abbicci
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43 Main Street, Route 6A
Yarmouthport
508-362-3501
www.abbicci.com
Open year-round, serving lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch
$$$-$$$$ Specializing in Mediterranean cuisine with a Bistro bar and extensive Tapas
menu. abbicci boasts an upscale contempor-
ary decor in an antique Captain’s house.
Utilizing fresh, local and organic produce such as eggs, asparagus and micro greens in their food preparation. Featured dishes include Duck 2 ways, with Pinot Noir date reduction and a stir fry confit. Unique, estate-bottled wine selections with emphasis on Italian varietals and the largest selection of wines
by the glass.

Alberto’s Ristorante
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360 Main Street, Hyannis
508-778-1770
www.albertos.net
Open year-round, serving lunch and dinner
$$$ Alberto’s is known for its Northern Italian cuisine and homemade pasta. Menu
includes seafood specialties, Veal Milanese and Parpadelle pasta in a sautéed wild mushroom sauce garnished with goat chese and fresh herbs. The lounge is a great setting for a before-dinner cocktail or after-dinner espresso. Intimate fireside dining rooms provide a casually elegant experience. A jazz pianist is featured on Friday and Saturday nights.

Ardeo
23 Whites Path, South Yarmouth
508-760-1500
644 Main Street, Hyannis
508-790-1115
www.ardeocapecod.com
Open year-round, serving lunch and dinner
$$ Expansive Mediterranean menu includes Middle Eastern specialties such as kabobs, falafel, hummus and stuffed grape leaves, plus Italian favorites such as wood-fired pizza, panninis and pasta. Salads, appetizers and plenty of seafood, veal, pork and steak entrées. Lively, family-friendly setting with on-site bakery.

The Barnstable Restaurant and Tavern
3176 Main Street, Route 6A, Barnstable
508-362-2355
www.barnstablerestaurant.com
Open year-round, serving lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch
$$-$$$ Quaint colonial tavern in the heart of the village with an extensive menu offering items in every price category. New England classics include chowder and fried seafood, as well as half-pound burgers and many sandwiches, grilled steaks, lamb, duck and chicken entrées. A raw bar selection and a list of
fifteen-plus Italian pasta dishes are offered.

Barolo
297 North Street, Financial Place, Hyannis
508-778-2878
www.barolocapecod.com
Open year-round, serving dinner
$$-$$$$ Upscale fine dining in a romantic, candlelit setting. Northern Italian specialties include Fillet Barolo, a Black Angus tenderloin of beef in Barolo wine sauce with wild mushrooms, and sautéed shrimp over spicy broccoli rapini. House-made pasta dishes incorporate native seafood, such as lobster and little-neck clams. Veal, lamb and chicken entrées are also offered, plus house-made mozzarella, gnocchi and risotto.


Baxter’s Boathouse
177 Pleasant Street, Hyannis
508-775-4490
www.baxterscapecod.com
Open mid-April to Columbus Day, serving lunch and dinner.
$$-$$$ Baxter’s celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2007. Built over Hyannis Harbor, you can almost dip your toes in the water from the deck as you watch boaters arrive, tie up and take a table. They come for the cold beer, seafood bisque, fish and chips, fried clams, lobster rolls and local catch served grilled, blackened and broiled. Steamed lobsters and piano bar.

The Black Cat
165 Ocean Street, Hyannis
Open daily April through October, serving lunch and dinner
508-778-1233
www.blackcattavern.com
$$-$$$ Across from the Ocean Street docks and overlooking Hyannis Harbor, the Black Cat offers a variety of dishes including local seafood and specials such as mahi-mahi, red snapper, black grouper and wahoo. All beef is certified Black Angus and weekend specials include bone-in prime rib and porterhouse steaks. Persian rugs, antique marine and nautical artifacts, and Filipino mahogany paneling grace the dining room and lively bar. Outdoor patio seating overlooking the harbor in season.

