The Tasty!

A mailbox-sized greasy spoon in Harvard Square (on the corner of Mass Ave and JFK Street) where one used to be able to get a tasty hamburger or hot dog, while Charlie the short-order cook talked to you about random things, like the disappointing play of the New Orleans Saints. The Tasty! was open 24 hours a day, all year, except for Thanksgiving.

But in 1997 the evil Cambridge Savings Bank renovated the building and kicked The Tasty! out, along with that weird German restaurant nearby. Now there's an Abercrombie and Fitch located there.

Ah the Tasty. A treasure! A couple additional notes:

• It served a hamburger called the "Heart Attack", with an impressive number of decks/patties/buns.
• The establishment was about the size of a closet. Next to the small grill area was a bunch of small metal drawers where the food was kept. Or maybe some of the food was cooked there. I don't know. It one of those places you wonder how they passed health inspections.