Café Pamplona

at 12 Bow St, Cambridge , 02138 United States

1. Cafe
2. Local Business

Description

Café Pamplona, located at 12 Bow St. beside the intersection of Bow and Arrow Streets near Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, is a café. When it opened in 1959 it was the first café in the Square. The owner, Josefina Yanguas, claimed the café had the first espresso-maker in the city. Down a short flight of exterior stairs, past a patio with tables, customers enter the café's subterranean interior. The once austere decor includes bright yellow lights which make the thickly-plastered walls glow under low ceilings, and a black and white checked floor. The café survived the changes that have taken place since the mid-1980s.HistoryJosefina Yanguas, who arrived in America in 1947, roughly modelled the café after those of her native Pamplona, Spain. From 1959 until her death in 2007, Yanguas was the only owner of the café.Shortly after the café opened Yanguas and her Cuban chef Juana Rodríguez began preparing and serving food. As business grew Yanguas began to hire only men, in accord with the usual Spanish practice of having a single-sex staff, until 1999. In the Fall of that year this policy was revealed by the Harvard Crimson. Manager James Timberlake hired Jenny Follen in late 1999, the first female employee in the cafe's 40 year; since then time the café has observed standard hiring practices.The café attracts both bohemians and academics from both nearby Harvard University and the greater Cambridge community. Notable patrons of the café include Al Gore, and Amanda Palmer.

Opening time

• Mondays: 11:00- 23:59
• Tuesdays: 11:00- 23:59
• Wednesdays: 11:00- 23:59
• Thursdays: 11:00- 23:59
• Fridays: 11:00- 23:59
• Saturdays: 11:00- 23:59
• Sundays: 11:00- 23:59

Reviews for Cafe Pamplona

Anisha G.

Cafe Pamplona is the best kept secret in Cambridge! Must try their Cafe Pamplona (shot of espresso), because it is really delicious! If you're like me and... Read more

Kamran H.

People don't understand the beauty of this place. Harvard is surrounded by commercial cafes that are overly expensive and usually packed (especially on... Read more

Michael S.

Very basic, and likely just three stars, as nothing was screaming wonderful, but the quiet little patio and very reasonable pricing tacks on... Read more

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70 FB users likes Café Pamplona, set it to 157 position in Likes Rating for Cambridge, Massachusetts in Local Business category

Summary

Café Pamplona is Cambridge based place and this enity listed in Cafe category. Located at 12 Bow St MA 02138. Contact phone number of Café Pamplona: (617) 492-0352