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Fie/Amanda Badehotellet / Seaside Hotel (2009-2024)

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Ready to check back in to Hotel Portofino?

TV Insider can exclusively reveal that the glamorous period drama will return for a second season on Sunday, October 15 at 8/7c across all PBS platforms (check local listings) as well as unveil new photos, which you can check out above and below. (It will also be streaming the same day and time on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel.)

The six-part series starring Natascha McElhone follows an elite yet dysfunctional British family who open a hotel for upper-class travelers on the magical Italian Riviera during the Roaring ’20s. It is set in the breathtakingly beautiful Italian seaside town of Portofino, and Season 2 picks up in the summer of 1927 as Bella Ainsworth (McElhone) is still devoting all her energy into making Hotel Portofino a success.

After they dealt with blackmail threats from a local politician, the hotel is finally starting to prosper. But Bella doesn’t just have her hotel to think about, and she’s also worried about her children: Lucian’s (Oliver Dench) marriage to Rose (Claude Scott-Mitchell) might be facing trouble, and Alice (Olivia Morris) needs a break from her responsibilities at the hotel. Bella’s husband, Cecil (Mark Umbers), hasn’t been seen since returning to England at the end of the previous summer. With his unannounced return to Portofino, the messy private lives of her children, and an imminent visit from a travel guide that could make or break the hotel’s future, Bella has her work cut out to keep all the plates spinning.

Also returning for Season 2 of Hotel Portofino are Assad Zaman, Elizabeth Carling, Louisa Binder, Carolina Gonnelli, Louis Healy, Pasquale Esposito, Rocco Fasano, Daniele Pecci, Lily Frazer, and Lucy Akhurst.

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This isn’t needing anything, just hoping that your day has gone well and you’re cozy considering the rain!!!!! xx

It has gone well, Kind Anonymous Friend, and I am very cozy. Just having a cup of tea and digging into the latest season of Badehotellet (Seaside Hotel) this delightful little frothy Danish period drama on PBS.

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It’s the 1920s, But Not Everyone Liked the Short Skirts: Seaside Hotel

This Danish television series which began in 2013 tracks the lives of the workers and the guests at a hotel starting in 1928 and going through the next years. The younger guest played by Neel Rønholt wears the short skirts and the bobbed hair that many women adopted as fashionable during the mid-1920s. In fact, you can find essays written by American women during the 1920s explaining they wear such fashions not because they like them, but in order to not look out of touch with fashion and thus older than they are. The 1920s was an era, like the 1960s, when youth itself became fashionable and a fashion revolution took place.

But some people did not mind looking older.  The older guest played by Birthe Neumann has not changed with the times. Her hair is long and then pinned up and her skirts remain resolutely in the 1910s, a bit off the floor, but no farther than that. This scene reminds us that while fashion trends came and went, some people stuck to the fashions they had known and had no interest in following the fads where ever they went. 

PBS offers Seaside Hotel which shows off plenty of other 1920s fashions like the one-piece bathing suits men and women wore and the pretty silk robes owned by wealthier women. You can see more here: https://www.pbs.org/show/seaside-hotel/

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Hi I am going to SD fel summer break. What are your favorite restaurants and cafes in SD?

sooo sorry I just saw this here's a list for San Diego:San Diego-Barbaretta (La Jolla): *- italian- very nice atmosphere (patio)- mussels- steak and chickenPiatti (La Jolla): *- italian- jbaal Barbaretta- also very goodBencotto (Little Italy): **- everything was very goodLa Villa (Little Italy):*- every week new menu but very good foodSeville (DT):- spanishCosta Brava (pacific beach)- spanish very good small portion appitizers- escargot- lamb skews- octupus- calamari- sprimp with garlicKatsuya (DT) **- yellow tail with crispy onion- tuna on crispy rice- everything is amazingHarney sushi (old town) **- orange crush- rollz royce- flaming lips- bond james bond- maui wawi- lighting rollRepongi:- rock thingy- mostly appetizersSushi on the rock: *- sunkist- cronic- ashley- red dragon- the don- slippery when wet- shrimp shoomaai (apatizer)Sashami- Del Mar: *Almost everything is goodOki ton:- aziz- crunchy- lava rock- red dragonFish market: **- halibut sandwich- salmon burger- chimi chawder soupPuerto La Boca (little italy): *- Entrana- PicanaThe Steak House at Azul (La Jolla) **- amazing view of cove and ocean- good steakKyber pass:- chikin kachiloo- samboosa- mantuRoyal thai: (jbaal flemings)- green chicken curry- masamon curry- golden shrimp- mixed satayBasic Pizza DT *- everything is goodTop of the market (DT) *- simach .. raqi .. Great viewFish market DT *- Salmon and albacore combination- our famous dungeness crab ciopino- sauteed sea of cortez garlic prawnsElSalvador DT *- italianRuth Chris Steak **Flemings *Burgers:Five guysHodads *Burger loungeStacked*Slater's 50/50 *Random:- Moma's bakery- fa6ayer- Jersey mikes subs- Chick fileta - rosecrans yam phils- Phils - barbeque ribs **- pita pit- urban cafe- lornas - lajolla- bronx pizza - hillcrest- lolitasBreakfast:- cottage **- ali baba- Brockton Villa ** * Coast toast- aroma - la jolla *- original house of pancakes *- alforon *- cody's (la jolla) *- kitchen 1540 - del mar *- america kitchen -del mar *- richard walker's pancake house ** * Applepancake- sbicca - del mar *- the mission (13th and J)- snooze (hillcrest)Gahawi:- Andaz DT **- Chocolat hillcrest/DT *- Fundue la jolla *- Living room la jolla *- Coronado hotel *- cups lounge la jolla- Ghirardelli DT *- lestat (24 hours)- filter (Hillcrest - for studying)- tobac DT- tower 23 hotel PB **- Extraordinary Desserts DT **- Caroline's seaside cafe (opens till 3 pm only)*- Heavenly Sent (desserts)Sweets:- uncle biff's cookies **- Heavenly cupcakes DT

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May 15 - Positano, Italy’

Our day - May 14th was largely an in-transit day. We were departing Rome after only 2 very action filled days. We put in almost 20 miles of walking over these 2 days and our feet are looking forward to a little break.

Before I get into the days post I thought I would share a little something with all of you who might be thinking about taking a European trip. If you are, I’m sure that like us you have been watching Rick Steve’s on your local PBS station and soaking in all of his travel guides and tips wherever it is you might be thinking of going. But did you know that you can go to Rick Steve’s website and view a lot of his videos. Here is one I want to pass on to you…

https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/travel-talks/packing-light-right

It is a packing guide. Rick suggests that the key to a successful trip is to pack light. From one of my earlier posts you may already know that there are a couple of members in our traveling group who think Rick Steves is an idiot when it comes to packing. Just check out #Moby. Anyhow - just a suggestion.

