Grendel's Den Restaurant & Bar

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89 Winthrop St
Cambridge, MA 02138
Grendel's Den - About Going Green! Grendel's is pleased to announce that our business is a Certified Green Restaurant Grendel's Den Story Grendel's Den opened in 1971 by Herbert and Sue Kuelzer. Their daughter Kari started running the restaurant in 2003. Grendel's is known as a "dyed-in-the-wool Harvard Square place" and is known to the Cambridge and Harvard University community as a comfortable, down-to-earth place to have food and drinks at fabulous prices. In 1982, Grendel's won an historic court case in the US Supreme Court, which enabled us to use our liquor license and changed existing laws in 9 states. Read the decision by clicking HERE. Grendel's Den prides itself on an hand-picked selection of imported and domestic beers from breweries large and small. You will find drinkable, flavorful local gems, far-flung discoveries, and customer favorites from classics like Guinness to 'cheap' stuff like 'Gansett. We take our food as seriously as we do our beer and make all of our menu items fresh from Grendel's own recipes. We are located in a basement hideaway on the cobbled walkways of Winthrop Street.

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3.5906 reviews
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Shannon-Cody M.
9/17/2025

Pretty basic pub fare, but the entire food menu was half off for happy hour and well worth the price! The pub has a cool, casual vibe, with cheap eats, good beer, and excellent service. We are...

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Adina S.
8/8/2025

Grendel's Den is a very local feeling bar. It definitely attracts a Harvard crowd... maybe mostly grad students if I had to guess. The vibes there are pretty chill, not too rah rah or anything. I...

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Jingyan Y.
12/21/2024

Wow! The happy hour food special is a STEAL. Everything on the menu is 50% off during happy hour, with a drink purchase. The food was good and reminded me of good comfort food. It is a bit loud...

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Eric B.
3/27/2024

Has not changed much, always welcome and dicey-homey to me. Good food and enough drinks to meet your need. I used to like to come here on dates. Staff is layed back and friendly. Relax and...

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Kayla D.
7/16/2025

Good simple bar and food. Their happy hour deal is nice if you can make it. French dip sandwich is my favorite

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