Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Travel Guides: Best of Nantucket Food


Best Farm-to-Table Restaurants
American Seasons
80 Center St
(508) 228-7111


love the dresscode-- Under-the-radar or Over-the-top

The Boarding House
12 Federal St (right next to Eye of the Needle)
(508) 228-9622

Best Dinner to Bring to the Beach
What better way to spend the evening than with a picnic to bring out to Madaket and watch the sunset?


Lobster dinner from Sayle's Seafood, 99 Washington St

Bottle of wine from Current Vintage, 4 Easy St
http://www.currentvintage.com/

Best Lunch to Go--
Lola Burger, 10 Broad St
http://lolaburger.com/

Even if you don't feel like indulging in the signature Lola burger, they have a great greek salad and the Tuna burger is a healthful option.



Best Ice Cream


The Juice Bar, 12 Broad St (get there before 8ish to avoid long lines at night)

Best Grocery
Barlett Farm-- all the fresh produce from Barlett farm along with a deli that has great salads and sandwiches, and some other basics

If you're going to Bartlett Farm don't miss the brewery tour (ie tasting) next door at....
Cisco Brewers, 3 Bartlett Farm Rd.
(also available at most liquor stores on the island)

Farm Fresh Food in Town
If you're too tispy (or lazy) to make the short trip out to the farm, fortunately you can get the best produce in town as well-


Nantucket's fresh food staple (with famous tomatoes) is
the Bartlett Farm stand (on Main St)



you can also check out-
the Sustainable Nantucket Farmer's Market
http://www.sustainablenantucket.org/


Catch Your Own

For a great day of fishing try
Albacore Charters
http://www.albacorecharters.com/
508-228-5074



Locavore Social Event of the Summer
Sustainable Nantucket's Farm Fresh Feast at Moor's End Farm-- Sustainable Nantucket's annual fundraiser draws an eclectic mix of local food producers and their patrons and always features a delectable spread and great auction



Travel Guides: Nantucket Art Galleries 1


The Cavalier Gallery's second floor is a must visit for those interested in contemporary art.

I was obsessed with Nantucket artist Steven Pitluik's brightly colored satires of Nantucket WASP culture, as well as Alex Cao's gigantic tableaus of American icons.

Steven Pitliuk
I sped and blew my horn in Sconset, 2011
acrylic and resin on canvas

Alex Guofeng Cao
JFK vs Jackie, ed 5, 2010
Chromogenic Print


Cao composes his giant images (the JFK is about 10 ft tall by 6 ft wide) from smaller images of iconic photographs that give context to the larger image. (the gallery has a magnifying glass to see the smaller pictures more clearly.) In the JFK series, Cao has hidden a candle for the date that Marilyn Monroe sang to JFK on his birthday as well as the image of a pistol. Good luck finding them out of the thousands of pictures of Jackie!

Alex Guofeng Cao
Hepburn vs Dietrich, ed 18, 2009
Chromogenic Print

An essay on celebrity.

Planning on visiting their other location in Greenwich now that I've returned to CT via 12 hours of ferries, buses, trains and taxis-

Ryan

*Special thanks to The Cavalier Gallery for the use of their images

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Nantucket Trunk Show Reminder



Don't forget our Nantucket trunk show at Eye of the Needle on Federal Street, Friday and Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm