Roxbury’s Dudley Square is on the verge of a restaurant revival, as the Bay State Banner reported last December, describing four new restaurants in the works. Now, that revival is coming to fruition with one of the restaurants already open and another just weeks away from its debut.
Cheryl Straughter, former owner of popular restaurant Keith’s Place in Grove Hall, told Eater that her latest venture, Soleil, is set to open by the end of May. It will occupy the space left vacant when Tasty Burger shuttered (Bruce Bolling Municipal Building, 2200 Washington St.).
“We’re making progress every day,” said Straughter, who along with opening Soleil sits on the advisory council with Future Chefs, an organization that uses the culinary arts to teach high school students lessons they can use in any professional field. “The sign went up last week, so now my granddaughter’s face is sitting in Dudley.” (Soleil is Straughter’s granddaughter’s middle name, and the sign is an artist’s rendering of her face.)
