at 10 Eliot St, Cambridge , 02138
Charlie's Kitchen is a restaurant serving American fare with New England specialties in the Harvard Square neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. “Charlie’s” houses bars on two separate floors; additionally, a front patio and backyard beer garden are open seasonally. The Boston Phoenix named it one of the best dive bars in Boston in 2009.HistoryOpened by Charlie Lambrose in 1951, Charlie's Kitchen is considered to be one of the last vestiges of "old" Harvard Square. It is located at 10 Eliot Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Waitress Helen Metros has waited tables at Charlie’s for over 50 years.Green InitiativesDespite the grungy exterior, Charlie’s Kitchen's management has undertaken several eco-friendly initiatives. Solar panels on the roof heat water for kitchen-use and the restaurant composts all of its food waste and recycles. Some plastics, including the beer garden cups, are also compostable. Three vehicles run on the restaurant’s waste fry oil.AwardsCharlie’s Kitchen’s jukebox has won the Boston Phoenix’s reader-polled "Best of Boston Award for Best Jukebox" for the past five years, most recently in 2010. It also won The Improper Bostonian’s Boston’s Best Bar for the Harvard Square Neighborhood in 2010 and the Weekly Dig’s Dig This Award for Best Outdoor dining in 2009.
The Isaac Fay House is an historic house at 125 Antrim Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 2.5 story wood frame house was built in 1843, and is one of the city's best examples of a Greek Revival side-hall plan. It also has distinctive features, including a cupola and an Ionic wraparound porch, that are not found on any surviving period building in the city. The house was originally located on Fayette Street, and was moved to its present location in 1856. It belonged to Isaac Fay, a city alderman.The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 (where it is misspelled as "Issac").