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Harvard Square · Dive with good drinks

Grendel's Den

This is the good-drinks dive pick, cheap, unpretentious, and has been a Harvard Square fixture for over 50 years. The happy hour alone makes it worth a stop before a bigger night out.

GroupsLate nightPeople-watching
Neighbourhood
Harvard Square, Cambridge
Style
Dive with good drinks
Known for
half-price menu with any drink purchase, 5-7:30pm daily · horoscope drinks · a long-running cheap beer and cocktail list
Prices
$ · cocktails under $14
Getting in
Walk-ins only
Food
Full menu
Hours
Roughly daily 11:30am-1am; confirm
Address
89 Winthrop St, Cambridge, MA 02138

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Checked: Fifty Plus Advocate feature from Dec 2023 confirms ongoing operation past its 50th anniversary; no closure signals found since.

Photo: Grendel's Den, from their website.

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