This family-owned and operated restaurant has three dining options: a romantic, candlelit cellar dining room, a cocktail bar/bistro (a favorite among locals and return visitors), and, during warmer months, an outdoor patio. Eclectic dishes include rare yellowfin tuna with wasabi aioli and soy ginger glaze, roasted Szechwan marinated quail, salmon fillet, black Angus beef and a Mediterranean Polenta Napoleon with grilled vegetables. The restaurant and bar are open year round. Lunch served in season. The proprietors also operate the upscale and innovative Pearl.

This cozy, high-energy, open-kitchen restaurant seats only 32 patrons. You can either sit by the grill and watch, as your meal is prepared or try to get a reservation for a table at this often packed restaurant. The best way to get a reservation is in person. The ethnically inspired, international dinner menu changes every two to three weeks, but Caesar salad, angel hair pasta and linguine with clams are always available. The breakfast menu includes eggs and omelets, pancakes and sourdough French toast with orange Jack Daniels butter and pecans. Outside dining is available. Please note that credit cards are not accepted.

The Brotherhood is a cozy bar/restaurant offering "Good food, good drink and good company," or so it says on the sign hanging outside. An extensive drink menu accompanies, or upstages, the pub grub menu, which features extra thick sandwiches, chowder, Brotherhood fries and hamburgers; super sized. Live entertainment, offered on the weekends in the off-season and daily in season, is one of the big draws. Another is the relaxed, festive atmosphere, worthy of the line that snakes down Broad Street in season.

The proprietors of Boarding House opened this restaurant, which features a creative seafood menu, an extensive wine and champagne list and the unique chef's garden tasting table where as many as eight guests may enjoy a private view into the state-of-the-art kitchen. Selections from the dinner menu include crab spring rolls with carrot wakame slaw and sweet and sour dipping sauce, a martini of yellowfin tuna, creme Fraiche, wasabi, tobiko and sesame, soft shell crabs and wild striped bass with local lobster & rouille. Call for reservations.

This casually elegant restaurant is located on Nantucket Harbor in the White Elephant. House specialties include native lobster and other locally caught seafood, prime aged beef, and gourmet chops. Lunch is served daily, and a light menu is available from noon-11pm. The restaurant has a full service bar. After dinner, take a walk to the nearby Brant Point Lighthouse and, on nice days, you can eat outside on the patio.

Nautical decor, steaming bowls of chowder and fresh local seafood-what more would you expect from a place with a name like Cap'n Tobey's? The chowder is good enough to be a meal in itself, or you can have a cup along with an entrée. House specialties include tender lobster and succulent Nantucket Bay scallops. There is also an extensive salad bar but no matter what you order for dinner, be sure to leave room for Indian pudding. This very popular establishment has a full service bar.

Dune (formerly Cioppino's) is a contemporary restaurant located on Nantucket. Much of the menu includes modern takes on classic dishes, such as yellow fin tuna with gazpacho or lobster salad with avocado and vinaigrette sauce. There is a small and festive bar area and patio dining, which helps make this a favorite spot on Nantucket.

Jackets are required at this formal French restaurant. The highly acclaimed wine cellar is said to hold close to 40,000 bottles, and has won Wine Spectator's Grand Award since 1987 for "one of the best wine lists in the world." The menu always includes lobster, rack of lamb, fresh fish and Black Angus steak. There are four elegantly appointed dining rooms, including a garden dining area. The restaurant is so popular that advance reservations are a necessity.

Hearty and reliable fare is served year-round in this restaurant, which is housed in the historic Jared Coffin House. A comfortable bar, friendly attentive staff and a menu loaded with seafood, filet mignon, sirloin steak, New England-style scrod and Nantucket Bay scallops make this a popular restaurant. The restaurant also offers several vegetarian dishes and a children's menu. There is a patio that is open seasonally. Stop by this favorite spot of islanders and tourists alike.

New England, the Deep South, Pacific Northwest, and Wild West are not just four regions of the United States; they are also the menu categories at this upscale, popular eatery. Dishes are prepared in traditional style, using foods and flavors indigenous to each region. Patio dining is available in the warmer months; otherwise, eat in the cozy and casual, non-smoking dining room. The wine list is a regular Wine Spectator award winner.