"Jazz lovers mourn the decreasing number of local jazz clubs, but they should be encouraged by Inman Square in Cambridge where no less than three nightspots feature quality jazz. This unheralded nightlife center, Inman Square, boasts Ryles, Springfield's and the newest jazz entry, the Turtle Cafe. The latter is an intimate restaurant which has recently begun booking some of the better solo and duo acts in town. "
"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."
"Sculler's Jazz Club presents Cookin With Jazz — with guest chef Joyce Della Chiesa residing over this first series of dinners beginning February 24, 25 and 26 at the Guest Quarters Suite Hotel in Cambridge. The dinner show packages are priced at $33.95 and include dinner and a jazz set performed by Jazz giants Frank Morgan and Eddie Harries (WGBH FM is recording the series). Della Chiesa was the chef / owner of the former Turtle Cafe in Cambridge. For complete information and reservations, call 783-0811."
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