Legal Sea Foods Opens New HQ, Plans Innovation Center

Legal Sea Foods, part of Boston-based PPX Hospitality Brands, recently announced a slew of updates, from the launch of an e-commerce business to a new company headquarters and a soon-to-open innovation center.

At the online shop, guests can now purchase Legal’s New England Clam Chowder, a variety of high-quality fish, prepared seafood favorites and bundles. “With this development, the company has invested in radically improving its support, production and fulfillment operations, while upholding their high standards of quality and sustainability,” the release states.

Legal now occupies refurbished offices on the Boston Fish Pier, close to seafood partners, local fishing vessels and steps away from its flagship restaurant, Legal Harborside. Situated at 212 Northern Avenue, the modern offices house various departments, including accounting, HR, marketing, IT, purchasing, operations, e-commerce and retail, all within Boston’s Seaport district.

The innovation center, dubbed PPX Innovation Center, will open in early 2024 in Milford, Mass. The 30,000-square-foot facility will support culinary and beverage innovation and excellence. It will provide a venue for quality control and assurance, central commissary and distribution, e-commerce and retail fulfillment, research, development and training. It also will support PPX’s other brands, Smith & Wollensky and Strega Italiano.

Along with the e-commerce platform, Legal Sea Foods operates 25 restaurants along the East Coast as well as its own production facility.