You might want to look at East Cambridge then. A little bit farther than living right in Kendall, but it's a nice walk and Curio coffee and the Star Market are right there.

srsly. When is Gufo due to open in that space?

If they're not sure what they'd like, maybe check out what's going on at community centers like The Foundry or The Democracy Center to see if there's anything that seems interesting.

Sad to lose a place of local history. The lore I learned in grad school was that the software plan for the Apollo Guidance Computer was figured out at Mary Chung!