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UpStairs on the Square

91 Winthrop Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-864-1933

UpStairs on the Square restaurant information
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Harvard Square restaurateurs Deborah Hughes and Mary-Catherine Deibel continue their twenty-year fine dining tradition with UpStairs on the Square. Featuring two dining rooms, the multi-floored restaurant offers a choice between the large, wood-paneled Monday Club Bar, where guests can enjoy sweeping views of the Square, or the more formal Soiree Room, which is reminiscent of a glowing, colorful jewel-box-like supper club.

Striving for the same high standards Deibel and Hughes upheld in years past, this spot celebrates the bounty of New England ingredients and the handcrafted techniques that have always made their menus popular.

News and Events at UpStairs on the Square restaurant

An Array of V-Day Celebrations at UpStairs
Going well beyond the basic, proprietresses Mary-Catherine Deibel and Deborah Hughes have planned a bunch of ways to celebrate your ...

UpStairs Hosts a SuperParty
Spend Super Bowl Sunday at UpStairs on the Square this year when they host a night filled with sports trivia ...

UpStairs Hosts Soter Vineyards Wine Dinner
On Wednesday, February 3rd make your way to Harvard Square to sample some lovely wines from Oregon as UpStairs on ...

Steven Brand

Chef at UpStairs on the Square

Chef Steven Brand at UpStairs on the Square

Chef Steven Brand, a Marblehead native, has made a career of working in some of the top restaurants in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York.

After stints at Empire and XO in Providence, and New York hot spots Yumcha and Jean Georges Vongerichten's flagship restaurant, Jean Georges, Brand headed back to Boston, joining the staff at UpStairs on the Square in Harvard Square during the summer of 2005.

In the fall of 2005, he took on the role of Chef and in keeping with the UpStairs tradition, creates beautiful, simple, artisinal dishes featuring the best seasonal ingredients available.

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