With summer in high gear, residents and tourists alike have a host of new places on the Island to eat this season. Six new restaurants have opened in the down-Island towns, all of them from familiar faces on the Vineyard cooking scene.

The new eateries span a variety of cuisines; bagels, burgers, burritos and burrata all await.

9 Craft Kitchen and Bar

9 Craft Kitchen and Bar opened in Vineyard Haven earlier this month. The restaurant is headed by Joe Monteiro, who is also the restaurateur behind 19 Prime and 19 Raw in Edgartown.

The menu at 9 Craft, which includes lobster tostadas and miso cod, draws on a wide world for culinary inspiration.

“The cool thing about the menu is that it’s New American, or New World cuisine. It’s really taking in an influx of different cultures, different ingredients,” said Emily Monteiro, Mr. Monteiro’s wife, who has helped him run the three Island restaurants. “It’s something that can kind of suit anyone’s palate preference.”

Although the restaurant opened late in the summer season, Mr. Monteiro says that the place is already exceeding expectations.

“A lot of our VIP guests at 19, they’re all coming here and their feedback’s been fantastic,” Mr. Monteiro said. He and his wife both added that the customer base is a mix of people who already support their Edgartown restaurants and people unfamiliar with the couple’s work.

The restaurant, which is located next to Mansion House Inn where Copper Anchor once stood, will be open through December. At the end of the year, Mr. Monteiro will assess whether or not to keep the restaurant open year round.

Mr. Monteiro and his team have given the restaurant a complete overhaul since moving into the space in April. A long white bar loops around the left side of the restaurant where the bartender serves a variety of cocktails.

“We’re very proud of everything we put together,” Mr. Monteiro said. “Now you can look in the kitchen and watch the guys cook. It just gives you a different perspective.”

La Strada

One of the other new restaurants to open on the Island this summer is La Strada, a small Italian deli tucked into the line of stores along Main street in Vineyard Haven.

La Strada opened this summer and is the newest restaurant by Salvatore della Torre and Dusan Veselinovic, the team behind Salvatore’s Ristorante on Union street.

Customers stash their bags from the ferry under one of the few tables or beneath the small bar against the window and eat paninis before continuing on their journeys.

The menu offers other sandwiches and a variety of salads. The restaurant also has ch

arcuterie boards and fresh espresso.

For those with a sweet tooth, the dessert menu includes tiramisu, cannoli, panna cotta and a variety of cakes. Packages of pasta and jars of sauce line both sides of the small seating area. Downstairs, the cellar walls are lined with bottles of wine.

The Model Deli

Nestled on one of the busiest stretches of State Road in Vineyard Haven is The Model Deli, a new breakfast and lunch place that opened in June.

Owned by Spring Sheldon, who’s well known around the Island for her catering business, the deli specializes in bagels, whether they come dressed in poppyseed, sesame or everything seasoning.

Customers can stock their pantry with bagels in bulk or opt for a sandwich prepared by the deli’s kitchen. Model Deli also does catering for large events.

To go with bagels, the deli has a multitude of toppings. Its cream cheese, or schmear as the deli likes to call it, comes in several different flavors, including olive pimento, beet horseradish, cucumber dill and hot pepper.

Jars of homemade pickled goods line their display cases beside smoked salmon, trout and mackerel.

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ben has quickly become a fan favorite, the deli offers five breakfast and 12 lunch sandwiches. Among other options are The Jefferson, a brioche roll filled with fried chicken and buttermilk ranch, and Eat the Rainbow, a bagel stuffed with marinated zucchini, summer squash, red onion and tomato.

El Barco

El Barco, the recently opened outdoor Mexican restaurant tucked behind Vineyard Haven Main street, has been filled with hungry patrons every weekend since it opened in early July.

Restaurateur and Back Door Donuts owner Patrick Lyons set out to create a casual outdoor eatery where people could eat good food without sky-high costs.

“We really just set out to do higher-quality, more reasonably priced Mexican street food,” he said.

There are seven taco options, including the more traditional pork carnitas and pollo asado. There’s also a rotating fish option and an American twist of a smashburger taco. Each order comes with two tacos and prices run from $12 to $16.

The menu also features burritos, chips and salsa, elote, fried calamari and chicken flautas. For dessert there is hot and fresh churros.

El Barco, which means “the boat” in Spanish, is a stone’s throw away from the Steamship Authority terminal. The location and the vibe is catching on, Mr. Lyons said.

“It seems people are liking it and it is scratching an itch that maybe the people of Vineyard Haven have had for a while,” he said.

Midnight Mediterranean

In Oak Bluffs, Midnight Mediterranean officially opened its doors last month. Its original sister restaurant, Midnight Taco, moved across the street, with Midnight Mediterranean moving into Midnight Taco’s old spot next to Sand Bar and Grille. Both eateries are owned and run by the same team.

Humble and decorated with fairy lights by the window, any food item with lamb is their most popular. Gyros, gyro bowls and kebabs are some of the highlights on the menu. The casualness is enhanced by summer tunes playing in the takeout restaurant.

Restaurant operator Jordan Wallace said his staff have been busy with an influx of diners.

“It’s going a little too well,” Mr. Wallace said with a laugh. “We lucked out because we had the Midnight [brand] for so many years and people were already excited about our food.”

Mr. Wallace’s garden supplies both the restaurants, and he’s excited to continue utilizing homegrown ingredients.

“We’re all so excited about our tomato season,” he said. “To be able to use our tomatoes makes a huge difference and it taps into our roots as a craft restaurant.”

Wicked Burger

The classic smash burger and shake is being served up in Edgartown at Wicked Burger. With four wood tables and a black and white mural on the wall of the ingredients of a burger, business at the small establishment is going strong, according to owner Christopher Stam.

“It took a couple weeks to get our footing and get everything together but fortunately we did it before the season started so by the time July came around, we were off to the races,” said Mr. Stam, who is also the chef and owner of Alchemy.

Simplicity was key while developing the menu concept.

“It’s very American and very beach-towny,” Mr. Stam said. “It’s just a burger so I’m excited for more people to try it. A lot of thought and preparation went into curating what I thought would be a very good takeaway burger.”

The timing of the customer rush has been unexpected but welcomed, according to Mr. Stam.

“We kinda didn’t expect as much of a dinner rush but it’s been very nice to see that people are coming in the 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. period,” he said. “It’s been vibrant.”

All six burgers on the menu have two patties, and there are four milkshake flavors — vanilla, strawberry, chocolate and banana. To Mr. Stam, the food quality is the most essential part of Wicked Burger.

“People so far have been very responsive with the burgers and happy with the product and that’s most important to me,” he said. “I want them to be happy with the product and the actual food they get.”

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Addison Antonoff, Katrina Liu, Gwyn Skiles and Ethan Genter contributed to this article.