Blue Moon Bistro
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605 Route 6A, Dennis Village
508-385-7100
www.bluemoonbistro.net
Open year-round, serving dinner
$$$ Chef-owner Peter Hyde offers contemporary dining in this intimate spot where paintings by Cape artists are displayed. Local ingredients are used in entrées such as broiled haddock with olive tapenade and truffle oil, braised chicken breast with smoked bacon and garlic mashed potatoes, and roasted vegetable and goat cheese Napoleon. Live jazz; call for schedule.

Bobby Byrne’s Restaurant & Pub
Route 28 and Bearses Way, Hyannis
508-775-1425
(See listing under Upper Cape.)

Brazilian Grill
680 Main Street, Hyannis
508-771-0109
Open daily year-round, serving lunch and
dinner
$$ The mid-Cape’s growing Brazilian population, along with visitors in the know, come here for mounds of grilled meat served from sword-like skewers by circulating waiters. The all-you-can-eat buffet of side dishes doubly ensures that no diner leaves hungry.

The British Beer Company
412 Main Street, Hyannis
508-771-1776
www.britishbeer.com
Open year-round, serving lunch and dinner
$-$$ Charming, artful interiors that evoke the feel of a real English pub, with many beers from the United Kingdom on tap. The eclectic menu has appetizers such as potato skins, quesadillas and crab cakes. (See full listing
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Captain Frosty's Fish & Chips
219 Rte. 6A
Dennis, Ma. 02638
508 385-8548
www.captainfrosty.com
Open for lunch and dinner mid-April to mid-October
$-$$ This 50's era dairy bar and restaurant has been serving award-winning seafood since 1976. Named "Best Clam Shack, Cape Cod" by Boston Magazine and its "meaty lobster rolls" praised by the Boston Globe and highly rated by Zagat. Specialties include "Chatham day-boat cod" fish & chips, grilled scallop caesars, grilled salmon sandwiches, clam cakes, and hand-cut onion rings - with all frying done in canola oil. Kid's menu. Casual dining room, brick patios, or take-out.

Captain Parker’s Pub
668 Route 28, West Yarmouth
508-771-4266
www.captainparkers.com
Open year-round, serving lunch and dinner
$$-$$$ The chowder here won top honors in ’06 at the Boston Harborfest and the Newport Chowder Cook-Off. Casual and convivial, this pub offers classic shellfish appetizers such as clams casino and Oysters Rockefeller. Hearty char-grilled burgers, pitas and roll-ups, and fried seafood rolls are available from the sandwich menu. Entrées include many chicken and beef options, plus fresh fish – baked, stuffed and broiled.


Center Stage Café
36 Hope Lane, Dennis
508-385-7737
www.centerstagedennis.com
Open April through December, serving
dinner
$-$$$$ A casually elegant bistro, home to the Backstage Pub, on the grounds of The Cape Playhouse, Cape Cod Museum of Art and Cape Cinema. The varied menu offers continental cuisine with new world and international flavors. Local shellfish, sushi, award-winning clam chowder, salads and hand-thrown pizzas are featured. Entrées include hand-cut steaks, bouillabaise, pastrami-cured duck breast, lobster ravioli, angus burgers and pannini sandwiches.

Clancy’s Restaurant
8 Upper County Road, Dennisport
508-394-6661
www.clancysrestaurant.com
Open year-round, serving lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch
Clancy’s Fish ’n Chips and Beach Bar
228 Lower County Road, Dennisport
508-394-6900
Open mid-May to Labor Day, serving lunch and dinner
$$ The main restaurant is a favorite family dining spot nestled on the banks of the Swan River. Steaks, surf and turf, and loads of seafood items – baked, broiled and fried – are offered. Extensive pasta and sandwich menu is available all day, too. Crab Benny is a brunch specialty – poached eggs over crabmeat with Hollandaise. Down the road, Clancy’s Fish ’n Chips and Beach Bar ($$) offers steaks, ribs and lots of fresh, fried seafood.