At 8:00 am, our driver, Mr. Assenov showed up at out doorstep in his large Mercedes mini-bus to take all of us to Ciampino Airport, where we would retrieve our rental car. Trent and I had managed to maneuver the luggage for our group from our 6th floor apartment to the ground floor. it was exciting, because of the tiny elevator that was available. First i loaded “Moby” as Carolyn’s suitcase has been affectionately named, along with a couple of others. Then I step on the elevator and hear the ancient machine groan under the load. Reluctantly, I close the door behind me, as this is all that will fit in the elevator. I have a brief vision as the elevator groans and makes it descent to the ground floor; I wonder if my Holiday might end right here in Rome. Luckily, I reach the landing safely. Both I and the elevator, let out a sigh of relief. Trent and I then make 3 other trips and finally all of our luggage is on the ground floor. I then get to watch Mr. Assenov load all of our luggage into the large mini-bus. As he and I await the rest of our travel group, we chat, me in my broken Italian and he in his broken English, about our travel plans to take a driving tour around Italy and Germany. He looks back at all the luggage he has loaded into the bus and asks me, “you have large bus like this?” I ponder the narrow road we are about to meet on our way to Positano and say, “I hope it wont be quite as large as yours.” He looks back at the luggage and I can tell he is thinking to himself…“good luck”.

As an aside…If you will be traveling to Rome and beyond by car, I strongly suggest that you not have the car while in Rome as parking is difficult, but not as difficult as navigating your way out of the Byzantine maze of streets. So instead we chose to pick up our car at nearby Ciampino airport. You can pick up a car at the Rome train station, but that means you still have to deal with the streets and traffic of Rome. I suggest you take a taxi or arrange a driver to take you to Ciampino. It is a smaller regional airport and much more easily reached than Fiumicino International Airport. Additionally, it is conveniently located near the Autostrada to help get you on your trip with minimal stress.

Now if you’ve ever rented a car in Europe before, you know it can some times take you awhile to retrieve your car. The process sometimes involves waiting in long lines, incessant tapping of keys on computer by overworked and stressed agents and finally navigating your car out of the tiny holding lots. I’m glad to say that the staff at Ciampino was a relative model of efficiency. We were in and out in about 15 minutes.

Our plan today was to drive down to Positano, relax and do a little walking around this once sleepy little seaside fishing village. This would allow us and our feet time to recover a bit before we take on Pompeii, which we would save for the next day.

The drive to Positano first takes you on the A1 Autostrada heading toward Naples. A little past Naples you take a smaller road toward the famous Amalfi Coast. As you approach Positano, the road continues to narrow and becomes more winding. Fortunately, our mini-van was considerably smaller than Mr. Assenov’ bus and Trent and I were able to load Moby into the back of the bus. Although there was little room remaining for all of our other luggage, we did manage to load it all in. We did have to remove the spare tire from the mini-van, as we knew that Carolyn must have packed for every possible eventuality and surely another spare tire must reside inside of “Moby” should we need it. - I’m only kidding. We love Moby.

As we wind our way down the hill nearing the turn-off for Positano, we find ourselves dodging the gnat-like swarm of mopeds, scooters and motorcycles that seemingly risk life and limb darting in and out of oncoming traffic. Carolyn and Elisa are enduring the white knuckle ride down the hill missing cars, busses, bicycles and pedestrians by mere inches. Our mini-van is a nice and new Ford Galaxy and I am certain we will leave some of its paint behind somewhere as we wind down the tiny road. As we reach the turn-off to descend into Positano, I tell Carolyn, “now the road gets really narrow but fortunately it is only one way.” Carolyn groans a little, gulps and says “oh boy”. As we wind our way down Via Cristoforo Colombo through the colorfully painted homes that dot the hillside, we are dodging the hordes of pedestrians that are occupying the same streets as the cars, mini-vans and the incessant motorbikes. Our hotel - Alcion is located almost on the far side of the small town. As we approach the hotel the hordes of pedestrians is even thicker, making passage for our mini-van even more difficult.

Having been to Positano before, Elisa and I were a bit worried about where we would park our mini-van once we got there. Fortunately, Elisa called the hotel ahead and asked about it. When the phone call finally connected, Elisa breaks into her best Italian and begins asking the young female on the other end about the parking situation. After a few words the young lady interrupts Elisa and says, “pleeza speaka English”. Elisa, at the same time is relieved but also a little hurt realizing that her “best” Italian must be hurting the ears and head of the young girl. After a quick conversation we are told we can park in front of the Hotel and unload our bags and someone will be called to take our car to parking.

So today’s winner of the “International Eye-roll Award”, which from one of my earlier posts you know means “Stupid American Tourist” is me. You see as we approach the hotel, our vehicle is having to part the sea of tourist that fill the streets, totally oblivious to the cars that must use the street. The Hotel is not well marked and we happen upon it very quickly. I am now slightly past the hotel (on a one way street). I stop and the traffic behind me immediately begins to begins to honk their horns in unison. Scooters are zipping by me waving and gesturing madly - I’m pretty sure they weren’t saying hello. I pull painfully as close to the left hand side as possible and try to make room for the cars to pass buy. It is difficult and extremely narrow. I’m sure that this is where I will lose some of the paint from our shiny new Ford Galaxy Mini Van. Suddenly, the young female hotel attendant appears at my window side with a panicked look in her face because of all the traffic that I have now blocked. She tells me that I was supposed to park on the “sidewalk”, by sidewalk she means an 18" sliver or walkway on the right side of Via Cristoforo Colombo. I look in the rear view mirror and all i see are cars and a horde of pedestrians blocking the “sidewalk”. The young girl looks back and says, “we will stoppa traffic and a you back a-up”. Another man from one of the nearby shops says he will first get the cars immediately behind me to pass - but i need to fold in my right side mirror - that’s how close the cars are passing me by. He quickly offers to do it for me and I happily oblige. With the traffic stopped and the pedestrians chased off of the “sidewalk” he backs the cars to the right side, leaving sufficient room for the angry cars to get past me. Quickly, the day’s excitement in the tiny village of Positano returns to normal. As Trent and I retrieve all of out luggage, we are greeted by the “International Eye-roll” from all of the locals. Undeterred, we muscle our luggage into the lobby of the hotel.

