Pavement Coffeehouse

Ordered an everything bagel 10 min later they told me they were all out and made it on a sesame bagel. I asked for salt or seasoning and they said sorry! Try another restaurant. Ruined my whole day paying 6 dollars for a Dunkin’ Donuts style bagel (they only have bagels on their menu too so you would think they would try a little harder) the one they gave me isn’t even even lol.

I came here shortly after 11am this morning and was rung up by a racist and extremely condescending cashier named Julia. I was thinking to myself, what did I do deserve this treatment where the only two sincere questions I had were met with such disdain? Then I saw how she treated all the white patrons much better. Don't have a racist misanthrope as your cashier who has no understanding of proper customer service or healthy race relations as the face of your café. It's bad for business. She exerted multiple microagressions onto throughout the whole interaction. She asked me what bagel I wanted, so I said I'll take sourdough, then she feigned a grimace and told me there weren't any and went as far as humiliating me by emphatically pointing at the stand with the bagels I had glanced over and initially missed. Also, it was absolutely suggestive that every single employee working was white considering how diverse Cambridge is. This is a racist establishment. I will never be coming back here and will also tell everyone I know to stay away from this place and every Pavement Coffeehouse.

This is, I believe, the newest Pavement location. They've found themselves a home on Harvard's campus right inside the Smith Center. They have their own entrance right off of Mass Ave. The quality is what I've come to expect and there is lots of seating to hang around! Only docking a star because it lacks the charm of their other locations. Feels a little more fast-food coffee than craft coffee.