At Locke-Ober Cafe, 
a tasteful makeover

You can't eat at Boston's Locke-Ober Cafe anymore, but you can live above it.

The storied 137-year-old restaurant closed two years ago and its six connected Greek Revival-style buildings dating back to 1832 were bought by local developer Origen Ventures for $3.3 million.

The developer has just unveiled the Winter Place Residences, six large condos on the upper three floors, ranging in price from $1.75 million to $3 million.

It's taken 18 months to rehab the building into condos. Three of the units have extensive period details, and the developer created more traditional-looking condos around them.

"Our goal was to keep all the details we could," said Jim Robertson, a partner at Origen.

One of these now available is Unit 3-2, a 2,234-square-foot, two-bedroom condo for $1.75 million. Its dining/living room is called the Camus Room — named after former Locke-Ober manager Emil Camus — and features 
restored Corinthian pilasters, dentil molding and original sconce lighting. The kitchen has white Shaker cabinets, River White granite counters and Wolf, Sub-Zero and Bosch appliances.

A unit on the second floor will feature the 
restored private dining room used by the Kennedy family, including original paneling and wallpaper and the bell used to ring for service.

A downtown financial executive who was a regular at the restaurant bought a unit that listed for $2.7 million and has a 900-square-foot living room that was one of Locke-Ober's 
upper-floor dining rooms.

"The Locke-Ober name is what drew the buyer here, but what got him to buy was the square footage, the quality of construction, and direct elevator access," said Valerie Post of Meridian Property Group, co-listing broker.

The three other units feature more contemporary design, with white quartz counters and striped rosewood cabinets. The 3,357-square-foot, fourth-floor penthouse Unit 4-1, listing for $3 million, has skylights, a private roof deck and two master bedroom suites.

Condo fees will range from $531 to $740 a month. The building doesn't have parking, but owners can buy garage spaces for $75,000 at nearby Tremont on the Common.

Robertson said negotiations are underway to bring a restaurant to the historic, first-floor former Locke-Ober main dining room, which could be announced by the building's mid-May opening.

"We're insisting that the new eatery will respect the grand interior of the restaurant," Robertson said. "Our goal with the entire project is to feel like we did the building justice."

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