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Barbara Lynch
Founder and CEO Barbara Lynch Gruppo: No. 9 Park, Butcher Shop, B&G Oysters, Stir, Drink, Sportello, Menton, No. 9 Home Boston
Was there a defining moment you knew you wanted to be a chef ? I took an article from my mother’s Good Housekeeping magazine and saw a recipe for a Chinese stir-fry dish and thought, ‘Who would do that, it’s so much work.’ So I went and bought all the ingredients, made it, and then said, ‘Wow, it’s delicious.’ You started off with fine dining restaurant No. 9, and then opened more casual restaurants B&G Oysters and Butcher Shop across the street from each other. Why the expansion? I always felt that here we are in Boston, not too far from our own ports, and we don’t have an oyster bar in this city? Growing up, my mom always took us (I was one of seven) to Paragon Park, and the best part of that for me was having fried scallops, fried clams, and coleslaw right before we got on the ferry to head back to South Station. The Butcher Shop is from a memory of my first time to Italy. I was in a little town and you had to go up this huge hill to go to the bodega, where you could buy your meat, cigarettes, and wine, and I just thought that was brilliant.

Clockwise from top: Barbara Lynch (photo by Justin Ide); the bar at B&G Oysters (photo by Justin Ide); and the residentially appointed lounge area of Menton designed by Cheryl and Jeffrey Katz (photo by Susie Cushner).

For the majority of your restaurants, you have worked with designers Cheryl and Jeffrey Katz. Why has this been such a successful long-term collaboration? They know and understand me. Their designs aren’t overdone; they seem timeless, like they have been there forever, yet are very clean and modern. You have mastered diversification, opening Stir—part test kitchen, cooking school, and cookbook store; Sportello, a modern diner that serves Italian food; fine dining establishment Menton, which just earned Boston’s first Grand Chef Relais & Châteaux title, making you the only woman in North America with that honor; and dive bar Drink. Why did you decide to open a bar? I am from South Boston—I think there is a bar on every corner. But I didn’t want to have bottles, mirrors, or televisions showcased, so I flipped the whole backbar

and had it custom made in front. There are no bottles or list. You come in and tell them what you feel like having and they craft a cocktail for you. It seems like you have one of everything. What’s next? I am starting a nutrition company called BLinc—[packaged] dehydrated food on the go—next month. It’s five or six years in the making from an idea I had when I owned Plum Produce. When you find free time, what Boston restaurants (besides yours) do you frequent? Oleana, Sofra, Pigalle, and O Ya for sushi.

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Hospitality Design - August 2012

Hospitality Design - August 2012
Contents
Online Contents
From the Editor
From the Show Director
People
Sketchbook
Trends
Competition
Interviews
Jason Wu
Kenneth Cobonpue
HD Boutique Preview
Lighting
Seating
Mirrors
Design-Driven Chefs
Tori Tori
Inbi
Brio
Churrascos
Balena
Back Space
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