Bar Enza
Italian restaurant · Cambridge
1 Bennett St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Highlights
Italian neo-trattoria with shared plates, pasta & steak
Italian neo-trattoria with shared plates, pasta & steak
"A restaurant at the Charles Hotel referenced as context for turnover among New York transplant chefs in Boston—its former leader left after an 18-month tenure, illustrating the challenges some arrivals have faced in the local market." - Erika Adams
"A restaurant located at the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square, previously led by Chef Tony Susi and now under the leadership of local culinary legend Lydia Shire." - Erika Adams
"An Italian restaurant located inside the Charles Hotel, which Lydia Shire will be taking over as head chef, marking the third chef change since its opening in 2021." - Erika Adams
"What we love most about Bar Enza is that it can be anything you want it to be, whether you’re celebrating an anniversary, meeting a client, or having a reunion with your rowdiest friends from college. The menu has things like tomato focaccia served with whipped ricotta, baked pasta brimming with pork shoulder and fontina, and a fish stew with generous portions of monkfish and mussels. The soft lighting and cozy touches like pink velvet upholstery create a fun, laid-back mood where you’ll want to hang out and nurse Negronis all night." - tanya edwards, megan zhang, dan secatore, catherine smart, jonathan smith
"Ladner later worked with other restaurant groups, including this project at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts; he had left that engagement by 2023." - Melissa McCart
