The Tisbury select board voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon to award a common victuallers’ license to Catboat Coffee Co., which will receive it once the shop’s fire inspection passes muster with Chief Greg Leland.
The Edgartown select board discussed a flurry of business licenses at its meeting Monday, including a change in ownership of The Square Rigger restaurant and the opening of a new cafe on North Water street.
The popular downtown Edgartown restaurant Rockfish has been sold to Island restaurateur Mike Santoro, as the Oak Bluffs and Vineyard Haven business owner expands into his third down-Island town.
The owners of the Lambert’s Cove Inn came before the West Tisbury zoning board of appeals last week to request a continuation of outdoor dining, a practice started during the pandemic.
Tisbury voters are getting something extra in their ballots for the midterm election in November: a yes/no question on whether restaurants with liquor licenses may legally serve alcohol without requiring the purchase of a meal.
Edgartown’s transformative outdoor dining streetscape from last summer received five-star reviews from restaurateurs in the town, prompting leaders to move forward with a similar proposal for this summer.
Two downtown restaurants in Oak Bluffs won approval from the Oak Bluffs selectmen this week to make changes for the winter, with one closing until spring and another adopting shortened hours of operation until January.
With Covid-19 case numbers staying low throughout the commonwealth, Gov. Charlie Baker said restaurants could seat up to 10 people at a table, use bar spaces for seating.