Chapin’s Restaurant
85 Taunton Avenue, Dennis
508-385-7000
www.chapinsrestaurant.com
Open year-round, serving lunch and dinner
$-$$$ Set in sand dunes and sea grass, Chapin’s is just steps from Chapin and Mayflower beaches. The outdoor raw bar is a big draw in season, but the Seafood Cioppino, a sauté of mixed seafood in a tomato-garlic-herb broth, is popular year-round, as are the fresh salads, char-grilled steaks and burgers, lobster pie, lobster quesadilla, Italian specialties and prime rib. “Beach casual” atmosphere.

Colonial House Inn & Restaurant
277 Main St. Route 6A, YarmouthPort
800-999-3416 / 508-362-4348
www.colonialhousecapecod.com
Open 7 days, year-round serving lunch,
dinner, and Sunday Brunch,
$-$$$ Traditional New England Cuisine With a Modern Twist. The menu is a la carte and offers a wide selection of entrees prepared to order. Cape Cod’s fresh seafood forms the basis of our salt air selections, in addition to our beef, poultry and veal dinners. Our menu is also complimented by innovative nightly specials, chosen by our Chef. We feature an extensive wine cellar, and for your added pleasure, A lounge with full bar where you can enjoy a cocktail and conversation in front of an inviting fireplace.

Compass Rose Summer Shanty
140 Main Street
West Dennis
508-394-0400
www.deessummershack.com
Open May to October, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner
$$-$$$ Located at Bass River Marina, Compass Rose Summer Shack is the Cape’s newest waterfront bar and restaurant. This casual eatery features littlenecks and oysters, Don’s crazy lobster rolls, giant stuffed clams, Grilled Sharkbites (marinated and grilled mako shark), grilled Jamaican jerk chicken wings, award-winning clam chowder, burgers and Marathon Key Lime Pie. Live piano music Thursday through Sunday afternoons and evenings, and local guitarists outside on the deck, Friday through Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m

The Dolphin
3250 Main Street, Barnstable
508-362-6610
www.thedolphinrestaurant.com
Open year-round, serving lunch and dinner
$-$$$$ A lively restaurant and tavern in the heart of Barnstable Village that’s been popular with locals for 50 years. The house favorite is baked lobster stuffed with crabmeat and sea scallops, and the menu also offers burgers, steaks, chops, chicken and seafood. Most dishes come in classic preparations like veal marsala or steak au poivre, while some have Asian flavors, like the panko-crusted chicken breast with sweet chili glaze.

Eclectic Café
606 Main Street, Hyannis
508-771-7187
Open year-round, serving dinner
$$$-$$$$ A big draw here is the hidden courtyard, just off Hyannis’ main drag, where guests enjoy a convivial dining space under the stars. The menu is “eclectic” with creative approaches applied to basic comfort foods. Day-boat scallops are served with a wild-mushroom salad with bordelaise sauce. Pan-seared trout comes with Colcannon (creamy escalloped potatoes and cabbage). Braised short ribs, roasted duck and a top-shelf martini menu.

Fazio’s
294 Main Street, Hyannis
508-775-9400
www.fazio.net
Open year-round, serving dinner
$$-$$$ Sleek, bustling, downtown trattoria. Both the long cuts of linguini and tagliatelle, plus the filled pastas – ravioli and manicotti – are made from scratch on-site. The huge variety of pasta plates and pizza toppings includes lots of roasted veggies, fresh mozzarella, and seafood ingredient choices. Entrées include a classic repertoire of Italian
chicken and veal dishes, plus a nightly specials board.

Five Bays Bistro
825 Main Street, Osterville
508-420-5559
www.fivebaysbistro.com
Open year-round, serving dinner
$$$$ Urbane, gallery-like ambience with a sophisticated cocktail bar. Chef Tim Souza brings international flavors to classic continental preparation. Pork Porterhouse, filet mignon and fresh seafood entrées have Asian and Mediterranean seasonings. Tuna sashimi, pommes frites and risotto are done with creative flair. Use of seasonal ingredients is emphasized, and there is an extensive wine list.


Fresh Ketch
462 Main St., Hyannis
508-771-8585
www.fresh-ketch.com
Open April to October, serving lunch and dinner
$$ Fresh Ketch offers Seafood 'N Steaks, the best of both worlds. Serving American eclectic cuisine in a clean, light, nautical environment. Our full lounge offers sports on LCD tv's and Karaoke, with Liz Soloman and Ken Wade from WRZE, every Friday and Saturday night from 9 pm. With 4 dining rooms, there is always room for a function of up to 200 people.

