[Ed note: This article was updated on January 9 to reflect additional information given.]
A new restaurant may be on its way to a space in Cambridge that has been home to a couple of fine-dining spots, and the couple behind it has a connection to one of those places.
Eater Boston is reporting that Conor Dennehy and Danielle Ayer are looking to open Talulla--which is named for their infant daughter--in the former Self Portrait and T.W. Food space on Walden Street in Huron Village, with Dennehy and Ayer both being T.W. Food alums while Ayer has also worked at Bronwyn in Somerville's Union Square and is currently at Menton, according to an email that we received. (Dennehy also worked at Formaggio in Cambridge after T.W. Food.) Self Portrait and T.W. Food were run by Tim and Bronwyn Wiechmann--who also operate Bronwyn--and Eater says that the Wiechmanns offered the space to Dennehy and Ayer, who will feature dishes influenced by some of the French items at T.W. Food while also including Italian, Spanish, and Japanese influences as well.
Dennehy and Ayer, who also operate a catering and hospitality business called Belly to Bones, are running a Kickstarter campaign to try to raise the rest of the funds needed for Talulla, with a check on the page indicating that as of January 9, they have raised more than half the money needed to reach their $27,000 goal.
A hearing with the city of Cambridge is expected to take place concerning an operating license for Talulla, followed by a hearing for a full liquor license six to eight weeks later; if all goes well, the restaurant could be opening in April, according to Eater Boston.
The address for Talulla in Huron Village is 377 Walden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138.
[March 1 update: Eater Boston mentions that Talulla has met its fundraising goal.]
[April 6 update: The Tables section of The Boston Globe indicates that Talulla opens on April 20.]
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