Life Alive expands to Kendall and Davis squares, expecting openings in the summer near T stops

The Lifestyle Alive Natural Cafe has places coming to Kendall Sq. and Somerville’s Davis Square, chief government Bryan Timko mentioned Wednesday. The destinations are predicted to open up this summer months.

The smaller chain, which specializes in healthy, plant-centered food these types of as grain bowls and smoothies – and which this 12 months opened merged cafe-yoga studios in Harvard Sq. and Boston’s South Stop in collaboration with the Down Beneath School of Yoga – was established in Lowell by Heidi Feinstein in June 2004. She ran it right until May perhaps 2017 and marketed to Ron Shaich, of Brookline, co-founder of Au Bon Agony and founder of Panera Bread.

There are now places in Lowell, Cambridge, Boston, Brookline and Salem that will be joined by the Cambridge and Somerville internet sites – both equally less than building in the vicinity of crimson line T stops serving business personnel and MIT and Tufts college students, respectively.

“Life Alive is finding a location in some of Boston’s most energetic neighborhoods and vivid metropolis squares. In accordance to Nielsen, 40 p.c of Us citizens are ‘actively hoping to try to eat much more plant-centered foodstuff,’ and that aligns with people in Kendall Square and Davis Sq.,” Timko explained.

The corporation explained the Kendall Sq. spot will be about 3,700 sq. ft. The 415 Primary St. address was previously utilized by a Sebastian’s cafe that shut its doors throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Even though the business enterprise lists the place as merely closed “until even further recognize,” Daily life Alive appeared on a Cambridge Redevelopment Authority agenda in January to present style designs for the handle.

The Davis Square locale is around 3,000 square toes and replaces an Au Bon Pain that introduced its closing in June 2020. The website has been darkish due to the fact, but passersby spotted development and painting inside of in late January an ensuing dialogue on the Davis Square Facebook team revealed that the secret was presently out and Existence Alive was named as the future business in the place.

Both spots will have outdoor patio seating and be open up from breakfast by supper, seven days a week, 363 times a yr, the enterprise said. Lifetime Alives are frequently open up from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., although hours may perhaps vary a bit by area. The Kendall Sq. spot is owing right before the License Fee on Monday with a 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. request for an eatery with 96 seats, for a total occupancy of 104.

Timko demurred on answering about the fees of the openings and no matter whether the business had more areas on the horizon.

The likelihood of new menu goods or ways to the system – alongside the strains of the yoga studio combinations – was answered with a suggestion to wait and see.

“Life Alive has a track history of opening its cafes with a clean experiment. When we opened Brookline, we launched a software named ‘Mix It Up,’ which designed limited-time menu products in collaboration with a varied cohort of neighborhood wellness, pupil and foodstuff industry experts. When we opened Harvard Sq. and the South Conclude, we launched a ‘Happiness Sabbatical,’” Timko mentioned, referring to an offer of meals, lessons and a $2,500 stipend so successful members could “focus on their private wellness.”

“To Lifetime Alive, an opening isn’t just an opening. It is an opportunity to communicate our values and increase a little something new to the wellness discussion,” Timko claimed.

Shaich is also bulk owner of Cambridge-born Tatte Bakery & Cafe, and his Act III Holdings invests in Clover, another Cambridge- and plant-based mostly meals notion. The $300 million fund also owns part of the Kendall Sq.-born CIC coworking empire.