Grendel's Den on Sundays
Every Sunday evening at 21:30 (or there abouts), there is a meeting of free software and free culture type people at Grendel's Den in Harvard Square. Grendel's is located just a block or so away from the Harvard T stop.
Our meeting time is officially 9:00 but it's not usual for nobody to show up before 9:30. Food is half price. We'll almost always be sitting at one of the big group tables in the corners of the restaurant or hidden back near the bathrooms.
A normal Grendel's evening will usually have between 10-20 people although it has been as big as 40. We meet every Sunday, without exception, although certain Sundays (e.g., Christmas) may be rather unpopulated.
Anyone is welcome to join us. You can contact Mako or Mika if you want to coordinate. They go basically every week unless they're out of town.
Food Recommendations
- Natural Disaster Veggie Burger - The official meal of Grendels on Sundays that involves a veggie burger with Cajun dressing, mango chutney, avocado, and swiss cheese. A non-vegetarian turkey-burger option is available as well.
History
Originally, a group of people with free software connections and with connections to free software people began meeting at Grendel's because of a wonderful combination of half-price food and a special $1 menu -- both of which were in effect after 21:00 on Sundays.
The $1 menu went away and then came back as a $2 menu. Of course, most of the regulars have had the things on that menu so many times that they're not particularly interested in it anyway. All food continues to be half price.
The group has grown to include a number of people from a few odd corners of the free software, free culture, computer science, and biology world around Cambridge.
