Michela Larson is a Boston area chef. The Boston Globe called her one of the city’s “trailblazing female restaurateurs in an era when they were few and far between.”[1]

Larson was partners with Jody Adams in opening Rialto in Harvard Square.[2] With Gary Sullivan, she owned Rocca in the South End of Boston. Tiffani Faison was the executive chef when it closed.[3]

With Gary Sullivan and Karen Haskell, she was a principal of the Sapphire Restaurant Group. Her eponymous restaurant, which opened in 1985 in the Carter Ink Building[4] and was one of the first women owned restaurants in the city,[5] was a solo venture at first. The group was part of Rialto (and Jody Adams was part of the group).[6]

In 2014, she opened a restaurant in Boca Raton, Florida called the blue.[7] And in 2019, she opened Mod Espresso, a European style coffee bar.

References

  1. ↑ Baskin, Kara (December 24, 2019). "From Rialto to Rocca, Michela Larson changed Boston's restaurant scene. Now she's doing the same for coffee". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  2. ↑ Mariani, John (October 10, 2006). "Rialto". Esquire. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "RIP Rocca". Boston Chrfs. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  4. ↑ Palmer, Sharon (October 2010). "The Boston Food Revolution". Today’s dietician. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "She's the boss Boston has a recipe for success that even a restaurant mecca like New York has not yet discovered: women running the kitchen". The Boston Globe. November 1, 2006. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  6. ↑ Krummert, Bob (August 1, 2007). "Gem of a Setting". Restaurant Hospitality. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "Boca Raton Resort & Club Opens the blue Restaurant". Club and Resort Businrss. Retrieved 9 November 2022.


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