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  • Which Cambridge restaurants are expanding into bigger spaces next year?

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📰 News we're reading

• New and improved: These 13 eastern MA restaurants will open in 2026 (wickedlocal.com) — Two Cambridge restaurant openings are on the way in 2026, including Urban Hearth’s move from Massachusetts Avenue to a much larger space on Cambridge Street in Inman Square. Moona is also expanding from Inman Square to a bigger Central Square location inside MIT’s Engine Building, while a dozen other new spots are slated across eastern Massachusetts.
   

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