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‘It was always the plan’: Owners of Sole Proprietor, VIA, One Eleven Chophouse hand reins to daughter after 41 years of building Worcester Restaurant Group Updated 6:00 AM; Facebook Share Caitlyn Carolan’s resume includes a host of achievements that qualify her to inherit her family’s restaurants in Worcester. Her mother, Madeleine Ahlquist, though, knew her qualifications years before she graduated from Bancroft High School and earned business and interior design degrees from Syracuse University. Decades before Carolan worked as a designer in Worcester and Boston and moved to New York City to head customer service for a $500 million apparel manufacturer, her mother remembered the youngster unofficially managing the children’s menu at Sole Proprietor. ....
New Worcester Restaurant Group president wants to fill restaurants again WORCESTER The new president of The Sole Proprietor, One Eleven Chop House and VIA Italian Table plans to map a future for the three restaurants but first wants to maintain financial strength by reaching full capacity by the end of the summer. Caitlyn Carolan, the daughter of the owners of Worcester Restaurant Group, was named to her new role last week. She said the group does not currently have plans for major changes at the restaurants beyond re-establishing business as usual as the state continues to ease COVID-19 restrictions. “My own personal goal is to take everything day-by-day, Carolan said. It’s hard for me to think of plans a year or two years down the road. I think even if we weren’t in the COVID situation it would still be my same goal, because there are so many things that come up in a day. Of course we have hopes and dreams, so it’s our goal to keep the restaurants f ....
WORCESTER The owners of the Worcester Restaurant Group are passing the torch down to the next generation as they named their daughter, Caitlyn Carolan, president, the group announced Monday. Worcester Restaurant Group owners Robb and Madeleine Ahlquist have operated the family business for more than 40 years, opening The Sole Proprietor, One Eleven Chop House and VIA Italian Table together. As president, Carolan will be responsible for directing and overseeing the operations, marketing and financial aspects of the three restaurants. She served as the chief operating officer of Worcester Restaurant Group prior to being named president. In a release Monday, the Ahlquists said they will continue to be involved in the strategic planning and ongoing development of the culture of customer care and hospitality excellence. ....
After more than four decades running three of Worcester s best known restaurants initially The Sole Proprietor, and later Via Italian Table and One Eleven Chop House Robb and Madeleine Ahlquist are ready to pass management of the group to the next generation. Image Caitlyn Carolan Their daughter, Caitlyn Carolan, and her husband, Keith, are taking over the Worcester Restaurant Group, the company said Monday. Caitlyn Carolan is the new president, leading a Worcester company whose restaurants have been longtime mainstays in the city s restaurant scene. Carolan is now responsible for directing and overseeing operations, marketing and finances of all three restaurants. She takes over for her parents at a time when the restaurant industry is working to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic, which even in the best of cases forced restaurants to quickly pivot to online ordering, take-out and outdoor dining. The Worcester Restaurant Group kept its restaurants open thro ....
Bean Counter Bakery Owner Alice Lombardi worked as an engineer in the corporate world when she decided to leave to spend more time with her children, back in 1998. Her employer tried to keep her, enticing her with remote work options long before working from home would become a typical job setup. Still, she said, the balance didn’t feel like enough. “I am a perfectionist,” Lombardi said. “I’ve either got to do it the right way or no way at all. So I decided to just quit.” Always an avid baker, she began bringing baked goods to mom groups and coffee hours in her neighborhood. After one mother suggested she sell her treats to local restaurants, Lombardi obtained a residential kitchen license. ....