> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://thechocolatelife.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # TAKEN: Unique Chocolate Retail Opportunity in Harvard Square - URL: https://thechocolatelife.com/unique-chocolate-retail-opportunity-in-harvard-square/ - Published: 2026-01-08T18:12:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-01-08T18:19:16.000Z - Description: Sublet move-in ready space within a historic retail storefront steps from Harvard Square. Utilities, fixtures, and a dedicated storefront window display space are included. [Updated Jan 8, 2026.] - Author: Clay Gordon - Tags: Classifieds, Announcements 🏬 As of Jan 8, 2026 this space is no longer available. ### **The Opportunity in Brief** **This is a unique chance to have a retail outlet for your chocolate business in a registered historic retail storefront in Harvard Square.** The current owner is looking for a craft chocolate maker/confectioner to complement the existing goods on offer, which include a tobacco bar, cigars, grooming and toiletries, and traditional board games, especially chess. 🏢 **Sublet approximately 200 sq ft of move-in ready space for $1200/month,* ***inclusive** *, with* ***no** *long-term lease commitment.* 🏢 **Leavitt & Peirce will* ***not** *be staffing/running the shop.* --- **Leavitt & Peirce** has been a shopping destination in Harvard Square for over 100 years and features significant walk-by traffic consisting of a high proportion of young people who seek out unique goods and experiences and have demonstrated disposable income to spend on their interests. [Leavitt & Peirce; Tobacco, Gifts and GamesServing Harvard Square with the best in rolling tobacco, pipe tobacco, pipes, smoking accessories, gifts and toiletries since 1883.![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/icon/cdacf3_8e852a75eca24b0bac9a6e499a730558-mv2.jpg)Leavitt & Peirce![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/thumbnail/cdacf3_f2bd6d8c5b2041be83ae45a910efd164-mv2.jpg)](https://www.leavittandpeirce.com/home?ref=thechocolatelife.com) Click to visit the Leavitt & Peirce website. You must confirm you are 21 or over to continue. --- ### **The Location** Founded in 1883 by Fred H Leavitt & Wallace W Peirce, **Leavitt & Peirce is the oldest continually-operated business in Harvard Square that is still in its original location**. In the early days, Leavitt & Peirce was conceived of as a social club for Harvardians, featuring a lunch counter, Harvard ticket sales, and a billiards parlor on the second floor. Today, Leavitt & Peirce is known as a tobacco shop and specialty store with a chess parlor available on their mezzanine. Leavitt & Peirce is known for offering a wide selection of unique curated gifts and tobacciana alongside its collection of Harvard memorabilia. 📰 In 2019, ****Forbes** ranked the Leavitt & Peirce store as number eight in its list of the Top Ten Independent Retail Experiences in the US. ![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2025/02/LeavittPeirceLocationMap-1909c28d9c70a116.jpg) Leavitt & Peirce has been an iconic Harvard Square destination for more than 100 years – that also features walk-by traffic. ### The Space ![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2025/01/LeavittPeirceInterior_1-Large.jpeg) ![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2025/01/LeavittPeirceInterior_2-Large.jpeg) View from the front of the store, central aisle, to the space for rent. Leavitt & Peirce is **the* place to shop for gifts, tobacco, games, and toiletries. **And now,* ***chocolate** *.* ![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2025/01/LeavittPeirceSpace_1-Large.jpeg) ![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2025/01/LeavittPeirceSpaceClose_1-Large.jpeg) Furniture for setting up a sales station with POS and the POS itself are the only fixtures/furnishings not included in the monthly rent, wich includes utilities and WiFi. (There is no available hand-wash sink.) ![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2025/01/LeavittPeirceFront_1-Large.jpeg) ![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2025/01/LeavittPeirceFront_2-Large.jpeg) ![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2025/01/LeavittPeirceFront_3-Large.jpeg) Exterior views. The window in the \[C\] image is available for the renter. ![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2025/02/LeavittPeirce_GoogleStreetView_Front-f5fbdbae5dd91c45.jpg) ### **History of Leavitt & Peirce** The interview video below features the current owner, Paul Macdonald. It provides more insight into the history of Leavitt & Peirce and the unique role it has played in the Harvard community for over 100 years – namedropping some of its most (in) famous clientele. **Press for Leavitt & Peirce** [Peering Through the Smoke of Time at Leavitt & Peirce | Magazine | The Harvard CrimsonLeavitt & Peirce has been selling cologne, chess sets, and the gentleman’s indulgence since 1883\. But the original owners of the store engineered it to become a quasi-social club for Harvardians in the late 1800s and early 1900s. And a social club it did become.![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/icon/favicon-19.ico)The Harvard Crimson![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/thumbnail/222635_1303554.jpg.2000x1329_q95_crop-smart_upscale.jpg)](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/11/23/leavitt-and-pierce-harvard-square-past-retrospection/?ref=thechocolatelife.com) --- ### **Interested in taking advantage of this unique opportunity?** **Email** [**Paul Macdonald**](mailto:leavitt.peirce@yahoo.com) ---