Gina’s-by-the-Sea
134 Taunton Avenue, Dennis
508-385-3213
www.ginasbythesea.com
Open April to late November, serving dinner
$$-$$$ First established in 1938, this knotty pine-paneled restaurant, nestled in the dunes near Chapin Beach, is rich with old-Cape Cod nostalgia and romance. The fare is Italian-American, with emphasis on pastas and fresh, local seafood. Scampi a là Gina’s – garlicky jumbo shrimp over linguine – and native mussels marinara are customer favorites. Chicken, veal and steak are also served.

Gracie’s Table
800 Main Street, Route 6A, Dennis
508-385-5600
Open year-round except February, serving dinner
$-$$$ Cuisine from the Basque regions of France and Spain. Twenty tapas plates are featured, including Potatoes of Importance and Lamb Meatballs. Also offering entrées such as pork confit (fork-tender braised pork) over creamy red cabbage and sour cherries, and organic chicken with sauce Basquaise, a purée of roasted peppers and classic Basque seasonings. Pillowed banquettes, candles and colorful, contemporary decor make for an elegantly cozy setting.

Grand Cru Wine Bar & Grill
1225 Iyannough Road, Hyannis
508-771-3000
www.grandcruwinebar.com
Open year-round, serving dinner
$$-$$$ A favorite dinner spot, the Grand Cru is known for its list of carefully selected fine wines by the bottle, glass or taste, and it also boasts one of the best martini lists on the Cape. Menu features creative appetizers, salads and entrées in a warm, Mediterranean-style atmosphere. Live jazz every Friday and Saturday night.

Hannah's Fusion Bar and Bistro
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615 Main Street, Hyannis
508-778-5565
www.hannahsbistro.com
Open year-round, serving dinner
$$-$$$ Hannah’s is an upscale, city bistro featuring fusion cooking with Asian and classical world influences. Specialties include “no-rules” fusion-style sushi, homemade pasta of the day, original sauces, soups and dressings, all-chocolate desserts, and the house’s signature flavored sake martinis. The bar is open until 1 a.m.

Inaho
157 Main Street, Route 6A, Yarmouthport
508-362-5522
Open year-round, serving dinner
$$-$$$ Step inside this antique captain’s house to find authentic Japanese atmosphere and decor. Sushi and sashimi specialties of every stripe are assembled at the lively sushi bar. Salmon and beef teriyaki plates, tempura, tofu and a dramatic house specialty of whole fried fish come from the kitchen. Sake list also offers Japanese beers and an international wine selection.

The Island Merchant
302 Main Street, Hyannis
508-771-1337
www.theislandmerchant.com
Open daily year-round from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.
$-$$ The Island Merchant Restaurant and Lounge offers comfortable island cuisine, entertainment and gallery shows. Cuisine, cocktails, décor and music meet to create a feeling of escape and relaxation. The menu offers freshly prepared dishes with flavors from the islands, such as West Indian Pumpkin Bisque, Cuban Sandwich and Island Salad, made with pork and mangos. Comfort foods include House Smoked BBQ Pork Sandwich and Homemade Macaroni and Cheese. Fresh desserts made daily. Be sure to try the fresh-squeezed rum punch!

Marshside Restaurant
28 Bridge Street, East Dennis
508-385-4010
Open year-round, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner
$-$$ This cozy, Cape-style house on the banks of Sesuit Creek serves up hot coffee, pancakes and omelets for breakfast, plus hearty lunches and dinners. Fish and chips are a customer favorite, as is the Marshside burger, topped with sour cream and sautéed mushrooms. Nightly specials include a broiled seafood platter, seafood stew, pasta primavera and prime steaks.

