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Culinary industry veterans Zimu Chen and Brian Callahan met pre-pandemic while working at Coquette and they dreamed of opening a restaurant together that would subvert the usual tropes of a hospitality experience. Years later, that dream is realized as the duo opens Darling, an intimate cocktail bar and dim sum spot in Central Square in Cambridge.

Inspired by the phrase “kill your darlings,” Darling is meant to be constantly evolving, shedding menus like skins and presenting something new to diners almost every night.

“We print and date our menu every day,” said Callahan, who oversaw the beverage program at Row 34, Coquette and Tiger Mama. “It might mean anything from changing an entire drink to maybe changing one ingredient or one aspect

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