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.
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.