Jackie Cain/Eater Boston
Ownership of one of Boston’s most iconic restaurant brands is changing hands. Legal Sea Foods is being sold to the Medford-based PPX Hospitality Group. PPX is a subsidiary of the Irish investment firm Danu Partners, which also owns the Smith & Wollensky steakhouse chain, as well as three Strega locations (Strega Waterfront, Strip by Strega, and Strega Prime).
PPX will become the owners of the rights to the Legal Sea Foods name for restaurants, but Legal chief executive Roger Berkowitz, whose family opened the chain in 1968, will retain the rights to the name for his online business, which sells seafood (fresh and prepared), chowder, tee shirts, cooking equipment, gift cards, and more.