Opening Revival Alewife Was a Vicious Challenge | Eater Boston

"We're open at 125 Cambridge Park Dr. at Alewife in Cambridge, a five-minute walk from the T or right on the bike path, and we're starting slow Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., with weekends to come after July 4. The opening was hairy — refrigeration problems (electrical, ice machine, mixer, oven), and I even overflowed the sink and cleaned it up — and configuring the line and storage has been a real challenge (where do the garbages go, where are the knives, how is our bread stored, linen, break table, sandwich-wrapping, salad to-go containers, odds and ends like canola oil and cornstarch). Still, the mural by Chloe Rubenstein came out awesome and the food is evolving: pastries — especially the Danish — are big winners (our lamination is on point even though croissants remain finicky); we're doing a kimchi bowl with brown rice and quinoa (I made rhubarb kimchi and have carrot kimchi next), a smoked brisket, caramelized onion and pimento grilled cheese on our own potato bread, and a fried mortadella breakfast sandwich that people seemed to like. The space is pretty — gorgeous blues and greens with a hint of yellow and now one red seat, just like Fenway — and you can find me under the EAT sign." - Eater