
They offer a large dining room with lots of highchairs.
Dining Out in Cambridge
Yelp.com is a great resource for finding local restaurant reviews.
Take-Out and Delivery
Deliver.com and Diningin.com two great delivery services.
Grocery Stores
(Please note that all directions start as if you are leaving campus.)
Shaw’s Supermarket
(370 Western Ave, Brighton, MA 02135)
From the HBS parking lot, turn right on Western Ave. 1 mile down on the left. The 70 bus that goes right in front of the grocery store.
Whole Foods
(340 River St, Cambridge, MA)
Left on Western Ave. Right on Soldiers Field. Left across the bridge (1st light). One block down on the right hand side. Known for local products and organic items. Offers pre-made food buffet. Great wine selection.
Target
Right on Western Ave. Attached to the Watertown Mall. Good prices on frozen and dairy foods. They do not have fruits, veggies, or fresh meats.
Trader Joe's
(727 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA)
Left on Western Ave. Right on Soldiers Field Rd. Left across the River St. bridge and right at 1st stoplight. Less than a mile down on the left. Great prices on all natural foods. They only sell Trader Joe brands so don't expect national brands like Cheerio's or Pepsi. Great wine selection.
Stop and Shop
(60 Everett St, Allston, MA)
Right on Western Ave. Left on Everett St. Go past Shaw’s, stay right and go over the bridge. Turn in is directly after the bridge on right. Full service grocery store.
Costco
(2 Mystic View Rd, Everett, MA 02149)
The other stores in the parking lot are Bed Bath & Beyond, Home Depot, Petsmart, Old Navy and Target.
Commissary at Hanscom AFB
For military ID card carriers only, HANSCOM Air Force Base is very close by for commissary grocery shopping (20 minute drive). It is a really nice commissary and you will save a lot by shopping here. As usual, show your military ID at the gate to get in and at the commissary check out.
Market Basket
(400 Somerville Ave, Somerville, MA)
Left on Western Ave. Right on Soldiers Field Road. Left on River and cross the bridge and stay straight on River St. towards Central Square .5 miles. Pass Central Square; continue on Prospect St. 1 mile. Left on Somerville Ave, right on Bow St. and right on Somerville Ave.
Delivery
Peapod.com
Stop and Shop's grocery delivery, right to your door. Often worth the delivery charge on a cold Boston day. Discounts for first time orders and the lower the delivery charge if you don’t have them deliver during peak hours.
Boston Organics
Delivers boxes of organic foods.
Roche Brothers
Online ordering and $10 delivery, no minimum purchase required no fuel surcharge. Larger selection than peapod. Call about delivery to HBS.
Specialty
Russos
(560 Pleasant St, Watertown, MA)
Left on Western. Right on Soldiers Field. Merge onto 90 W. Go 3.3 mi and take exit 17/Newton/Watertown. Right on Adams st (.5mi). Right on Watertown St (.1mi). Left on Bridge St (0.5 mi). Right on Pleasant (.3mi). 560 Pleasant St. right wad directions (no toll): Right on Western (becomes Arsenal) 3 miles. Slight right on Main St/US 20 then left on Cross St. and right on Pleasant St. 1 mile down on left. A small Italian-owned store with great cheeses and fruit and veggies. There are great pastries and wonderful food to-go. They also import lots of cheeses and meats.
Wilson Farms (Best of Boston Farm stand)
Right on Western Ave. Right on N. Harvard. Left on Soldiers Field Rd. Follow signs to Fresh Pond Parkway. Left on Concord Ave (Rt. 3N). Bear right on Alewife Parkway (Rt. 3N). Bear left on Concord Turnpike (Rt. 2W). About 3 miles down.
Dairy Bar at Kickass Cupcakes
(Davis Square - 378 Highland Ave, Somerville, MA)
Fresh local cheese, milk and butter.
Pete and Jen
(Concord, MA)
Organic pasture raised chickens, eggs, and much more.
River Rock Farm
(Brimfield, MA)
Farm Raised Natural Beef
McKinnon’s Meat Market
(Davis Square)
Butcher Shop
New Deal Fish Market
(622 Cambridge St, Cambridge)
A great place for fresh fish and seafood.
Bazaar
Great ethnic Russian food shop and it's very near campus. Also good for dairy (euro-style cottage cheese & sour cream (more like creme freche), cheeses, yogurts, buttermilk), cold cuts (kosher, too!), desserts (try the cakes in the refrigerated section), produce (average quality, low prices). They also sell imported liquor, but it's not the best value around, unless you must have Georgian wine or baltic beer.
Massis
Armanian grocer on Mt. Auburn.
Sevan & Arax
These are great for nuts, dried goods, spices, olives, baked goods, dairy (yogurts & feta-type cheeses), and COFFEE! The best turkish coffee I could find around here was the house ground one at Massis. They also tend to have a small produce and deli sections for one-stop shopping.
Kosher
I keep Kosher so I have made my way around the local grocery stores to find what I need. For regular groceries I go to Shaw's on Western Ave and Super Stop and Shop on Everett St. I find that Shaw's is cheaper than Stop and Shop, but Stop and Shop has a huge kosher section - you can get fresh chicken, meats and cheeses. Trader Joe's also sells Empire Kosher Chicken. The Boutcherie is the only nearby kosher market and it is in Brookline - its about a 10 minute drive from campus. They have everything you would need – but they are pricey.
Farmer's Markets
Mass Farmers Markets
Website of dates, times and locations.
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