Shops

Local Shops

This list is meant to assist those of you who might need to make various purchases while you're in town. Most of these shops are located in or near Harvard Square or within an easy ride on a bus or subway.

Pharmacies and drug stores (aka chemists)

Near MIT

Kendall Pharmacy, Kendall Sq.

CVS

155 CHARLES STREET (In Charles Circle across the Longfellow Bridge - walkable)

BOSTON, MA 02114

Front Store Phone: (617) 523-1028

Pharmacy Phone: (617) 523-1028

Front Store Hours: Open 24 Hours

Pharmacy Hours: 08:00 AM - 08:00 PM

Near Harvard Law School

Montrose Spa up Massachusetts (Mass) Ave from the Law School (4 minutes walk, on left)

small convenience store; also has snacks, individual ice cream sandwiches and bars, and at peak hours sandwiches/sandwich press!)

Brooks Pharmacy up Massachusetts Ave from the Law School (8 minutes walk, on left)

comprehensive pharmacy/drug store with school supplies, medicines, shower and toiletry and makeup, snacks, magazines, hosiery, etc.

CVS

1426 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE (In the Square next to the cab stand.

Front Store Phone: (617) 354-4420

Pharmacy Phone: (617) 354-4420

Front Store Hours: Open 24 Hours

Pharmacy Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:00 AM-10:00 PM; Sat.-Sun., 8:00 AM-8:00 PM

1-hour photo

29 J.F.K. STREET

CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138

Front Store Phone: (617) 576-1046

Front Store Hours: 07:00 AM - 10:00 PM

Skendarian on Cambridge Street (15-20 minute walk; past Cambridge Hospital)

Family owned and operated. Has a broader range of medical supplies than the chains but is almost entirely medical focused.

News stands

Out of Town News, Zero Harvard Square (Harvard Square T-Stop off the Red Line), Phone: 617-354-7777

Crimson Corner, 394 Massachusetts Avenue (immediately outside the Kendall Sq. T-stop off the Red Line), Phone: 617-864-0700

Grocery stores

Marcos and Khalid Fruit Purveyors Extraordinaire, Harvard Sq. T Station Mezzanine :Best prices around, but they are not air conditioned.

Montrose Spa, up Mass Ave from law school on left (4 minutes walk) - very small convenience/grocery

Evergood Market, up Mass Ave from the law school on left (5 minutes walk) - small grocery with produce & basic supplies

Broadway Supermarket - walk to the right of the firehouse on Broadway in Cambridge, just past part of Harvard Yard :The largest food store near the conference. They also have extensive prepared food and seating. A Starbucks is next door. (12 minutes walk from law school)

Harvest Co-operative Supermarkets, 581 Mass Ave (Central Square), Phone: 617-661-1580

Shaw's/Star Market, 20 Sidney Street (Central Square), Phone: 617-494-5250 :They also have a salad bar, a cafe/pastry counter and seating. Free WiFi.

Shaw's Market 49 WHITE ST.(Porter Square), Phone: 617-492-5566

Whole Foods Market, 115 Prospect St., Phone: 617-492-0070

Trader Joe's near Whole Foods Market

Book stores

Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Phone: 617.661.1515 - The only independent bookseller left in Harvard Sq. [the Grolier Poetry Shop which is sporadically open]

Harvard Coop, 1400 Mass Ave. (Across the street from the Harvard Square T-Stop off the Red Line), Phone: 617-499-2000 - operated by Barnes and Noble. They also have an in-store Cafe.

MIT Coop, 3 Cambridge Center (immediately outside the Kendall Sq. T-stop off the Red Line), Phone: 617-499-3200

Schoenhof's Foreign Books, 76A Mount Auburn Street (Behind Holyoke Center), Phone: 617-547-8855

Quantum Books (Kendall Square), 4 Cambridge Center, 617-494-5042

Pandemonium sci-fi and fantasy books, including a great used selection, 4 Pleasant Street Central Square area

Office supplies

Bob Slate Stationers, 1288 Massachusetts Ave. and Church Street in Harvard Square, Phone: 617-547-1230

Staples, 57 JFK Street in Harvard Square, Phone: 617-491-1166

Photocopies

Gnomon Copy, 1304 Mass Ave., Phone: 617-491-1111

Kinko's, 1 Mifflin Pl, Phone: (617) 497-0125, Fax: (617) 497-1334 (open 24 hours)

Post office

United States Postal Service Harvard Square, 125 Mt Auburn St, Phone: 1-800-ASK-USPS

Where to buy MIT or Harvard gear

Harvard Coop, 1400 Mass Ave. (Across the street from the Harvard Square T-Stop off the Red Line), Phone: 617-499-2000

MIT Coop, 3 Cambridge Center (immediately outside the Kendall Sq. T-stop off the Red Line), Phone: 617-499-3200. There is also a satellite store in the Student Center which is off the number one bus.

On weekdays there is also a small Harvard Law School version of the Coop available in the law school's Harkness Commons building

Computer/Technology Stores

If you need that last minute Flash Card/USB Cable/etc for your Digital Camera/Laptop/Video Camera:

BestBuy, 100 Cambridgeside Pl. 02141 (About 30 min. walk from Kendall Sq., you can take the shuttle from Kendall Sq. to the Galleria, or go to Lechmere on the Green Line (subway and bus station)) Phone: 617-577-8866

CompUSA, 205 Market Street, Brighton, MA (1 mile away from Harvard Campus). Phone: (617) 783-1900

Micro Center, 730 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139 (on the River between Harvard and MIT). Phone: (617) 234-6400

Apple Store in the Cambridgeside Galleria, where BestBuy is (see above).

Staples in Harvard Square can handle some basic computing needs, like printer paper, some cables and parts, CDs, etc.

A few Radio Shacks are also located nearby, with one in Harvard Square, one in Porter Square, and one in Central Square.

Banks

American Express in Harvard Square may be able to help American Express card carriers, as well as exchange certain kinds of currency.
Many banks are in the heart of Harvard Square, including the Bank of America and many local banks. Sum ATMS, which are free or less costly for SUM network members, pepper the square. It is common to require people to swipe their bank cards in a lock on the door to the ATMs.
A AAA is located in downtown Boston, about a 15-30 minute subway ride from Harvard Square.

Requests

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