The Harbor Gawker is a well-loved, seasonal restaurant located on the island of Vinalhaven, Maine. Up until a few weeks ago, it was owned by the same family for over 40 years. We are now busy renovating, making the big push to open our restaurant in Spring 2018.
There are two major projects happening at the moment. The biggest is converting the raw space in the attic above the restaurant into a loft where we will reside. For this, we’ve enlisted the help of a contractor, and we feel like we are in very good hands, in spite of some seriously strange challenges.
The second project is the restaurant’s dining room, restrooms, and kitchen. Our vision for the look and feel of the place is quite different than what you’ll see in the photos below. The space, once cleared of all its original decor, needs a lot of TLC. Brian and I plan to do most of that work ourselves. Now that we’ve been displaced from Puerto Rico, we’ll be spending the entire winter here working on our new business.
Looking at these photos, which I took the day my mom and I visited with the real estate broker, my heart begins to race. There’s so much to do and so little time, but isn’t that always the case?
Well Happy Days you guys and Bon Voyage!
What a lovely place for a home and business and I do feel the restaurant would benefit from a floor which has a nice, gentle 2 foot swell to it.
I guarantee you’d end up looking for a halyard to pull on.
Good luck with your new adventure.