"The restaurant opened just five weeks ago in the former location of the Turtle Cafe. Owners Chris Schlesinger and Cary Wheaton spiffed up the interior with lots of light green high gloss paint and hints of Deco design in the lighting scheme. The open grilling station that is in full view at the back of the restaurant contributes some enjoyable steamy atmosphere."
"New chef in town is blonde, blue-eyed, British and a fluent French cook, Odette Bery, 22, already has earned her living by cooking in three continents. 'London, Paris, and Cape Town, and today Boston,' Odette beamed."
"In the beginning there was the Harvest. Its kitchen begat Jimmy Burke, of the Tuscan Grill; Frank McClelland, of L'Espalier; and Chris Schlesinger, of The Blue Room. Or maybe it was the brief fling at the Orson Welles, whence came Odette Bery's Turtle Cafe and then Another Season... Odette Bery remembers 1968 at the Orson Welles, in Cambridge, where she and Joyce della Chiesa shook things up by offering a more casual and experimental style. Chris Schlesinger remembers the Harvest a decade later, when he was hired for $4.25 an hour by Frank McClelland, then sous-chef. Jimmy Burke was the chef, and nouvelle cuisine was just hitting the United States. 'We had carte blanche to order anything we wanted,' Schlesinger says."
"Think of the great Squares of the world. Trafalgar. Times. Red. Pi (r). Lawrence Welk. Now add to these Inman."
"The Boston Phoenix, June 24, 1975: 1298 Things To Do and See In New England This Summer With A Complete Roundup Of Bicentennial Exhibits And Events, Happenings and Hysteria."
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