Worcester Restaurant Group

One of the most enjoyable aspects of my role as president and CEO of the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce is to witness how our chamber team assists individuals in launching their businesses.

Four and a half years after the COVID-19 pandemic altered the configuration of the U.S. workforce, Central Massachusetts employers are still navigating the reverberations of a landscape that changed overnight.

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.