Pursuits
Boston Chefs Serve Lobster, Oysters With Biotech Boom: Review
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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.’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.