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Chef-owner: Michael Pagliarini and Pamela Ralston · Opened 2022
Opened August 2022 by Michael Pagliarini and Pamela Ralston — their second Cambridge restaurant after Giulia (which they opened in 2012). Michelin Guide Recommended in the 2025 Boston edition. Pagliarini previously led Benedetto at the Charles Hotel (closed 2021).
$30–$60 per person
Italian-rooted seafood room near Harvard Square from Michael Pagliarini and Pamela Ralston (Giulia). The menu changes with what's caught daily — crudo, handmade pasta, bivalves. Named for the soft-shell crab of Venice's lagoon.
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1 Shepard St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Tue-Sat: 5:30PM-10PM, Closed Sun-Mon
5 min walk from Harvard
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