Cape Cod/Nantucket

Someone wrote:
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>We will be visiting the Cape & Nantucket early this summer
>and would appreciate any suggestions you might provide.
>Please omit the fried food havens as we will be traveling
>with a person with a heart condition who is restricted to
>healthier foods.
>We will be trying to see as much of the Cape as possible so
>include all choices regardless of the location.

I recommend Swan River Fish Market & Restaurant; Dennisport, MA (Cape Cod). Plenty of non-fried items on the menu. Their fish is always fresh and well- prepared.

Another good place is the Lobster Claw in Orleans. It's a little on the touristy side, but the fish is just great. Too bad you can't go to any of the fried food joints; I know several of them on the Cape that are excellent examples of that style.

Oops, almost forgot -- Marshview Restaurant in Dennis.

Send email if you want directions.

Bruce Smith
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Someone wrote:
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> We will be visiting the Cape & Nantucket early this summer
> and would appreciate any suggestions you might provide.

Sal's Restaurant in Provincetown is wonderful, but the new owner is an incredibly nasty man.  Sit on the deck overlooking the bay and enjoy a great meal (italian/seafood).  If you're lucky enough to be there Friday night, order the stuffed squid, which is out of this world.  Then send me the recipe (grin).  One word of warning: my parents ate there and sent back steaks ordered "very rare" because they were rubbery.  This owner came out on the deck and screamed at them for daring to question his cooking; really appalling behavior.  I've heard that Ciro and Sal's, also in Provincetown and started by an ex-chef at Sal's, has better food.  Unfortunately there's no view.

And finally a shameless advertisement, Captain Higgins on the Town Pier in Wellfleet has both the standard fried seafood but also (particularly on the weekends) very nice and interesting seafood specials; witness a grilled tuna sandwich on focaccia with a sweet pepper relish I had there last summer.  My aunt and uncle own the place, so take my word with a grain of salt... :->

Andy Perrin

Someone wrote:

   We will be visiting the Cape & Nantucket early this summer
   and would appreciate any suggestions you might provide.
   Please omit the fried food havens as we will be traveling
   with a person with a heart condition who is restricted to
   healthier foods.
   We will be trying to see as much of the Cape as possible so
   include all choices regardless of the location.

   Thanks!
   Chris

A good place for simple seafood is the Lobster Pool on Route 6 in Eastham.  They serve fish that's broiled, baked, deep-fried, or poached, and they do a simply splendid job of poaching.  They also do a great job on lobsters.  Atmosphere is very casual.  You won't get anything fancy here but it'll be very good.

Also on Route 6 in south Wellfleet, try Serena's.  It's Italian food, emphasis on seafood.  The fra diavolo dishes and the scampi are my personal favorites.  Again, the place is casual.

In Provincetown, try Napi's.  It's interesting and innovative cuisine.  I'm personally not too wild about the place ever since they served me something with nuts in it and told me that there weren't any in it (food allergy, y'know).  But a lotta people are wild about the place.

Also in P-town, the Lobster Pot on Commercial Street is always good and has consistent quality.  The wait for a table may take a while, though.  Favorites: the smoked seafood platter, the Portuguese kale soup, the soft-shell crabs, and the seafood skewers which I hope they have again this year.

My other P-town favorite is Ciro and Sal's, in an alley off Commercial Street.  It's Italian, it's crowded, it's noisy, and it's always good.