Can restaurateurs sniff out a recovery, when the rest of the country has the jitters? It would seem so in Boston, where several well-financed new eateries have opened just as the city’s economy shows signs of a small, biotechnology-driven boom.
The nation’s largest private construction project is on Boston’s waterfront, anchored by Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (VRTX)’s $900 million, 1.1-million-square-foot office building. Already on the scene is Legal Harborside at Liberty Wharf, a venture of the Legal Sea Foods chain, which has 18 casual restaurants and markets in Massachusetts and units in nine other states.
The new restaurant is President and Chief Executive Officer Roger Berkowitz’s answer to those who kept asking when he would open a true fine dining venue. Legal Harborside, set on what used to be Jimmy’s Harborside for 85 years, is three stories and 20,000 square feet, making it the largest restaurant in Boston.
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