![]() ![]() ![]() She plans to start with potato, egg, and cheese and bacon, egg, and cheese, two classics she served at one of the first Bread & Salt pop-ups in Union Square, back in fall 2013. “We’re cooking for the neighborhood and sharing our favorite things,” Lewin says, such as charcuterie, which was prominent during the duo’s Wink & Nod residency and its Gitana pop-up at Cuisine en Locale.Īlso, Jazayeri’s breakfast tacos, a Tex-Mex-inspired delicacy limited to her native Texas Hill Country. They’re just some examples of the sit-down breakfasts Juliet will serve.Īnother big source of inspiration for the Bread & Salt Hospitality team? What Lewin and Jazayeri love. The two menus at the outset nod to Lewin’s culinary background in French cuisine, and a favorite Brooklyn haunt of his and Jazayeri’s, Japanese breakfast spot Okonomi. For $15, diners seated at a full-service counter will get a coffee or tea and a few, globally-inspired dishes, served all at once. Instead of the formal, likely lengthy and expensive fixed menus most Americans might think of, Lewin’s is more akin to the Parisian concept of formule dining, he says. daily.“The inspiration for Juliet, in general, is a European-style café,” Lewin explains. The new one is huge, relatively speaking. Juliet maintains the rough layout of Sherman Cafe, aside from the complete opening up of the kitchen, but there is one important improvement that may be on former customers' minds: the bathroom. The case is sandwiched between pieces of the counter, the top of which is made of handsome California redwood. Aside from pastries, retail items will reside inside, such as t-shirts. It was the sole Brimfield purchase it was formerly a German jewelry case. One of the highlights of the bright space is a pastry case, right in front of the entrance. The team was hands-on in the build-out of the space Jazayeri refinished chairs, affixed legs to tables, and assembled the branch art along the walls (made of very local fallen branches), among numerous other tasks. (The whole kitchen is wide open, providing a focal point for the room.) For those who dine in, most will order at the counter and sit at a table, but there are six full-service counter seats available as well along the edge of the kitchen for those choosing, for example, a prix fixe Japanese breakfast. To that end, there are a variety of coffee and tea options, breakfast tacos, pastries, and other takeout-oriented foods. Part of Juliet's concept is aimed at being commuter-friendly there's a bus stop right outside. It doesn’t mean it’s where you go for your special occasion or your weekend, but it’s an all-day, everyday restaurant and a place where you can have some fun." "We want to add something that’s not already here.what we’re more inspired by is the European-style cafe where it’s a place away from your home, and it is very much a restaurant. "We don’t want to compete with some of the other places in the Square that are doing that," Lewin previously told Eater. Located in the former Sherman Cafe space, Juliet is another kind of cafe, meant to take after a European-style cafe rather than an American coffee shop. In a series of essays, drawings, and photographs, owners Josh Lewin and Katrina Jazayeri - collectively Bread and Salt Hospitality - have been documenting the process of opening their first permanent restaurant after a variety of pop-ups, both long-term and one-offs, around Boston and beyond. ![]() From on-the-go breakfast tacos to matcha service, lobster rolls to prix fixe French breakfasts, Juliet is about to cover a lot of bases when it opens in Somerville's Union Square at 7 a.m. ![]()
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