Misaki
379 Main Street, Hyannis
508-771-3771
www.misakisushi.com
Open year-round, serving lunch and dinner.
$-$$ A touch of Tokyo in Hyannis, chef Ota Torao’s intimate restaurant offers seating at the sushi bar, at tables or in private tatami rooms. All varieties of sushi – nigiri, sashimi, makimono – are available at surprisingly affordable prices. The cooked entrée menu is also extensive, offering meats cooked teriyaki and sukiyaki style, plus tempura, udon noodle and stir-fry dishes.

The Naked Oyster
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20 Independence Drive
Hyannis
508-778-6500
www.nakedoyster.com
Open year-round, serving lunch and dinner
$$$ The Naked Oyster Bistro and Raw Bar specializes in fresh seafood, quality meats and an extensive wine list. Visit for lunch, dinner, cocktails or the raw bar in the tastefully appointed dining room. The Chilled Seafood Tower, a popular appetizer, includes clams, oysters, shrimp, lobster tail and tuna sashimi.

Not Your Average Joe’s
793 Iyannough Road (Cape Cod Mall)
Hyannis
508-778-1424
www.notyouraveragejoes.com
Open year-round, serving lunch and dinner
$$ Now with fifteen locations, this Massachusetts-based chain offers creative yet comforting cuisine in a colorful, contemporary atmosphere. The menu offers many appetizers, entrée-sized salads, pizzas and burgers in addition to specialties such as mustard-crusted chicken breast, hearty meatloaf with garlic mashed potatoes, and chicken Oscar, topped with shellfish and veggies in a creamy sauce.

Ocean House
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Depot Street, Dennisport
508-394-0700
www.oceanhouserestaurant.com
Open March through December, serving
dinner
$$$ The Ocean House perches directly on Nantucket Sound bringing coastal dining to another level. Anthony Silvestri creates seasonal menus of contemporary fusion cuisine with local influences. The wine list is extensive, including 25 wines by the glass. Specialty martinis set the tone in the oceanfront lounge. Experience the coast, cocktails and cuisine in this stylish restaurant. Top Zagat Scores. Cape Cod View Martini Win-ner. Voted Best Waterview.


Old Yarmouth Inn
223 Route 6A, Yarmouthport
508-362-9962
www.oldyarmouthinn.com
Open year-round, serving lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch
$$$ The Old Yarmouth Inn, established in 1696, is the oldest inn on Cape Cod. It
offers unfussy food, thoughtfully and creatively prepared, at reasonable prices in a beautiful setting. Choose from one of three distinct dining rooms or the cozy, wide-
paneled tavern. The menu changes seasonally with an emphasis on local fresh ingredients.

Oliver’s
Route 6A at Bray Farm Road
Yarmouthport
508-362-6062
www.oliverscapecod.com
Open year-round, serving lunch and
dinner
$-$$$ A casual spot, popular with neighborhood locals, Oliver’s menu has something for everyone. The specialty is local seafood – broiled, seared and fried – including swordfish, sea scallops and lobster pie. Appetizers include coconut shrimp, oysters and clams. The fare ranges from Mexican and Italian dishes to wings, salads, sandwiches, burgers and char-broiled steaks. Many entrées are available in
lighter portions.

The Optimist Café
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134 Main Street
(Route 6A), Yarmouthport
508-362-1024
www.optimistcafe.com
Open daily year-round, serving breakfast, lunch and high tea
$-$$ Captain Howes’ historic gingerbread-trimmed house is a bright and cheerful place to start your day. Select from a
variety of breakfast entrées (try the heart-shaped Love Waffle or Eggs Benedict) or lighter fare. At lunchtime, enjoy a sandwich, homemade soup or salad. For an afternoon pick-me-up, transport yourself to merry old England during high tea and relax with a cup of flavorful tea or a Teatini (a nonalcoholic martini). Children’s menus are available throughout the day. Rooms are available for private parties.

The Oyster Company
202 Depot Street, Dennisport
508-398-4600
www.theoystercompany.com
Open mid-March to February, serving dinner
$$-$$$ New in 2005, this contemporary bistro is operated by the producers of local Quivet Neck oysters, award-winning for their sweet flavor. In addition to the raw bar, there is plenty of crisp, fried shellfish plus chicken piccata, crab cakes, pasta, steaks and nightly specials. Oyster with a Friend is the signature appetizer – raw oysters are topped with fried oysters coated in Cajun scampi butter. Occasional live jazz.