The pained look on the young hotel attendant is now gone and she checks us in and takes us up to show us our rooms. She tells us that we are on the 3rd floor and points us up the stairs. Trent and I look back at our luggage and are hoping she will point us toward the elevator, but instead she says, “you takaa da smalla bags now and comma back for the others later.” Suddenly, Trent and I are missing the ancient shoe box elevator at our Rome apartment. Once we make our way up to the rooms all of our regrets about having to carry the bags are immediately erased. Carolyn, who has booked our room, is equally forgiven for packing “Moby”. Because when we enter the large suite that is equipped with spacious bathroom, kitchen, washing machine and king size bed, we enter an adjacent large sitting room and are greeted with a spectacular view of the entire town of Positano. Then we are further amazed as she takes us out to the huge private terrace that joins the room. The accommodations are absolutely spectacular. We can’t help but feel lucky that this will be our temporary home for the next 3 days.

Once we unpack, we head out to take a walk and get some lunch. We happen upon a little spot and have a light lunch. We head back into town and make our way partially down the hill, looking for a little shop where we can pick up a few things. I am suddenly incredibly tired, having only gotten a few hours sleep the night before. I’m sure my body is “crashing” from the release of adrenaline from the entire parking episode. So I decide I will head back to the room and take a “little nap”. The little nap turned into a 2-½ hour sleep-a-thon. I force myself to wake up knowing that I could sleep longer but I know that if I don’t I’ll never overcome the jet lag. Elisa and I join Carolyn and Trent on the huge outdoor terrace and we all enjoy the limoncello that Trent and Carolyn had purchased earlier. It was amazing and the only regret we had is that we only had a “small” bottle of the refreshing nectar.

By now, the sun is beginning to set behind the mountain, but the light show makes for some spectacular photography. We make our way down to a little cafe and have dinner. The food is good - not great but now that it is 9:00 Pm we are satisfied. By the time we finish dinner and make it back to our amazing rooms it is nearly 11:00 pm. Elisa and I go back to our rooms a little worried that our long naps will make sleep difficult, but our worries are erased as we both quickly nod off. And for once I’m not up at 2:30am writing this blog. I manage to sleep in until 5:30.

Next, we visit Pompeii - More Later! Ciao!

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Paquete de vacaciones en Cancún con tarifa aérea

Cancún es un lugar de vacaciones para vacacionistas internacionales, calidad de 5 estrellas, un lugar idílico para pasar unas vacaciones es un lugar mimado. Un ambiente especial prevalece en cada uno, con un contraste dramático entre los centros comerciales con aire acondicionado, restaurantes elegantes, vacacionistas de primavera y placer rico en busca de vacacionistas en uno solo; y los bulliciosos puestos del mercado, los vendedores ruidosos y la rutina diaria de personas trabajando en el otro.

Mientras que la mayoría de las personas conectan los mejores hoteles economicos en Cancún con las vacaciones de primavera, este grupo de balnearios ofrece algo más que una reputación escandalosa. El número de turistas que visitó México se disparó a 35 millones de huéspedes en los últimos 12 meses, un 9% más que en 2015. El clima local de la ciudad es ideal para pasar largas vacaciones y experimentar vacaciones maravillosas en las costas.

Nunca realizó el taxi acuático a Chetumal ... sin embargo, existe un servicio de autobús común entre Cancún y Chetumal durante todo el día. Para el Viaje a México y el Caribe: si su bebé está de gira como un Lap Youngster, puede comunicarse con nuestro Centro de Atención al Comprador para hacer los arreglos al menos 7 días antes de la salida.

En un especial de PBS NewsHour de enero de 2018 con el famoso periodista Danny Gold (@DGisSERIOUS) en relación con la violencia en Cancún, el especialista en seguridad mexicana Alejandro Schtulmann (@ASchtulmann) dijo: "Mucha de la violencia que estamos viendo en Cancún. ”. El especialista policial Walter McKay (@wmmckay) también dijo recientemente:“ La violencia, sin embargo, no está aumentando dentro de los centros turísticos… la violencia esencialmente está sucediendo fuera de los centros turísticos ”. Lo mismo podría afirmarse para casi todas las ciudades masivas de este planeta, fuera de las de las naciones devastadas por la guerra, que hay violencia, pero seguramente ocurre en áreas remotas fuera de las principales áreas para vacacionistas.

Acabo de pasarlo muy bien en una playa homosexual en Zipolite México. Guíe sus vacaciones todo incluido a Cancún y disfrute de uno de los destinos turísticos más populares de México. Noche en la hoteles en Zona Hotelera de Cancún economicos. El JW Marriott Cancún deja una marca refinada en la atestada zona hotelera de Cancún.

Haga un recorrido culinario por Cuba en el Reminiscences Varadero Seaside Resort con 8 buenos restaurantes que ofrecen una amplia variedad de cocinas globales, junto con las comidas italiana, criolla, mexicana y japonesa. Los visitantes del Varadero Diamond Club incluso tienen privilegios exclusivos para comer en el restaurante francés. Los amigos pueden disfrutar de cenas en comedores cómodos con aire acondicionado o saborear el ambiente tropical en ambientes causales al aire libre.

El resort está excepcionalmente ocupado durante las vacaciones de primavera de Estados Unidos en marzo, cuando es el destino favorito de miles de estudiantes universitarios de facultades de América del Norte; Aquellos que deseen unas vacaciones más relajantes y menos frenéticas deben ir al exterior de Cancún esta temporada.

Se puede lograr un viaje a Chichén Itzá desde Cancún como una excursión de un día, pero si desea explorar todo el sitio, es mejor quedarse por la noche en uno de los hoteles cercanos. En el Sea View Normal con balcón, puede sentarse y admirar las aguas cristalinas del Caribe desde su balcón privado, donde tiene dos sillas y una mesa para relajarse, o disfrutar de su bebida favorita del minibar.

Al hospedarse en este hotel y club de yates de Cancún a un precio razonable, puede encontrar encantadoras áreas de patio trasero y una hermosa ubicación junto a la encantadora laguna de Nichupe. Situado en Cancún y con la estación de autobuses de Cancún a una distancia de 1.8 millas, Bahari ofrece una piscina al aire libre, habitaciones para no fumadores, Wi-Fi gratis y un patio trasero.

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Cape Cod awash with new flavors, restaurants

Cape Cod, Massachusetts (CNN)Part of the appeal of the Outer Cape has always been the rustic charm of the fried seafood restaurants, taffy shops, souvenir stores and ice cream parlors dotting the main artery, Route 6.

But new food and drink choices have appeared over the past few years in Cape Cod — particularly in the towns of Wellfleet, Truro and Provincetown — adding modern and innovative flavors to the culinary landscape.

Small-batch chocolate, specialty coffee shops — even a craft spirit distiller — have taken hold in the area that has long lured vacationers with Atlantic beaches along the seashore and calmer stretches of sand on the opposite side facing Cape Cod Bay.

The character of Cape Cod has not fundamentally changed, although some longtime residents are wary of what they consider the gentrification of their community.

But visitors to the area, which includes Cape Cod National Seashore, can now enjoy a range of new options that complement the traditional seaside identity of this bucolic summer vacation destination.

