Business
Just as many dining options across the Island are beginning to close up shop for the season, a new restaurant in the former David Ryan’s space on North Water street opened last month with every intention of serving the year-round population.
The goals for new Edgartown restaurant Eleven North are simple: keep it local, keep it fun and keep it open year-round.
With a “casual downstairs” and “a little more chic with more New York city and Miami” upstairs, the restaurant hopes to please a broad spectrum of patrons for both lunch and dinner.
The Edgartown selectmen sent a warning letter to the Flatbread Pizza Company after the popular restaurant by the airport closed early for the season. Last week, selectmen authorized sending a letter of warning to Flatbread because it closed for the season in early September.
After nearly two decades tucked behind Main street, the Midnight Farm home store will move to the former Bunch of Grapes bookstore in Vineyard Haven.
The Dukes County Regional Housing Authority — whose mission is to assist the six Vineyard towns with increasing year-round housing opportunities for low to moderate-income residents — has refinanced nearly its entire portfolio of properties, it announced this week.
Danny Louis Larsen, 62, of Edgartown has reason to be surprised by his own success. When he started Edgartown Seafood 25 years ago, Mr. Larsen knew fish, but he wasn’t sure about retail.
“I didn’t think I would like it,” he said. “I didn’t think I’d be able to deal with the people. I didn’t think they’d be able to deal with me.”
After 35 years as chef and owner of his signature, classic French restaurant in downtown Vineyard Haven, Jean Dupon has put Le Grenier on the market.
“I love what I do, but I’ve had a good run,” Mr. Dupon said this week. “I just turned 69, I think it’s time for me to start relaxing a little.”
The restaurant will be sold along with its downstairs partner La Cave du Grenier. The asking price is $1.6 million for both the business and the two-story building. The restaurant went on the market in late August.