NOTE: Finale will open at 11am on Mother’s Day, serving Prelude light meals and Plated Desserts. Delicious cakes, pastries and cookies are available for pick-up. Advance orders are recommended. The regular Lunch Menu will not be available.

Evening Desserterie Menus: The Dining Room Experience

The Plated Dessert menu is served after 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and after 4:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

The Prelude menu (light appetizer menu) is available Monday through Friday from 6:00 p.m. till 10:00 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday from 4:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m.

Takeout Bakery & Lunch Menu: Counter Service

Lunch is served from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 12:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. on Saturdays.

The Finale Bakery (take out) is open during all hours listed above.

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From I-90 Mass Pike (from West or East)

• Westbound: Take Exit 20 (Allston/Brighton, Cambridge).
• Eastbound: Take Exit 18 (Allston/Brighton, Cambridge).
• Follow the signs for Cambridge.
• Go straight through the traffic light at the end of the ramp.
• Go straight through the second traffic light, and go over the bridge into Cambridge.
• At the end of the bridge, go left on Memorial Drive.
• Go straight through two traffic lights. At the third light, you will see a boathouse on your left.
• Go right at this intersection, onto JFK street.
• At the next traffic light, go left onto Eliot Street. Enter the Parking Garage on the right.

From Storrow Drive/Soldiers Field Road (from West or East)

• Westbound, take the Harvard Square exit and bear right off the ramp onto JFK Street.
• Eastbound, take the Harvard Square exit and go left at the end of the ramp onto JFK Street.
• Go over the bridge, and go straight through the traffic light at the other end.
• At the next traffic light, go left onto Eliot Street. Enter the Parking Garage on the right.

From Route 128/I-95 North & South

• Take the Mass Pike (I-90) Eastbound exit off of the highway.
• Follow the directions From The Mass Pike above.

From I-93 (The Expressway) North & South

• Take the Mass Pike (I-90) Westbound exit off of the highway.
• Follow the directions From The Mass Pike above.

From MBTA Harvard Square Station - Red Line (subway)

• Exit the station going toward main exit. Do not use the Church Street/Harvard Yard side. Walk toward the Au Bon Pain. Take a right on Dunster Street. Finale is on the left at the end of the block at the corner of Mount Auburn. The walk will take less than 5 minutes.

Parking is virtually impossible to find in or around Harvard Square. In most areas, on-street parking is prohibited without a resident permit. Listed below are five public parking facilities within walking distance of the Finale. We strongly advise using the MBTA subway system to get to Finale.

University Place Garage

From John F. Kennedy Street, go straight through the traffic lights at Memorial Drive, then turn left at the first light onto Eliot Street. Go straight through the next light onto Bennett Street. Bennett Street dead ends onto University Road. Turn left onto University Road, and the parking garage is immediately on your left. With validation stamp: Monday through Friday, before 5pm (up to 5 hours) for $11 and after 5pm for $7. On Saturday and Sunday, parking is $7 all day long.

Charles Square Garage

Finale has a special arrangement with the Charles Square Garage. When you enter after 5:00 p.m., parking is $10 with validation. When entering after 8:00 p.m., parking is $8. Please visit Harvard Square Parking for directions and more details.

Holyoke Center Parking (Finale is located in the Holyoke Center)

From John F. Kennedy Street, go straight through the traffic lights at Memorial Drive and Eliot Street. Turn right at the next light onto Mount Auburn Street. Turn left at the second street onto Holyoke Street. The entrance to the Holyoke Center garage will be on your left.

Harvard Square Parking Garage

From John F. Kennedy Street, go straight through the traffic lights at Memorial Drive, then turn left at the first light onto Eliot Street. The parking garage is immediately on your right.

Church Street Lot

From John F. Kennedy Street, go straight through the traffic lights at Memorial Drive, Eliot Street, and Mount Auburn Street. The next traffic light will put you in the center of Harvard Square, facing a newsstand called "Nini's Corner." Take a sharp left at "Nini's Corner," then bear right immediately onto Brattle Street. Take the first right onto Church Street, and the parking lot is halfway up the street on your left.