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Inman Square is a culturally diverse neighborhood, home to professionals and working people alike. Students and professors from neighboring MIT and Harvard find their home there as well.
Inman Square is also known as an area with a strong Brazilian and Portuguese influences, as can be seen in the storefronts lining Cambridge Street (even those whose owners, and theme, do not share those origins).
Inman Square has the distinction of being one of the few major commercial centers in Cambridge that does NOT sport at least one Starbuck's franchise. Home to 1369 Coffeehouse, the S&S Deli, Stellabella Toys, the Zeitgeist Gallery, and Ryles (a well-known jazz and blues club), it offers a refreshing mix of ethnic diversity and cultural events without the pretention and gentrification that mars other areas of Cambridge, such as Harvard Square and Central Square.