Porter Square, Massachusetts, United States

4.0 (58 reviews) Spent Ranking #25 in Cambridge Neighborhoods

Unique little shops along Mass Ave

One of our favorite places to visit in Boston are the little shops just east of Porter Square along Mass Ave. There is a place to buy elegant hand made wrapping paper. A place for stocking stuffers. Across the street is a wonderful place to buy Christmas Tree decorations, crafts from around the world. We also love the store filled with clothing from Ireland. On your way back to Porter Square be sure to get some Japanese noodles in the Sears building and go down into the subway to see the bronzed gloves (Artwork) between the escalators.

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, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

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4.0 based on (58 reviews)

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  • 5techadventurer 5:00 PM Jan 13, 2013
    Great place to eat...
    Porter is less known for its restaurants than Harvard but it should be. The Elephant Walk (4 star), Christopher's (5), Chez Henri (4), Addis Abbas (5), RahDee (5) and the West side lounge (5) are all here. And is home to the little Newtowne Socrates delicious but terribly unhealthy semi-dive bar/pizza house (4). And there are a lot of other solidly good places too (indian, chinese, and thai) The square is also the HOME of the PORTERHOUSE steak... the Porter hotel that use to serve the "House steak" burned down long ago but the name stuck.
  • 5Louise M 5:00 PM Oct 26, 2019
    Great local!
    Stayed about 3 mins walk from Porter Square, where there is a supermarket, a book shop that has great coffee, Dunkin donuts and more. Its a great little local shopping centre.

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