The Paddock
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20 Scudder Avenue
Hyannis
508-775-7677
www.paddockcapecod.com
Open April through mid-November, serving lunch and dinner
$$$ A contemporary menu combines with the traditional ambience of linen-covered, candle-lit tables adorned with freshly cut flowers. Fresh local seafood, farm-raised shellfish and prime cuts of meat serve as the foundation of the restaurant’s cuisine. The Paddock is a popular destination before and after shows at the nearby Cape Cod Melody Tent.

Palio Pizzeria
435 Main Street, Hyannis
508-771-7004
www.paliopizzeria.com
Open year round.
$-$$ New in 2005, this pizzeria specializes in made-from-scratch recipes using fresh ingredients, from the house meatballs to the hand-cut egg fettuccini. Pizzas, whole or by the slice, are thin-crusted and baked to crispy perfection in brick ovens, as are calzones, grinders and garlic breadsticks. Fresh salads and pastries, too. Palio’s wine-tasting dinners are
co-hosted by The Wine List wine in Hyannis.

The Red Pheasant
905 Route 6A, Dennis
1-800-480-2133
www.redpheasantinn.com
Open-year round, serving dinner
$$-$$$$ Elegant country dining in a 200-year-old renovated barn with a romantic martini and wine bar. The menu changes seasonally, offering classic dishes rooted in New England tradition with fresh, contemporary twists. Appetizers include country paté, Maryland lump crab cake and Tuscan tart. Organic produce served. Entrées include native day-boat fish, Roast Duckling with Cranberry and Port Sauce, and Roast Rack of Lamb Persillade. Sunday brunch selections include eggs benedict, brioche French toast and seafood crêpe. Atwood-family owned since 1977.

The Regatta of Cotuit
4631 Falmouth Road (Route 28), Cotuit
508-428-5715
www.regattaofcotuit.com
Open year-round, serving dinner
$$$-$$$$ One of the Cape’s most acclaimed dining venues, set in a 214-year-old mansion with a romantic, candle-lit
atmosphere. The Regatta’s “New American” cuisine has earned many accolades, as has the emphasis on attentive and professional service. Seafood, roasted and grilled meats and chops are elegantly presented with lavish side dishes. The three-course “early evening” menu is an outstanding value. An intimate bar menu is also available.

Roadhouse Café
488 South Street, Hyannis
508-775-2386
www.roadhousecafe.com
Open year-round, serving dinner
$$-$$$ The Roadhouse Café provides superior food, service and ambience. It has four dining rooms, a custom mahogany bar and a separate-entrance Backdoor Bistro with a piano bar. The menu offers native seafood, select beef, pasta dishes and Italian specialties. Some of the best live jazz on the East Coast can be heard here each Monday night year-round, plus piano bar on Friday and Saturday nights. Live music is featured nightly in the summer.

RöoBar
586 Main Street, Hyannis
508-778-6515
www.theRooBar.com
Open year-round, serving dinner
$$$ This RöoBar, a hotbed of Cape nightlife for the thirty-and-under crowd, offers an imaginative menu plus live entertainment at least five nights per week. The Seafood Caponata is a favorite entrée – a lobster, squid and shellfish stew with eggplant served over pappardelle pasta. The Asian-flavored lobster salad appetizer is served in a martini glass. Creative nightly specials are as popular as
the house menu.

Salty's
540 Main Street, Rt. 28
W. Yarmouth, MA 02673
508-790-4330
www.saltys-capecod.com
Open April to October, serving lunch and dinner
$$ Salty's is a taste of Key West on Cape Cod. When you walk in the front door, you enter a casual, comfortable family friendly environment. The bar is small and intimate, offering everything from Salty's Brew, for the beer drinker, to frozen Margaritas, alcohol free frozen drinks. Cozy nooks are available in the dining room for parties of up to 6. And the outdoor patio gives the feeling of being on a picnic while also permitting the smoker a smoke.

