News of Chef Michael Scelfo’s New Restaurant Josephine Ignites Major Industry Backlash | Eater Boston

"This bar, listed among the chef’s neighborhood businesses, was implicated in the same 2020 staff complaints alleging sexual harassment and mistreatment by management. The chef’s staff letter promising change was met with skepticism from employees, and some staff say those who raised issues were not asked back when operations resumed later that year. Reactions to news of the chef’s new opening in 2024 split the industry: some peers publicly condemned the decision in solidarity with former employees, while at least one colleague who worked on the bar’s opening and later rejoined the company defended the chef and emphasized the importance of the jobs and livelihoods supported by the business." - Erika Adams