The team behind a legendary oyster farm on the South Shore has acquired an historic restaurant, bar and inn that will be absorbed into the adjacent business.
A press release confirms what an earlier article from the Duxbury Clipper had mentioned, that Skip Bennett, who is the founder and owner of Island Creek Oyster Farm in Duxbury, has announced the purchase of the Winsor House Inn, with the plan being to reopen the place sometime this fall. As the inn gets ready to debut, Bennett and his team will commence sales of their oyster farm tours on April 13 in the meantime, while The Raw Bar will open at the farm on May 1. (Island Creek also runs a retail shop in Duxbury along with a raw bar and shellfish market in Portland, ME called The Shop.)
As mentioned in an earlier article here, Bennett had been among the business partners behind Island Creek Oyster Bar, Row 34, Branch Line, and Eastern Standard Provisions, but they announced their separation last month with Chef Jeremy Sewall and Shore Gregory being the sole partners behind Row 34, Garrett Harker running Branch Line and Eastern Standard Provisions, and Bennett continuing to work on the Island Creek brand along with the development of a new working waterfront on Duxbury Bay.
The address for the Winsor House Inn is 390 Washington Street, Duxbury, MA, 02332. The website for Island Creek can be found at https://islandcreekoysters.com/ while the website for The Winsor House is at https://www.winsorhouse.islandcreekoysters.com/
[November 15 update: According to a press release, The Winsor House at Island Creek Oyster Farm is now open in Duxbury, with Bennett and Island Creek CEO Chris Sherman collaborating with Chef Jeff Whitmore (The Hourly, Wynn Resorts, Straight Wharf Nantucket), consulting Chef Cosmo Goss (Gramercy Tavern, The Publican) and beverage director Dave Cagle (The Automatic, B-Side Lounge). The opening menu includes such items as tuna and beef tartar, whole grilled striped bass, steelhead trout, poached halibut, fried oysters, and more.]
[Earlier Article]
Island Creek Oyster Bar in Burlington to Become Row 34
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