Since the start of the semester, more and more students have been talking about Saloon, a pre-prohibition style bar that opened in December underneath the Foundry in Davis Square. You would easily miss it if you (a) weren’t paying very close attention or (b) didn’t know exactly where you were going. Up until recently, Saloon has relied entirely on word-of-mouth advertising, and somehow it seems to be working; Yelp exploded with reviews in its opening week, and only a month later the place is bustling every night.
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on Sunday, February 5th, 2012Craft Beer at the Five Horses Tavern
Molly Rubin on Sunday, November 20th, 2011If there’s one thing I’ve learned while working as a bartender at the Five Horses Tavern, it’s that there is a beer out there for everybody. For those of us who don’t leave campus very often, it’s sometimes hard to remember that beer exists beyond the confines of frat party kegs and the 30-rack of [...]
Jamaica Plain: Boston’s Patchwork Neighborhood
Nicola Pardy on Monday, November 7th, 2011Jamaica Plain is a hodgepodge of a neighborhood. No single economic or social background pervades this area, and the people who walk along the streets here seem to bask in its diversity. Young couples ride their bikes to the nearby Jamaica Pond while bohemian down-and-outs read outside coffee shops, and immigrant mothers and children amble [...]
The Vintage Advantage
on Sunday, October 23rd, 2011“To many, vintage shopping sounds like a daunting activity—a commitment of time and energy. It sounds like you’ll be faced with cluttered clothing racks, gratuitous tulle, outdated sizing, and judgmental hipster shop clerks, and like it might be easier to peruse the Urban Outfitters bargain basement instead. Here are four local vintage shops that are [...]
Finding Folk
Emma Scudder on Monday, October 10th, 2011Most Tufts students could go about their four years here on acampus without ever knowing about the surrounding area’s thriving folk music scene. Let’s face it: Tufts students live in a cultural bubble, where Ke$ha, Nicki, and dubstep are bumping in every basement. It’s not hard to see why folk music is so easy to [...]
Club Passim Knew Them Before They Were Cool
Ellen Mayer on Tuesday, September 27th, 2011Google “Club Passim” and you will quickly unearth accounts of its illustrious history at the vanguard of ‘60s folk music, playing host to legends like Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Tom Rush, Joni Mitchell, and Mother Maybelle Carter. Fifty years after folk’s heyday it is easy to think of Club Passim as a relic, valuable as [...]
The Best of Somerville
Nicola Pardy on Tuesday, September 27th, 2011The O’s favorite selection of cafes, restaurants, and other local gems—all no further than a Joey or bike ride away from campus. DAVE’S FRESH PASTA 81 Holland Street, Somerville MA 01244 Simply put, Dave’s is the king of comfort food. Though branded as a specialty neighborhood grocer, to most Tufts students, Dave’s is fondly known [...]
Portrait of a Tailor
Lucas Schlager on Monday, May 9th, 2011For the senior sartorialist, a trip to J. Press is a fun and fashionable way to get ready for graduation.
Take a Walk on the Wild Side
Eliza Mills on Sunday, May 1st, 2011Usually, when we say “I want to get off campus”, it means a trip to Davis or a T ride to Harvard or Boston. This almost always involves spending money at a destination somewhere—even the most practiced Boston explorers need somewhere to sit down after a long walk, and that place is usually a restaurant. [...]