100 years, 100 national park experiences

South Hollow Spirits, North Truro

Truro Vineyards of Cape Cod has been around since 1991, but its sister business, South Hollow Spirits, the first legal distillery on Cape Cod since Prohibition, didn’t get up and running until 2013.

This Provincetown tavern was opened by Culinary Institute of the America graduate Fred Latasa-Nicks in May in the 1850 home of the whaler Captain John Cook.

Latasa-Nicks is a former New Yorker who made the move to Provincetown so he could devote himself to this Mediterranean-influenced tavern where weathered-wood floors, eye-catching copper and brass fixtures and a collection of artfully arranged maritime art and memorabilia evoke the spirit of Cape Cod.

He says the restaurant tries to keep the traditional flavor of the Cape, while still offering a modern menu.

Menu offerings at Strangers & Saints have included boar salami, stone hearth roasted oysters, cod, grilled skirt steak and hearth-cooked pizzas, all of which can be washed down with a rotating, seasonal menu of beer, wine and cocktails.

The Canteen and Happy Camper, Provincetown

Rob Anderson made the jump from editorial writer for the Boston Globe to restaurant owner when he opened the Canteen in 2013 and its next-door sister bakery Happy Camper in 2015, on Provincetown’s busy Commercial Street.

His mission was to bring a fast, casual, affordable restaurant to Provincetown that stays rooted in the traditions of this quirky town at the very edge of the Cape.

Classic offerings like shucked oysters, raw oysters and chowder can be found, as well as more contemporary selections like cod banh-mi, crispy Brussels sprouts in fish sauce and a PB&J like you’ve never had — grilled with peanut brittle and fresh strawberries.

The indoor tables get crowded quickly, but there’s ample seating on the pleasant backyard patio overlooking the harbor.

Chequessett Chocolate, North Truro

Chequessett Chocolate is a true small-batch, bean-to-bar chocolatier, the only one of its kind on the Outer Cape.

Josiah Mayo, a former commercial fisherman whose family has called Provincetown home for hundreds of years, and his wife Katherine Reed, a transplant from Portland, Oregon, are the founders and operators of the business.

They travel to countries like Costa Rica to source cacao beans, which they process — from roasting to tempering — in-house and turn into dark chocolate bars and confections like passion fruit-filled squares, peanut butter cups and caramel cashew turtles.

Excellent George Howell coffee, healthy smoothies and tasty pastries are served alongside the chocolate headliners in the shop.

Joeys Food Trucks, Truro and Wellfleet

The food truck movement is now officially a part of the fabric of Outer Cape dining.

Sunbird was the first on the scene, with a stationary food truck that opened a few years back along Route 6 in Wellfleet.

Joey Rugo, a young man who started out working at restaurants in Provincetown, was inspired by Sunbird’s success. He expanded upon the concept and now operates a fleet of four trucks of his own in Wellfleet and Truro.

Joeys mobile Kanguru taco and burrito truck, offering options like jerk chicken burritos and seared cod tacos, can be found at the Truro Farmers’ Market every Monday morning and at Head of the Meadow Beach in the afternoons.

There’s another Kanguru truck in the Chequessett parking lot, and a coffee and ice cream truck along with yet another Kanguru truck at the Fleet, a small collection of food trucks located off of Route 6 in Wellfleet.

Ceraldi, Wellfleet

Fine dining isn’t the norm on the Outer Cape, with a culinary scene more focused on clam strip rolls and fried fish than the farm-to-table philosophy.

But Ceraldi, which opened in 2014 after operating as a pop-up in Provincetown for about a year, is focused on exactly that.

Chef Michael Ceraldi puts together a prix-fixe, seven-course meal that changes nightly, telling what he calls “the story of the Cape” using ingredients from local suppliers like Truro’s Hillside Farm, fresh catch and even foraged ingredients such as blueberries and mushrooms.

Ceraldi is proud of the restaurant’s relationship with the Outer Cape community, which not only ensures fresh ingredients, but also helps to support local farmers by buying directly from them.

The restaurant is charmingly rustic with seating at tables and a long wooden bar. And before the meal, the chef himself comes out to give a rundown of what’s on offer each night and where it all came from.

Captain’s Choice, North Truro

“Downtown” North Truro, such as it is, only has a few businesses to speak of.

One of the newest is Captain’s Choice, an elevated seafood shack run by Chris King, a fifth-generation fisherman and Provincetown native, and the owner of Cape Tip Seafood.

After a rocky opening season in 2015, King realized he needed to improve the food and service. So he brought in Bob and Kristi Wageman, formerly partners at Wellfleet’s Pearl restaurant, to manage Captain’s Choice, and the reviews have been glowing.

Now the restaurant is open from breakfast through dinner, serving delicious, fresh seafood from fried cod cheeks to sashimi tacos, along with an extensive beer and wine list.

King points to his ability to source the freshest seafood from his retail and wholesale business as the key to the restaurant’s success.

The atmosphere is relaxed, with patio seating and a grassy lawn for children to run around.

Finally, North Truro has a fast casual seafood restaurant that seems like it will be around for the long run.

Salty Market, North Truro

Salty Market is located in the building that used to house Dutra’s, a market that served the locals of Truro for about a century before closing in 2013.

Ellery Althouse, son of the quirky local artist Susan Baker, and his wife Claire Adams purchased the building and opened Salty Market, which Althouse sees as returning to North Truro “a place that locals and tourists alike can go, [with] a great deli, a well stocked and interesting market and a liquor store that emphasizes local products.”

The market sells a variety of brand name and craft products, including bread from PB Boulangerie in Wellfleet, and spirits from several Massachusetts distillers such as Bully Boy and South Hollow Spirits.

There’s also a deli counter with sandwiches, salads and an excellent breakfast sandwich on a jalapeno cheese biscuit.

Kohi Coffee Company, Provincetown

There have always been spots for coffee in Provincetown, but there’s never been a coffee shop like Kohi.

This small space with a backdoor view to the Provincetown Harbor opened in 2014, offering pour-overs, espresso drinks and cold brew made with beans from Portland, Maine’s Tandem Coffee Roasters.

The vibe here is more Brooklyn than beach, with particular attention paid to the various flavors of the beans they use and carefully concocted coffee drinks that are never rushed.

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James DeRosier, who co-owns the business with Ryan Campbell, says that their “methods are a bit more exacting in nature,” a testament to the quality of coffee they bring to Provincetown.

This past May, they opened a new restaurant called Spindler’s at the Waterford Inn in the East End of Provincetown. The restaurant, which brought on chef Barbara Lynch as a consultant, offers New American cuisine cooked with French-influenced technique.

BL, Wellfleet

BL, now in its second season of operation, was started by health food fanatic Alix Tillett, who fell in love with the concept of the acai bowl while spending time in Hawaii.

