Nest Egg

THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS need not be any more complicated than bringing a proven concept to an area devoid of one, or so reasons Joshua Sturma, former general manager of the breakfast-and-lunch sensation Shack. He secured a beloved restaurant site (the former Quincy Street Bistro space); hired his father as executive chef; wrote a bouncy, fun-to-read menu; and gave the place a catchy name: Hatch’d opened to a packed house in early June.

My mom [Karen Sturma] was a longtime server at a now-defunct Rich & Charlie’s, and she would take me to work. I had full run of the place, felt like I was part of the team. That’s when I thought how cool it would be to own a place like that. I was 11 at the