(Jan. 26, 2012 ) Turnover in the island restaurant industry happens nearly every year, but in the span of a few short months, three downtown Nantucket eateries have recently closed and face uncertain futures.
Following Marshall Thompson’s decision not to renew his lease for the Even Keel Cafe on Main Street last September, Chris Morris, the tenant at Arno’s at 41 Main Street similarly decided not to renew his lease for 2012, and Cy’s restaurant on South Water Street closed down earlier this month.
Steve Karp’s Nantucket Island Resorts owns both the former Even Keel building on Main Street and the Cy’s restaurant space on South Water Street, both considered downtown real estate anchors. With the impending opening of the Dreamland Theater this spring, just steps away from the South Water Street restaurant space, NIR is feeling the urgency to find a tenant there, as well as the Main Street property which had been a year-round gathering spot for decades as a bowling alley, a five and dime, a candy shop and a modestly-priced cafe and restaurant known as the Espresso Cafe before it became the Even Keel.
To be clear, I don't know all the particulars. The Evan Keel Cafe appeared to be fairly modest itself, according to its web site. But the paper's description of the space just reminded me of Fowle's, a local, year-round gather spot that locals knew and mostly loved.
It'd be a shame to lose that.
3 comments:
Actually, most Newburyporters like the location of fowles, but the restaurant is in need of some serious help. If you go for breakfast don't plan on eating quickly. Give yourself at least an hour and a half. They literally cook one breakfast order at a time. Nice lady who runs the place but the she has to go. What nbpt really needs is a good upscale breakfast spot. Angie's is a great hangover greasy spoon place but we need "Sara Beth's" here. (google it).
Dear anonymous, although your post was well written and relatively benign, I don't like to post critical comments about individual businesses. These folks are trying to make a living and I don't want to get in the way of that. Places like Yelp are more appropriate for that commentary. Thanks for taking the time to reply. As for your suggestion, Sarabeth's seems like the kind of nice spot you'd find in NYC. I'm not sure if it's Port, but I get your vibe.
I changed my policy since Fowle's appears to be closing.
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