This tiny shop on the grounds of the Wagner at Duck Creek hotel offers a variety of both sweet and savory acai bowls, adding fresh berries, banana, peanut butter and beets to bowls based on the little Amazon berry.

If you’re in a rush, this is a good time to slow it down, as the menu advises that “bowls are made with love — be patient.”

Good — and healthy — things come to those who wait at BL.

Source: http://allofbeer.com/2017/06/29/cape-cod-awash-with-new-flavors-restaurants/

from All of Beer https://allofbeer.wordpress.com/2017/06/29/cape-cod-awash-with-new-flavors-restaurants/

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Cape Cod awash with new flavors, restaurants

Cape Cod, Massachusetts (CNN)Part of the appeal of the Outer Cape has always been the rustic charm of the fried seafood restaurants, taffy shops, souvenir stores and ice cream parlors dotting the main artery, Route 6.

But new food and drink choices have appeared over the past few years in Cape Cod — particularly in the towns of Wellfleet, Truro and Provincetown — adding modern and innovative flavors to the culinary landscape.

Small-batch chocolate, specialty coffee shops — even a craft spirit distiller — have taken hold in the area that has long lured vacationers with Atlantic beaches along the seashore and calmer stretches of sand on the opposite side facing Cape Cod Bay.

The character of Cape Cod has not fundamentally changed, although some longtime residents are wary of what they consider the gentrification of their community.

But visitors to the area, which includes Cape Cod National Seashore, can now enjoy a range of new options that complement the traditional seaside identity of this bucolic summer vacation destination.

100 years, 100 national park experiences

South Hollow Spirits, North Truro

Truro Vineyards of Cape Cod has been around since 1991, but its sister business, South Hollow Spirits, the first legal distillery on Cape Cod since Prohibition, didn’t get up and running until 2013.

This Provincetown tavern was opened by Culinary Institute of the America graduate Fred Latasa-Nicks in May in the 1850 home of the whaler Captain John Cook.

Latasa-Nicks is a former New Yorker who made the move to Provincetown so he could devote himself to this Mediterranean-influenced tavern where weathered-wood floors, eye-catching copper and brass fixtures and a collection of artfully arranged maritime art and memorabilia evoke the spirit of Cape Cod.

He says the restaurant tries to keep the traditional flavor of the Cape, while still offering a modern menu.

Menu offerings at Strangers & Saints have included boar salami, stone hearth roasted oysters, cod, grilled skirt steak and hearth-cooked pizzas, all of which can be washed down with a rotating, seasonal menu of beer, wine and cocktails.

The Canteen and Happy Camper, Provincetown

Rob Anderson made the jump from editorial writer for the Boston Globe to restaurant owner when he opened the Canteen in 2013 and its next-door sister bakery Happy Camper in 2015, on Provincetown’s busy Commercial Street.

His mission was to bring a fast, casual, affordable restaurant to Provincetown that stays rooted in the traditions of this quirky town at the very edge of the Cape.

Classic offerings like shucked oysters, raw oysters and chowder can be found, as well as more contemporary selections like cod banh-mi, crispy Brussels sprouts in fish sauce and a PB&J like you’ve never had — grilled with peanut brittle and fresh strawberries.

The indoor tables get crowded quickly, but there’s ample seating on the pleasant backyard patio overlooking the harbor.

Chequessett Chocolate, North Truro

Chequessett Chocolate is a true small-batch, bean-to-bar chocolatier, the only one of its kind on the Outer Cape.

Josiah Mayo, a former commercial fisherman whose family has called Provincetown home for hundreds of years, and his wife Katherine Reed, a transplant from Portland, Oregon, are the founders and operators of the business.

They travel to countries like Costa Rica to source cacao beans, which they process — from roasting to tempering — in-house and turn into dark chocolate bars and confections like passion fruit-filled squares, peanut butter cups and caramel cashew turtles.

Excellent George Howell coffee, healthy smoothies and tasty pastries are served alongside the chocolate headliners in the shop.

Joeys Food Trucks, Truro and Wellfleet

The food truck movement is now officially a part of the fabric of Outer Cape dining.

Sunbird was the first on the scene, with a stationary food truck that opened a few years back along Route 6 in Wellfleet.

Joey Rugo, a young man who started out working at restaurants in Provincetown, was inspired by Sunbird’s success. He expanded upon the concept and now operates a fleet of four trucks of his own in Wellfleet and Truro.

Joeys mobile Kanguru taco and burrito truck, offering options like jerk chicken burritos and seared cod tacos, can be found at the Truro Farmers’ Market every Monday morning and at Head of the Meadow Beach in the afternoons.

There’s another Kanguru truck in the Chequessett parking lot, and a coffee and ice cream truck along with yet another Kanguru truck at the Fleet, a small collection of food trucks located off of Route 6 in Wellfleet.

Ceraldi, Wellfleet

Fine dining isn’t the norm on the Outer Cape, with a culinary scene more focused on clam strip rolls and fried fish than the farm-to-table philosophy.

But Ceraldi, which opened in 2014 after operating as a pop-up in Provincetown for about a year, is focused on exactly that.

Chef Michael Ceraldi puts together a prix-fixe, seven-course meal that changes nightly, telling what he calls “the story of the Cape” using ingredients from local suppliers like Truro’s Hillside Farm, fresh catch and even foraged ingredients such as blueberries and mushrooms.

Ceraldi is proud of the restaurant’s relationship with the Outer Cape community, which not only ensures fresh ingredients, but also helps to support local farmers by buying directly from them.

The restaurant is charmingly rustic with seating at tables and a long wooden bar. And before the meal, the chef himself comes out to give a rundown of what’s on offer each night and where it all came from.

Captain’s Choice, North Truro

“Downtown” North Truro, such as it is, only has a few businesses to speak of.

One of the newest is Captain’s Choice, an elevated seafood shack run by Chris King, a fifth-generation fisherman and Provincetown native, and the owner of Cape Tip Seafood.

After a rocky opening season in 2015, King realized he needed to improve the food and service. So he brought in Bob and Kristi Wageman, formerly partners at Wellfleet’s Pearl restaurant, to manage Captain’s Choice, and the reviews have been glowing.

Now the restaurant is open from breakfast through dinner, serving delicious, fresh seafood from fried cod cheeks to sashimi tacos, along with an extensive beer and wine list.

King points to his ability to source the freshest seafood from his retail and wholesale business as the key to the restaurant’s success.

The atmosphere is relaxed, with patio seating and a grassy lawn for children to run around.

Finally, North Truro has a fast casual seafood restaurant that seems like it will be around for the long run.

Salty Market, North Truro

Salty Market is located in the building that used to house Dutra’s, a market that served the locals of Truro for about a century before closing in 2013.

