When the 1895 fire station was being converted to a full – service hotel, owner Charlotte Forsythe and daughter Briar Rose Forsythe – Fandetti wanted to ensure the hotel’s restaurant would support the hotel’s past. The Black Sheep Restaurant was named after the firemen who once served there, and the menu was developed from the [...]
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Master Food Artist Returns to the Black Sheep Restaurant in Kendall Square
Black Sheep clam “chowda” wins culinary award
We’re pleased to announce – with a bit of familial pride – that the winner of the Judge’s Choice award for best clam chowder at the 2011 Ipswich Chowderfest was submitted by Briar Rose Forsythe-Fandetti, daughter of the Kendall Hotel’s owners. Briar owns and runs Willowdale Estate, an elegant event venue in Topsfield, Mass. She’s [...]
Degas and the Nude Appears at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
The 19th-century French artist Edgar Degas is best known for his evocative paintings of ballet dancers and horse races, but he was also a master of the nude figure. Now the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is presenting the first-ever exhibit devoted entirely to Degas’s paintings, pastels, drawings, prints, and sculptures of nudes, many [...]
Boston Hotel is Gateway to Boston Arts
A destination for many reasons the Boston area draws in even residents of Massachusetts and surrounding states for the rich cultural and arts offerings. Whether traditional or contemporary art, performance art, music, or any of numerous other options, the Boston area has much to offer. There are also stops to engage the young and young [...]
Kendall Hotel’s New Website
Re-engineered & re-designed, our web-site is re-do is DONE! To celebrate the Kendall’s new website, we’re offering a special deal for the month of March: reserve online through our new website and receive a free dinner entrée (up to $25.00) at the Black Sheep Restaurant, Monday through Saturday, or if you book for a Sunday night, get a [...]
January Boston Housing Special — Now in February, Too!
Extended stay in a luxury suite for the month of January just wasn’t enough — by popular demand, we’re extending our Boston Short-Term Housing Special through February 28th. Book 15 consecutive nights in February at the Kendall Hotel, and you can stay in one of our beautiful one-bedroom luxury suites, with HDTVs, a Jacuzzi tub, [...]
New Look, New Special for the Kendall Hotel in Cambridge
Something about us is…different. If you can’t put your finger on it, you haven’t seen our new website — which is now every bit as stylish as our beloved hotel. And we’re so pleased with our new look that we want to spread the good mood far and wide. So, take a look at the [...]
A Romantic Valentine’s Day Anytime in February at Boston’s Kendall Hotel
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, which means it’s high time to treat your loved one to a stay at the Kendall Hotel. We’re here to make your romantic evening — away from the office, the kids, or just the usual — an oasis of comfort and luxury, and with the Kendall’s Fire & [...]
January Special on Boston Short-Term Housing
Need a luxurious landing pad for an extended January stay in the Boston area? Don’t miss our Boston Short-Term Housing Special. We are offering our luxury one bedroom suites, complete with kitchen, fireplace, Jacuzzi tub and much more at a great price!
Black Sheep Special: Each Month Honoring A Local Fire Dept!
At the Kendall Hotel‘s Black Sheep, we are dedicating each month’s to a local Fire Department: CITY OF CAMBRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT: The Cambridge Fire Department was established by an act of the state legislature on March 17, 1832 with a suppression force of 6 engines and 1 ladder truck. Today the Department is a professional organization which provides [...]










