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Feb 2, 2012 | 8:11 pm

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cordelli

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Originally Posted by slawecki

i think there was a legal seafood in cambridge ma. long before this foodie craze, julia childs supposedly bought her seafood in this store. i think at that time(early 60's) i think they did not sell prepared foods.

From their history

Legal Sea Foods was born in 1950 when George Berkowitz opened a fish market in the Inman Square neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. He opened it adjacent to his father Harry’s grocery store Legal Cash Market where customers were given “Legal Stamps” (forerunners of S&H green stamps) with their purchases. It’s here that the “Legal” name became synonymous with quality and freshness.

In 1968, the Berkowitz family opened its first seafood restaurant, right next to the fish market. The fish was simply prepared, either broiled or fried, and served on paper plates at communal picnic tables.

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