The Lexington / Cafe Beatrice / Geppetto

Serving a new community

Inspired by three eras of Cambridge's history

PROJECT DETAILS

Location

Cambridge, MA

Completion Date

2020

Size

10,600 SF

Client

Chef Will Gilson | Two-time James Beard Semi-finalist

Team

Eric Robinson

Jessica Haley

Kelsey Karns

Alex Zee

Ruthie Kuhlman

Awards

IIDA NE 2023 Design Award, Hospitality/Restaurant

Description

RODE created a multifaceted dining experience with three separate, but connected concepts: the three destinations each embrace the character of Cambridge during a distinct era in the city’s past. A lobby with central host stand unites the different space; a separate entrance allows early-morning access to the cafe.

We created a space that seamlessly supported a complex program.

With operational efficiency top of mind, the space planning and placemaking of each concept were of utmost importance. All three concepts are adjacent to a shared kitchen and support space, as well as a shared 'lobby' entry.

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We created a space that seamlessly supported a complex program.

With operational efficiency top of mind, the space planning and placemaking of each concept were of utmost importance. All three concepts are adjacent to a shared kitchen and support space, as well as a shared 'lobby' entry.

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On the ground level, Café Beatrice nods to the elegance of 17th-century imperial England. The fine dining restaurant Geppetto exudes the scholarly sophistication of emergent Cambridge.
The Lexington, a second floor cocktail lounge and deck, embraces the puritan simplicity of colonial Newtowne. Combined, the three spaces activate the area from early morning until the end of the night.
Within these three moments, human-scale pauses work to create a multifaceted dining experience that captures Chef Will Gilson's vision of a “hotel without hotel rooms”.

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