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"Opened in 1983 and run successfully for the next 12 years, the award-winning Restaurant Jasper helped define “New American” cuisine nationally; White eschewed French fine-dining traditions to spotlight seasonal New England cooking, offering inventive takes on fish chowder and a pan-roasted lobster that was a favorite of Julia Child. The chef’s influence earned him a James Beard Award for Best Chef: Northeast in 1991, and the restaurant closed in 1995 because White did not want to continue operating through the decade-long Big Dig construction." - Erika Adams