Sam Diego’s
950 Iyannough Road (Route 132), Hyannis
508-771-8816
www.samdiegos.com
Open year-round, serving lunch and dinner
$$ Friendly, casual dining. Mexican/Southwestern cuisine, BBQ and a children’s menu are featured. The luncheon menu on weekdays includes an all-you-can-eat taco bar. Patio dining. Take-out, functions, private parties. Restaurant open until midnight, lounge until
1 a.m.

Scargo Café
799 Main Street (Route 6A), Dennis
508-385-8200
www.scargocafe.com
Open year-round, serving lunch and dinner
$$$ A traditional, colonial-style restaurant with wood-paneled walls, open fires and a tavern room. The fare includes customer favorites such as roasted rack of New Zealand lamb, and seafood strudel – a seafood blend baked in pastry with Newburg sauce. Many more seafood entrées, steaks, chicken, surf and turf, and a special version of grapenut custard.

Spanky’s
138 Ocean Street, Hyannis
508-771-2770
www.spankysclamshack.com
Open mid-April to mid-November, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner
$$-$$$$ This lively, full-service restaurant is located on Hyannis Harbor. Spanky’s recalls a bit of old Cape Cod, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, both inside and outside on the waterfront patio. The menu features local seafood done every way, including a raw bar, steamers, fried fish, shellfish, swordfish, four lobster options, house-cut steaks and much more.


The Skipper
152 South Shore Drive, So. Yarmouth
508-394-7406
www.skipper-restaurant.com
Open April to October serving lunch and
dinner
$-$$ Come and experience Olde Cape Cod in one of it’s oldest waterfront restaurants. Whether you are here for a day, a week; or a lifetime... dressed to the nines or with sand in your sandals, the crew will always insure that your time spent with us is both pleasant and memorable. If it’s the Olde Cpe Cod you are looking for, your search has ended. A true sense of Olde Cape Cod, serving the finest seafood with the best view since 1936.

Tugboats
21 Arlington Street, Hyannis
508-775-6433
www.tugboatscapecod.com
Open mid-April to mid-October, serving lunch and dinner
$$-$$$ As nautical as it gets, Tugboats has two big decks and a bar overlooking busy Hyannis Harbor. It’s all about seafood here, including a raw bar, lobster rolls, the famed “beach bake” (a clambake for one), fried seafood platters and plenty of “munchies,” such as crab cakes, calamari and steamers. Salads, burgers and sandwiches served all day.

The Wianno Grille
380 Barnstable Road, Hyannis
508-778-5587
www.wiannogrille.com
Open year-round, serving lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch
$$-$$$ An elegant Cape Cod pub, the Wianno Grille strikes a delicate balance between fine and casual dining. A chic interior, cherry booths and marble bar tops are complemented by top-notch food selections, including all-natural Creekstone beef and local seafood favorites. Sandwiches, soups and salads too, plus fresh bread from Hyannis’s Pain d’Avignon bakery.

Wimpy’s Seafood Café and Market
752 Main Street, Osterville
508-428-6300
www.shoposterville.com/wimpy’s.htm
Open year-round, serving lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch.
$$-$$$ Wimpy’s has a cozy dining room plus a pub-style tavern. The menu is huge, with twenty appetizers including Oysters Rockefeller, lots of fried seafood and wings. Entrées include every type of fish the Cape has to
offer – stuffed, baked, grilled, poached, fried, – plus lobster, steaks, prime rib, chicken and pasta. Burgers and salads are served all day.

Yarmouth House
335 Route 28, West Yarmouth
www.yarmouthhouse.com
Open year-round, serving lunch and dinner
$$-$$$$ Run by the Kounadis family for more than twenty years, this popular destination offers a huge menu of house specialties including veal and poultry, and steaks of all kinds. The many lobster preparations include Lobster Thermidor and Lazy Man’s Lobster (sautéed in butter and ready to eat). Surf and turf combos include Filet Mignon à la Neptune, a char-broiled filet topped with lobster meat and Hollandaise sauce.