Chefs Frank McClelland and Geoff Gardner will shutter the waterfront Sel de la Terre on State Street, their original Provencal-inspired restaurant of a dozen years that’s spawned two other locations.

There isn’t any escargot on their menu, nor a stuffy waiter in the place. In fact, Sel de La Terre is the most relaxed French restaurant you will find on the Boston waterfront. Then again, with a name ...

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The Back Bay location of Sel de la Terre is closed. An employee at the restaurant — which closed its Long Wharf location last year — confirmed that service on Boylston Street stopped on Sunday night, ...

Sel de la Terre's executive chef and owner Geoff Gardner and co-owner Frank McClelland are opening a wholesale bakery in Boston. Au Soleil Bakery will occupy 5,000 square feet in New Market Square in ...