Burger Stand’s Robert Krause is ready for his next restaurant
Chef and restaurateur Robert Krause, the Lawrence entrepreneur best-known for the namesake bistro he once operated out of his home and two more conventional restaurants (the wildly popular Burger Stand at the Casbah, and the short-lived Esquina on Massachusetts Street), operates like a Broadway producer. He likes assembling the details of a new project – the concept, the staging, the cast and the crew. But once the show – or, in his case, the restaurant – is up and running, he’s ready to move on to a new project.
Since selling Esquina last year (it’s now chef Jim Vaughn’s Intorno restaurant), Krause has been plotting his next move: an old-school comfort-food venue that will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. He’s negotiating to buy a building on Massachusetts Street, and when the deal is complete, he and WheatFields Bakery co-founder Charles Rascoll plan to serve comfort food at a venue called Larry’s Kitchen.
