List of restaurants in Cambridge, Massachusetts

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Club Passim</span> Folk music club in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.

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Rialto was a restaurant in Harvard Square’s Charles Hotel owned by Jody Adams and Michela Larson. Opened in 1994, it closed on June 22, 2016. Originally, it was announced she would leave the restaurant in the hands of executive chef David Ladner, but it was later announced it would close down.

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