Business
About the same time Trip Barnes started his business, Clarence A. Barnes Moving and Storage, he found three people dead in three weeks, all out on Chappaquiddick. Fifty-four years later Trip is still moving.
Flatbread, the popular wood-fired pizza franchise near the Martha’s Vineyard Airport that has hosted fundraisers, family dance parties and concerts, will not reopen this summer, owner Jay Gould has confirmed.
“The season is too short for us. We do very well in July and August, but it’s not enough,” Mr. Gould told the Gazette in an email early Tuesday.
To celebrate 30 years of ownership and to thank the Island community, Mansion House is once again offering a great staycation for Island residents during the month of January.
Sunday was the last day for Beadniks, the popular Vineyard Haven store that has been in operation for 24 years. Owner Sally Roesler will focus on her wholesale business in Virginia Beach, Va., and online.
The tapas-style restaurant and bar opened two weeks ago at 11 North Water street with a changed interior but familiar owners. Siblings Nell, Will and Geoghan Coogan also own the Wharf Pub just around the corner.
From retail stores to gyms and inns on the Vineyard, 48 merchants participated in small business Saturday last week, the most the Island has seen since the shopping holiday was conceived by American Express in 2010, according to Nancy Gardella at the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce.