Word: carret
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Strack was similarly disillusioned with the Harvard academic scene. He met his business partner, then-Divinity School student Frederick P. Carret ’90 while enrolled in the Ed School. The two shared a passion for motorcycles and a dissatisfaction with the Harvard intelligentsia. “We were both on academic paths,” Strack says, “but realized that it was not where we wanted to be. We started Central Kitchen in reaction to that...
Strack and Carret found inspiration for Central Kitchen while traveling through Europe. “Stylistically, our experience shaped Central Kitchen. We had traveled through Paris and Barcelona and wanted to have a traditional European-style bistro.” Back in Cambridge, this translated into a restaurant that serves “simple but serious food.” Strack explains, “It’s fun and not staid...
Though they began with only the bottom floor of their current location, the management duo eventually acquired the upstairs section. The previous occupants ran an Indian restaurant and occasionally butted heads with Strack and Carret. “We’d get in arguments with them because of the dead goat carcasses on the stairs,” a deadpan Strack says...
Strack and Carret stayed true to their original vision, modeling the upstairs room after their travel experiences...
Strack recounts how Carret had acquired two old motorcycles and the duo drove them all the way through North Africa. He explains that the experience was a large inspiration for the motif and feel of the upstairs room...