Edgartown restaurants can now officially apply to expand their outdoor dining capacity, after selectmen approved a policy Monday to allow seating areas on downtown sidewalks.

Gov. Charlie Baker announced preliminary guidelines on Friday for shuttered restaurant and lodging services, beginning June 8.

The popular Vineyard Haven restaurant Little House Cafe will come under new ownership in July. The buyer is Chilmark resident Brook Katzen.

The proprietors of a planned Italian restaurant on Union street in Vineyard Haven received the green light for an all-alcohol license from Tisbury selectmen/

Island grocer and entrepreneur Elio Silva has purchased Bobby B’s Seafood & Pizza and Bernie’s Ice Cream, adding the two Main street Vineyard Haven storefronts to his growing family of business enterprises.

When one door closes, another opens. That, thankfully, is the story of food on the Vineyard.

The shingled Kennebec avenue bungalow housing the noted Oak Bluffs eatery Red Cat Kitchen was sold this week for $690,000.

On a recent morning Patrick and Ted Courtney paused in their individual duties, just for a moment. The Port Hunter had opened the previous week and the next day their restaurant across the street, the Covington, would open.

The popular Edgartown Brazilian food buffet and convenience store, is moving from its location on Main street in Edgartown, business owner Ademir Silva confirmed this week.

The popular Vineyard Haven restaurant went on the market last last week with an asking price of $1.5 million.