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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Until recently, the East Cambridge neighborhood where First Street is located had little to offer the middle class--unless they were lawyers in court there. The waterfront area was the province of factories, like Borden's candy plant, and stores more like Wool-worth's than Bloomingdales. But Cambridge can't stand to be behind the times. And it's catching up with other cities at a furious pace...
True, traces of an earlier era persist in the Lechmere area. The smell of chocolate and peppermint and coconut bits still assaults the senses in front of Borden's plant, and the Lechmere department store still sells cheap TVs. But these businesses now share the space with upscale office buildings and chic restaurants...
Owned by Bob Brody, the executive chef at the Sheraton Harbor Island in San Diego, and local lawyer Bob Fucillo, who will be the restaurant's general manager, the First Street Cafe promises to be a respectable addition to nouvelle American dining in this area. It features a take-out counter, a bar and even seating in the building's interior courtyard--and all this in thorougly upscale surroundings. This is a restaurant that definitely caters to the new crowd along the Cambridge waterfront...
...With the new shopping mall and surge in new housing in construction," says Fucillo, "I believe this area of Cambridge is ripe for the kind of cuisine and service First Street will provide. At some point we will be able to offer home delivery of almost all of our menu items...
What Fucillo means is that the right kind of people are starting to take over the area and that when these people finally arrive, the restaurant will be able to offer them the convenience of home delivery. But that hasn't happened yet. Many of the people who live and work in this are now probably can't even afford to eat at First Street, let alone solicit delivery...