into bankruptcy. Whether the café would recapitalize and reopen was not known at that time. Pamplona references Throughout the years the café and Yanguas's house have been mentioned by a variety of media outlets. It has been named best café in the Boston area by Improper Bostonian and other local publications. In 2000 an architectural exposé was written about Yanguas's apartment in the Boston Globe Magazine. The café has been mentioned on NPR and in a variety of artists' reflections. Because of its atmosphere and history, Pamplona served as the inspiration for a variety of artists and thinkers. Reminiscent anecdotes of reading, working and talking in the café are recounted by a number of Harvard and Cambridge luminaries. The café was the location for a scene in the film Prozac Nation. Accounts of the café regularly appear in memoirs, including Pepper White's The Idea Factory: Learning to Think at MIT. In April 2004, painter and sculptor (and former head waiter 1999–2005) Jeffrey P. Smith built an art installation for the Boston Museum School 5th Year program. Called "Space for Solitude", it was largely based on architectural details of the café. The door which had been on the café since its opening (1959–2004) was the same door used in Smith's installation. In his catalogue essay he dedicated the work in part to owner Yanguas. In January and February 2006, the café's courtyard was the site of a temporary public art installation by DeWitt Godfrey titled "Pamplona," sponsored by the Cambridge Arts Council. Café Pamplona is mentioned in The Dresden Dolls' song "Truce", composed by Amanda Palmer: "You can have Africa, Asia, Australia, as long as you keep your hands off Café Pamplona." The café is mentioned in the 2003 Jhumpa Lahiri novel The Namesake. The café appears in the background of the rooftop photo of Claudia Gonson in the booklet in The Magnetic Fields' CD box set of 69 Love Songs. Café Pamplona is mentioned in Part III ("The New World") of Eva Hoffman's memoir Lost In Translation: A Life in a New Language. Bibliography Cafe Pamplona & Cambridge Iruña Cookbook, by Josefina Yanguas, Lulu.com, February, 2005, Eliodora ‘Josefina’ Yanguas Perez opened Harvard Square’s first European-style café References External links Coffeehouses and cafés in the United States Harvard Square Restaurants in Cambridge, Massachusetts Restaurants established in 1959 1959 establishments in Massachusetts