Ellery Althouse, son of the quirky local artist Susan Baker, and his wife Claire Adams purchased the building and opened Salty Market, which Althouse sees as returning to North Truro “a place that locals and tourists alike can go, [with] a great deli, a well stocked and interesting market and a liquor store that emphasizes local products.”

The market sells a variety of brand name and craft products, including bread from PB Boulangerie in Wellfleet, and spirits from several Massachusetts distillers such as Bully Boy and South Hollow Spirits.

There’s also a deli counter with sandwiches, salads and an excellent breakfast sandwich on a jalapeno cheese biscuit.

Kohi Coffee Company, Provincetown

There have always been spots for coffee in Provincetown, but there’s never been a coffee shop like Kohi.

This small space with a backdoor view to the Provincetown Harbor opened in 2014, offering pour-overs, espresso drinks and cold brew made with beans from Portland, Maine’s Tandem Coffee Roasters.

The vibe here is more Brooklyn than beach, with particular attention paid to the various flavors of the beans they use and carefully concocted coffee drinks that are never rushed.

7 waterfront towns worth a closer look

James DeRosier, who co-owns the business with Ryan Campbell, says that their “methods are a bit more exacting in nature,” a testament to the quality of coffee they bring to Provincetown.

This past May, they opened a new restaurant called Spindler’s at the Waterford Inn in the East End of Provincetown. The restaurant, which brought on chef Barbara Lynch as a consultant, offers New American cuisine cooked with French-influenced technique.

BL, Wellfleet

BL, now in its second season of operation, was started by health food fanatic Alix Tillett, who fell in love with the concept of the acai bowl while spending time in Hawaii.

This tiny shop on the grounds of the Wagner at Duck Creek hotel offers a variety of both sweet and savory acai bowls, adding fresh berries, banana, peanut butter and beets to bowls based on the little Amazon berry.

If you’re in a rush, this is a good time to slow it down, as the menu advises that “bowls are made with love — be patient.”

Good — and healthy — things come to those who wait at BL.

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Seaside Hotel (2013 - present, Danish, PBS Passport) - follows the personal lives of a series of guests at the same summer resort as they visit each summer. Currently I'm on Season 6, which takes place in 1938. The show's gotten to be a nice balance of world issues and personal problems as it's gone on.

All Creatures Great and Small (2020 - present, PBS) - reboot series based on novels by Alf Wight and 1970s miniseries. Comfort TV at its finest.

Into the Darkness (2021, Danish, hoopla) - One family deals with the clouds of war gathering in their own country in the late 30s.

De Gaulle (2021, French, hoopla) - Biopic of the famous French general following his rise to leader of the French government in exile. I can't say if it's accurate or not but it was certainly interesting to think about.

Lupin (2020 - 2021, French, Netflix) - Man pursues justice as a vigilante in the stamp of his favorite fictional character to bring the man who killed his father to justice. Great writing and some really excellent editing and storytelling.

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Cape Cod awash with new flavors, restaurants

Cape Cod, Massachusetts (CNN)Part of the appeal of the Outer Cape has always been the rustic charm of the fried seafood restaurants, taffy shops, souvenir stores and ice cream parlors dotting the main artery, Route 6.

But new food and drink choices have appeared over the past few years in Cape Cod — particularly in the towns of Wellfleet, Truro and Provincetown — adding modern and innovative flavors to the culinary landscape.

Small-batch chocolate, specialty coffee shops — even a craft spirit distiller — have taken hold in the area that has long lured vacationers with Atlantic beaches along the seashore and calmer stretches of sand on the opposite side facing Cape Cod Bay.

The character of Cape Cod has not fundamentally changed, although some longtime residents are wary of what they consider the gentrification of their community.

But visitors to the area, which includes Cape Cod National Seashore, can now enjoy a range of new options that complement the traditional seaside identity of this bucolic summer vacation destination.

100 years, 100 national park experiences

South Hollow Spirits, North Truro

Truro Vineyards of Cape Cod has been around since 1991, but its sister business, South Hollow Spirits, the first legal distillery on Cape Cod since Prohibition, didn’t get up and running until 2013.

This Provincetown tavern was opened by Culinary Institute of the America graduate Fred Latasa-Nicks in May in the 1850 home of the whaler Captain John Cook.

Latasa-Nicks is a former New Yorker who made the move to Provincetown so he could devote himself to this Mediterranean-influenced tavern where weathered-wood floors, eye-catching copper and brass fixtures and a collection of artfully arranged maritime art and memorabilia evoke the spirit of Cape Cod.

He says the restaurant tries to keep the traditional flavor of the Cape, while still offering a modern menu.

Menu offerings at Strangers & Saints have included boar salami, stone hearth roasted oysters, cod, grilled skirt steak and hearth-cooked pizzas, all of which can be washed down with a rotating, seasonal menu of beer, wine and cocktails.

The Canteen and Happy Camper, Provincetown

Rob Anderson made the jump from editorial writer for the Boston Globe to restaurant owner when he opened the Canteen in 2013 and its next-door sister bakery Happy Camper in 2015, on Provincetown’s busy Commercial Street.

His mission was to bring a fast, casual, affordable restaurant to Provincetown that stays rooted in the traditions of this quirky town at the very edge of the Cape.

Classic offerings like shucked oysters, raw oysters and chowder can be found, as well as more contemporary selections like cod banh-mi, crispy Brussels sprouts in fish sauce and a PB&J like you’ve never had — grilled with peanut brittle and fresh strawberries.

The indoor tables get crowded quickly, but there’s ample seating on the pleasant backyard patio overlooking the harbor.

Chequessett Chocolate, North Truro

Chequessett Chocolate is a true small-batch, bean-to-bar chocolatier, the only one of its kind on the Outer Cape.

Josiah Mayo, a former commercial fisherman whose family has called Provincetown home for hundreds of years, and his wife Katherine Reed, a transplant from Portland, Oregon, are the founders and operators of the business.

They travel to countries like Costa Rica to source cacao beans, which they process — from roasting to tempering — in-house and turn into dark chocolate bars and confections like passion fruit-filled squares, peanut butter cups and caramel cashew turtles.

Excellent George Howell coffee, healthy smoothies and tasty pastries are served alongside the chocolate headliners in the shop.

Joeys Food Trucks, Truro and Wellfleet

The food truck movement is now officially a part of the fabric of Outer Cape dining.

Sunbird was the first on the scene, with a stationary food truck that opened a few years back along Route 6 in Wellfleet.

Joey Rugo, a young man who started out working at restaurants in Provincetown, was inspired by Sunbird’s success. He expanded upon the concept and now operates a fleet of four trucks of his own in Wellfleet and Truro.

Joeys mobile Kanguru taco and burrito truck, offering options like jerk chicken burritos and seared cod tacos, can be found at the Truro Farmers’ Market every Monday morning and at Head of the Meadow Beach in the afternoons.

