Founded as E.G. Webster & Son in 1939, Webster’s Grocery at 810 Race Street served the neighborhood for more than eight decades as one of Cambridge’s classic family-run corner stores. The shop kept much of its original 1930s character and became locally famous for its winter sign advertising “fresh muskrat,” a “delicacy” the Webster family supplied for generations. The store remained a social landmark until the unfortunate death of longtime proprietor Roger Webster (pictured center) in 2022.
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I now occupy the store, which is called OYSTER&OAK and it is an antique craft glassware little bit of everything store. I quite often have people come in that frequent Websters store and talk about how things were when the Websters had it . As far as the inside of the store, we’ve kept the color of the walls the same the shelves are still there. The doors are still there. A lot of the things that made it unique remain.
I now occupy the store, which is called OYSTER&OAK and it is an antique craft glassware little bit of everything store. I quite often have people come in that frequent Websters store and talk about how things were when the Websters had it . As far as the inside of the store, we’ve kept the color of the walls the same the shelves are still there. The doors are still there. A lot of the things that made it unique remain.