We’re looking forward to our fall visit to Nantucket and
interested in all the new restaurants and changes. If you’re coming any time
soon, you might find these suggestions really helpful.
First and foremost, American
Seasons was sold to Chef Neil Ferguson, after having an excellent ten year
run under Michael and Orla LaScola. They remain the proprietors of The
Proprietors, a notable small plates restaurant.
Ferguson was most recently the chef at Galley
Beach, but has a great deal more freedom in his choices at American
Seasons, where his menu includes
rabbit terrine, pork chops, ribeye and chicken Ballotine. This hints that the
playful aspect of American Seasons remain intact and we can hardly wait.
Seth Raynor’s Corazon
del Mar has closed, although the Raynors still run both The Boardinghouse
and the Pearl. Restaurateur Marco Coelho as bought and remodeled this space, but
hasn’t opened anything there yet. However, if you are looking for sushi, you
can find it at the relatively new Café
V Sushi in the elegant Vanessa
Noel Hotel, as well as at Sushi by
Yoshi.
Galley Beach,
having lost Neil Ferguson, has brought back chef W. Scott Osif, who did a bang-up
job before he left two years ago.
Meanwhile, if one barbecue restaurant isn’t enough, (we
wrote up B-Ack
Yard Barbecue last year), Atlas
BBQ and Fish House has opened at 130 Pleasant St, not far from Stop and
Shop, in the space formerly occupied by Pazzo,
and before that by Sfoglia. The Atlas menu is barbecue
heavy, but you will find salmon, chicken and Friday fish and chips among their
extensive selections.
Also new this year is the Grey Lady at 2 Chin’s Way, featuring
coastal seafood under chef Dave Nevins. It is a sister to the Grey Lady on
Manhattan’s lower East Side. They also have opened a Grey Lady in Aspen. If the
address sounds familiar, the Grey lady occupies the space of the old Bamboo
Supper Club.
It looks like another great visit to our favorite island!
