Charlotte Inn Stars

The Charlotte Inn in Edgartown was honored this month with a 2010 Forbes Four Star Award by Forbes Travel Guide and named one of the top 20 small resorts in the United States as voted by the readers of Conde Nast Traveler Magazine.

The Forbes Travel Guide has defined the industry’s highest standard for excellence for over 50 years. The Charlotte Inn is one of only 160 hotels to achieve the 2010 Forbes Four Star award.

A new Italian fine dining restaurant is opening Wednesday, June 24, at The Charlotte Inn on Summer street in Edgartown. Owner and chef A.J. Black promises to infuse flavorful Italian herbs and spices, quality truffle oils and Barolo wines into homemade pasta and entrées of fresh seafood, whole fishes, aged beef, veal and lamb, free-range poultry and risottos.

His passion is to prepare uniquely rustic and classically refined dishes like filetto al pepe verde, duck fantasia, the chef said in a statement, with fresh lobster and fish specials prepared daily.