Emma Jacobs

This summer the legendary and much-loved East Coast Grill in Cambridge celebrates its 25th birthday. In anticipation, Public Radio Kitchen visited the restaurant and talked with chef-owner Chris Schlesinger. We covered the Grill’s early days in Inman Square, the evolution of the hottest pasta around, served at the Grill’s now (in)famous Hell Nights, and how each Saturday night is a little like a war zone.

Watch PRK’s audio slide show, below, to see the East Coast Grill staff hard at work chopping, filleting, stirring stock and turning out its zesty, tasty-looking entrées. The Grill’s 100th Hell Night begins this coming Monday, April 12th. No surprise, it’s sold-out…

(After the slide show, listen here to WBUR’s 2007 coverage of one of the Grill’s Hell Nights and how “Morning Edition” host Bob Oakes got burnt.)