Not Your Sugar Mama’s (NYSM) has opened  the doors at its new store/chocolate factory located in the Tisbury Market Place in Vineyard Haven. For those of you who may not be familiar with NYSM, it is RAW chocolate which is totally different from the chocolate in a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. NYSM’s chocolate is gluten free, suga...

For years, once the weather gets warm, I’ve wanted to visit the Orange Peel Bakery in Aquinnah for their pizza night.  So last Wednesday, I packed up the family in the wagon, stocked a cooler, stopped to get my toppings at Cronigs, and up-island we went. I’ve only read about the magic of pizza night at Orange Peel Bakery,...

Open for almost one full week, La Cave du Grenier is making its mark on Main Street Vineyard Haven.  Le Grenier, above, is already a favorite French restaurant of many visitors and locals, and its sister bistro won’t dissapoint.  Last week I went to the opening party, but there were so many people there to see this highly...

It’s the week of the “Taste,” and I know many people scurrying around last minute for the perfect outfit for this Thursday’s event, which I like to call the unofficial kick-off of the Summer season.  It’s a reason for us to get dressed up, and have a great time with our friends and family, many whom we won’t see again until Se...

On the Vineyard, there are a number of  people who just continue to amaze me.  Whether it’s in their charitable works, their commitment to a cause, or their successful business, they just “wow” you.  I think that JB Blau is one of those people.  When I was thinking about what I wanted to write about fo...

Wow – the first word that came to my mind when I walked into Hooked.  I couldn’t even believe that it was the same space that Lola’s occupied.  Greer & Christian Thornton, from Atria, are the masterminds behind this new restaurant and renovation of a favorite Island space in Oak Bluffs.  Going into this, they had...

Opening this weekend is the highly anticipated Pirate Jack’s Burger Shack.  Ed Charter and his son Soeth are moving full-speed ahead with this pirate themed burger shack where the ole Captain’s Table used to be on Oak Bluffs Ave.  Interestingly, the building actually looks like a ship, and when the Charter boys are done, ...

Towards the end of the Oak Bluffs Harbor, near the Hy-Line ferry dock, sits Fishbones Grille.   It has great outdoor dining space with an unobstructed view of the harbor (think of Tuff Ship that blocks half of the harbor view by Sand Bar).  This restaurant has been around for years, but for this year, starting Memorial Da...

With one week until Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of Summer for many, several local favorite restaurants are opening their doors this weekend, so we can enjoy these places before it gets to crazy on the Island.  Here are four favs opening their doors this weekend. Kennebec Ave in Oak Bluffs, A Mini Restaurant Row ...

After closing for renovations, The Art Cliff Diner in Vineyard Haven is open again.  Don’t worry all you Art Cliff enthusiasts!   It is still The Art Cliff we know and love, but there have been a number of changes made.  The diner is almost 70 years old, and with that big anniversary coming up, owner Gina Stanely tho...