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King’s
Directory of Boston, published in 1883, reported:
“The leading French restaurant of the city is Ober’s,
on Winter Place, off Winter Street. This has more
than a local fame. It is most patronized
by the possessors of long purses. It has a large general dining-room, a café,
and several private supper rooms. The viands here are unsurpassed by any place
in the city.”
The story of Locke-Ober begins some thirty years earlier. The buildings
in which it is located were originally constructed as dwellings at sometime
prior to the records covered by the building department. Luis Ober’s
name first appears to be connected to Winter Place in 1870, although in
1879 he makes reference to “This place of over twenty years standing,
where French cooking, par excellence, is made a specialty.” It appears
that Ober took over 4 Winter Place from a Mr. F.A. Blanc who was operating
a restaurant there in 1868. It is believed that Ober was one of Blanc’s
customers. | complete
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