Legal Sea Foods Founder George Berkowitz Dies At 97
BOSTON (CBS) – Legal Sea Foods founder George Berkowitz has died. He was 97 years old.
Berkowitz, who previously lived in Lexington and Boston, died on February 20 at a retirement community in Dedham.
Berkowitz and his wife Harriet and had three children, including Roger Berkowitz, who took over for his father but sold the restaurants in 2020 to Boston-based PPX Hospitality Brands.
Legal Sea Foods first opened as a Cambridge fish market in 1950 and now has more than 25 restaurants on the east coast.