There’s another Kanguru truck in the Chequessett parking lot, and a coffee and ice cream truck along with yet another Kanguru truck at the Fleet, a small collection of food trucks located off of Route 6 in Wellfleet.

Ceraldi, Wellfleet

Fine dining isn’t the norm on the Outer Cape, with a culinary scene more focused on clam strip rolls and fried fish than the farm-to-table philosophy.

But Ceraldi, which opened in 2014 after operating as a pop-up in Provincetown for about a year, is focused on exactly that.

Chef Michael Ceraldi puts together a prix-fixe, seven-course meal that changes nightly, telling what he calls “the story of the Cape” using ingredients from local suppliers like Truro’s Hillside Farm, fresh catch and even foraged ingredients such as blueberries and mushrooms.

Ceraldi is proud of the restaurant’s relationship with the Outer Cape community, which not only ensures fresh ingredients, but also helps to support local farmers by buying directly from them.

The restaurant is charmingly rustic with seating at tables and a long wooden bar. And before the meal, the chef himself comes out to give a rundown of what’s on offer each night and where it all came from.

Captain’s Choice, North Truro

“Downtown” North Truro, such as it is, only has a few businesses to speak of.

One of the newest is Captain’s Choice, an elevated seafood shack run by Chris King, a fifth-generation fisherman and Provincetown native, and the owner of Cape Tip Seafood.

After a rocky opening season in 2015, King realized he needed to improve the food and service. So he brought in Bob and Kristi Wageman, formerly partners at Wellfleet’s Pearl restaurant, to manage Captain’s Choice, and the reviews have been glowing.

Now the restaurant is open from breakfast through dinner, serving delicious, fresh seafood from fried cod cheeks to sashimi tacos, along with an extensive beer and wine list.

King points to his ability to source the freshest seafood from his retail and wholesale business as the key to the restaurant’s success.

The atmosphere is relaxed, with patio seating and a grassy lawn for children to run around.

Finally, North Truro has a fast casual seafood restaurant that seems like it will be around for the long run.

Salty Market, North Truro

Salty Market is located in the building that used to house Dutra’s, a market that served the locals of Truro for about a century before closing in 2013.

Ellery Althouse, son of the quirky local artist Susan Baker, and his wife Claire Adams purchased the building and opened Salty Market, which Althouse sees as returning to North Truro “a place that locals and tourists alike can go, [with] a great deli, a well stocked and interesting market and a liquor store that emphasizes local products.”

The market sells a variety of brand name and craft products, including bread from PB Boulangerie in Wellfleet, and spirits from several Massachusetts distillers such as Bully Boy and South Hollow Spirits.

There’s also a deli counter with sandwiches, salads and an excellent breakfast sandwich on a jalapeno cheese biscuit.

Kohi Coffee Company, Provincetown

There have always been spots for coffee in Provincetown, but there’s never been a coffee shop like Kohi.

This small space with a backdoor view to the Provincetown Harbor opened in 2014, offering pour-overs, espresso drinks and cold brew made with beans from Portland, Maine’s Tandem Coffee Roasters.

The vibe here is more Brooklyn than beach, with particular attention paid to the various flavors of the beans they use and carefully concocted coffee drinks that are never rushed.

7 waterfront towns worth a closer look

James DeRosier, who co-owns the business with Ryan Campbell, says that their “methods are a bit more exacting in nature,” a testament to the quality of coffee they bring to Provincetown.

This past May, they opened a new restaurant called Spindler’s at the Waterford Inn in the East End of Provincetown. The restaurant, which brought on chef Barbara Lynch as a consultant, offers New American cuisine cooked with French-influenced technique.

BL, Wellfleet

BL, now in its second season of operation, was started by health food fanatic Alix Tillett, who fell in love with the concept of the acai bowl while spending time in Hawaii.

This tiny shop on the grounds of the Wagner at Duck Creek hotel offers a variety of both sweet and savory acai bowls, adding fresh berries, banana, peanut butter and beets to bowls based on the little Amazon berry.

If you’re in a rush, this is a good time to slow it down, as the menu advises that “bowls are made with love — be patient.”

Good — and healthy — things come to those who wait at BL.

from All Of Beer http://allofbeer.com/2017/06/29/cape-cod-awash-with-new-flavors-restaurants/ from All of Beer https://allofbeercom.tumblr.com/post/162377240287

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Cape Cod awash with new flavors, restaurants

Cape Cod, Massachusetts (CNN)Part of the appeal of the Outer Cape has always been the rustic charm of the fried seafood restaurants, taffy shops, souvenir stores and ice cream parlors dotting the main artery, Route 6.

But new food and drink choices have appeared over the past few years in Cape Cod — particularly in the towns of Wellfleet, Truro and Provincetown — adding modern and innovative flavors to the culinary landscape.

Small-batch chocolate, specialty coffee shops — even a craft spirit distiller — have taken hold in the area that has long lured vacationers with Atlantic beaches along the seashore and calmer stretches of sand on the opposite side facing Cape Cod Bay.

The character of Cape Cod has not fundamentally changed, although some longtime residents are wary of what they consider the gentrification of their community.

But visitors to the area, which includes Cape Cod National Seashore, can now enjoy a range of new options that complement the traditional seaside identity of this bucolic summer vacation destination.

100 years, 100 national park experiences

South Hollow Spirits, North Truro

Truro Vineyards of Cape Cod has been around since 1991, but its sister business, South Hollow Spirits, the first legal distillery on Cape Cod since Prohibition, didn’t get up and running until 2013.

This Provincetown tavern was opened by Culinary Institute of the America graduate Fred Latasa-Nicks in May in the 1850 home of the whaler Captain John Cook.

Latasa-Nicks is a former New Yorker who made the move to Provincetown so he could devote himself to this Mediterranean-influenced tavern where weathered-wood floors, eye-catching copper and brass fixtures and a collection of artfully arranged maritime art and memorabilia evoke the spirit of Cape Cod.

He says the restaurant tries to keep the traditional flavor of the Cape, while still offering a modern menu.

Menu offerings at Strangers & Saints have included boar salami, stone hearth roasted oysters, cod, grilled skirt steak and hearth-cooked pizzas, all of which can be washed down with a rotating, seasonal menu of beer, wine and cocktails.

The Canteen and Happy Camper, Provincetown

Rob Anderson made the jump from editorial writer for the Boston Globe to restaurant owner when he opened the Canteen in 2013 and its next-door sister bakery Happy Camper in 2015, on Provincetown’s busy Commercial Street.

His mission was to bring a fast, casual, affordable restaurant to Provincetown that stays rooted in the traditions of this quirky town at the very edge of the Cape.

