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Tasty Sandwich Shop
tourist highlight Tasty Sandwich Shop · Harvard Square, United States · 1997-01-01
The Tasty Sandwich Shop, often called "The Tasty", was a restaurant that operated from 1916 to 1997 near the intersection of JFK Street and Brattle Street, at the center of Harvard Square, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The record
| Date | 1997-01-01 |
|---|---|
| Place | Tasty Sandwich Shop, Harvard Square, United States |
| Coordinates | 42.37339, -71.11938 (landmark-level precision) |
| Scope | Local interest |
| Sources | en.wikipedia · Wikidata Q7687751 |
| Added | 2026-08-21 · source: wikipedia-en |
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Footage
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Time layers at this place
One place, several moments in time. This location has 9 recorded time layers between 1925 and 2014 — slide through them:
- 1925 — Fogg Museum
- 1928 — Harvard Square Subway Kiosk
- 1947 — The Marshall Plan is announced
- 1958 — Club Passim
- 1969 — Murder of Jane Britton
- 1982 — Globe Corner Bookstore
- 1983 — Second Cambridge Savings Bank Building
- 1997 — Tasty Sandwich Shop this page
- 2014 — Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society
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Nearby in United States
- Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society (2014)Harvard Square
- Harvard Square Subway Kiosk (1928)Harvard Square
- Second Cambridge Savings Bank Building (1983)Harvard Square
- Club Passim (1958)Harvard Square
- Globe Corner Bookstore (1982)Harvard Square
- The Marshall Plan is announced (1947)Cambridge, Massachusetts