Bick to Close in August

It's not everywhere that you can have warmth, companionship, and food, especially at 3:30 a. m. after writing the first page of your Galbraith paper. Soon there won't be anywhere. The Bick is leaving Harvard Square in August because of an increase in rent.

Robert G. Crocker, property manager for owners of the building, said yesterday, "We raised the rent because we had an offer from another tenant who was willing to pay more for the store." The rent of the Bickford store has been raised from $750 to $1583 a month.

A spokesman for the Bickford chain said they were not being forced out, "If we want to pay the increased rent, we can keep it, " he said.

The new tenant, George I. Rehrbough, said that this will be his first restaurant in Cambridge and he has not yet made any plans for it. Rehrbough said it was too early for him to know what hours the restaurant would be open.