Classic offerings like shucked oysters, raw oysters and chowder can be found, as well as more contemporary selections like cod banh-mi, crispy Brussels sprouts in fish sauce and a PB&J like you’ve never had — grilled with peanut brittle and fresh strawberries.

The indoor tables get crowded quickly, but there’s ample seating on the pleasant backyard patio overlooking the harbor.

Chequessett Chocolate, North Truro

Chequessett Chocolate is a true small-batch, bean-to-bar chocolatier, the only one of its kind on the Outer Cape.

Josiah Mayo, a former commercial fisherman whose family has called Provincetown home for hundreds of years, and his wife Katherine Reed, a transplant from Portland, Oregon, are the founders and operators of the business.

They travel to countries like Costa Rica to source cacao beans, which they process — from roasting to tempering — in-house and turn into dark chocolate bars and confections like passion fruit-filled squares, peanut butter cups and caramel cashew turtles.

Excellent George Howell coffee, healthy smoothies and tasty pastries are served alongside the chocolate headliners in the shop.

Joeys Food Trucks, Truro and Wellfleet

The food truck movement is now officially a part of the fabric of Outer Cape dining.

Sunbird was the first on the scene, with a stationary food truck that opened a few years back along Route 6 in Wellfleet.

Joey Rugo, a young man who started out working at restaurants in Provincetown, was inspired by Sunbird’s success. He expanded upon the concept and now operates a fleet of four trucks of his own in Wellfleet and Truro.

Joeys mobile Kanguru taco and burrito truck, offering options like jerk chicken burritos and seared cod tacos, can be found at the Truro Farmers’ Market every Monday morning and at Head of the Meadow Beach in the afternoons.

There’s another Kanguru truck in the Chequessett parking lot, and a coffee and ice cream truck along with yet another Kanguru truck at the Fleet, a small collection of food trucks located off of Route 6 in Wellfleet.

Ceraldi, Wellfleet

Fine dining isn’t the norm on the Outer Cape, with a culinary scene more focused on clam strip rolls and fried fish than the farm-to-table philosophy.

But Ceraldi, which opened in 2014 after operating as a pop-up in Provincetown for about a year, is focused on exactly that.

Chef Michael Ceraldi puts together a prix-fixe, seven-course meal that changes nightly, telling what he calls “the story of the Cape” using ingredients from local suppliers like Truro’s Hillside Farm, fresh catch and even foraged ingredients such as blueberries and mushrooms.

Ceraldi is proud of the restaurant’s relationship with the Outer Cape community, which not only ensures fresh ingredients, but also helps to support local farmers by buying directly from them.

The restaurant is charmingly rustic with seating at tables and a long wooden bar. And before the meal, the chef himself comes out to give a rundown of what’s on offer each night and where it all came from.

Captain’s Choice, North Truro

“Downtown” North Truro, such as it is, only has a few businesses to speak of.

One of the newest is Captain’s Choice, an elevated seafood shack run by Chris King, a fifth-generation fisherman and Provincetown native, and the owner of Cape Tip Seafood.

After a rocky opening season in 2015, King realized he needed to improve the food and service. So he brought in Bob and Kristi Wageman, formerly partners at Wellfleet’s Pearl restaurant, to manage Captain’s Choice, and the reviews have been glowing.

Now the restaurant is open from breakfast through dinner, serving delicious, fresh seafood from fried cod cheeks to sashimi tacos, along with an extensive beer and wine list.

King points to his ability to source the freshest seafood from his retail and wholesale business as the key to the restaurant’s success.

The atmosphere is relaxed, with patio seating and a grassy lawn for children to run around.

Finally, North Truro has a fast casual seafood restaurant that seems like it will be around for the long run.

Salty Market, North Truro

Salty Market is located in the building that used to house Dutra’s, a market that served the locals of Truro for about a century before closing in 2013.

Ellery Althouse, son of the quirky local artist Susan Baker, and his wife Claire Adams purchased the building and opened Salty Market, which Althouse sees as returning to North Truro “a place that locals and tourists alike can go, [with] a great deli, a well stocked and interesting market and a liquor store that emphasizes local products.”

The market sells a variety of brand name and craft products, including bread from PB Boulangerie in Wellfleet, and spirits from several Massachusetts distillers such as Bully Boy and South Hollow Spirits.

There’s also a deli counter with sandwiches, salads and an excellent breakfast sandwich on a jalapeno cheese biscuit.

Kohi Coffee Company, Provincetown

There have always been spots for coffee in Provincetown, but there’s never been a coffee shop like Kohi.

This small space with a backdoor view to the Provincetown Harbor opened in 2014, offering pour-overs, espresso drinks and cold brew made with beans from Portland, Maine’s Tandem Coffee Roasters.

The vibe here is more Brooklyn than beach, with particular attention paid to the various flavors of the beans they use and carefully concocted coffee drinks that are never rushed.

7 waterfront towns worth a closer look

James DeRosier, who co-owns the business with Ryan Campbell, says that their “methods are a bit more exacting in nature,” a testament to the quality of coffee they bring to Provincetown.

This past May, they opened a new restaurant called Spindler’s at the Waterford Inn in the East End of Provincetown. The restaurant, which brought on chef Barbara Lynch as a consultant, offers New American cuisine cooked with French-influenced technique.

BL, Wellfleet

BL, now in its second season of operation, was started by health food fanatic Alix Tillett, who fell in love with the concept of the acai bowl while spending time in Hawaii.

This tiny shop on the grounds of the Wagner at Duck Creek hotel offers a variety of both sweet and savory acai bowls, adding fresh berries, banana, peanut butter and beets to bowls based on the little Amazon berry.

If you’re in a rush, this is a good time to slow it down, as the menu advises that “bowls are made with love — be patient.”

Good — and healthy — things come to those who wait at BL.

from All Of Beer http://allofbeer.com/2017/06/29/cape-cod-awash-with-new-flavors-restaurants/

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AMANDA: It’s the funniest story. UWE: It is! AMANDA: You see, he was in the German army during the war. UWE: I was in charge of the garrison occupying Skagen! AMANDA: And I was trying to keep my guests safe from the occupation of Skagen! UWE: So one day I came by to try to force one of her guests to support the occupation … AMANDA: And I told him no … UWE: And I saw her and I was obsessed. AMANDA: He was! UWE: I was! AMANDA: He came by all the time, bullying, blackmailing, threatening … UWE: But you never gave in! AMANDA: I never gave in. UWE: Finally, I just tried to kiss her! AMANDA: And I slapped him! UWE: And I tried to take over the hotel! AMANDA: Until your colonel blackmailed my father into working for the occupation and you had to give it back! UWE: It’s true! Did I have a two on my back! BOTH: [LAUGHTER] AMANDA: And that’s how we met. FRIDA: I’m becoming a Communist.

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