Local Destinations

Nantucket Points of Interest

With the assistance of our one time assistant director of tourism Casey Chapel and local cab driver Antonio Scarpacci we have assembled a list of destinations you might find of interest during your next visit to our little island.

A

Aero Cinema from Exit Laughing

• Albie's Martini Bar
• Aero Cinema
• Ahab's Fast Fish

B

• Bernie's Lobster Bucket - Fay briefly works as their mascot in the off-season (Moonlighting).
• Boar's Head Inn - Known for their hard beds, Casey arranged for the International Society of Masochists to stay here while visiting Nantucket (The Team Player).
• Bob's Bait & Tackle - Mentioned in passing (A Terminal Christmas)
• Buy-Rite Drugstore - Store where Cindy McGrath worked as the cosmetics girl (There Once Was A Girl From Nantucket).

C

• Clamdigger Deli - a local delicatessen famous for the Big Sandwich that comes in 8, 10, and 12 feet (Is That a Ten Foot Sandwich or Are You Just Glad to See Me?).
• Captain Andy's - Seafood restaurant visited by Norm Peterson and Cliff Clavin during their visit to Nantucket in The Story of Joe.
• Captain Willie's Clam and Brew - Low class restaurant that Lowell loves (Labor Pains).
• Casa Kielbasa - One of Roy's favorite restaurants (Fools Russian).
• Century House
• Chuck's Bait & Tackle - the owner puts gate chow in his pants (Airport '90).
• The Club Car
• Commonwealth Car Rental - Located between Aeromass Air and The Lunch Counter.
• Cranberry Bog - Popular tourist site.

F

• The Fancy Lady - Strip club Roy frequents (Heartache Tonight).
• Fat Tony's Meatball House - Restaurant Roy Biggins frequents where he once won a free hoagie (Sleepless in Nantucket).
• First National Bank of Nantucket - Donald Hackett hides keys here for Joe and Brian (Legacy).
• The Flower Basket - Floral store located on Cliff Road (All in the Family).

G

• Gibbs Pond - Small body of water where the Hacketts would swim when they were younger and the site of the "You're Rich" photograph (Legacy).
• Golden Crest Seniors Home

H

• Hamburger Howie's - Fast food restaurant that Dave Gardner frequents. They serve a fried onion brick and the "Dave's Double Delight", 20 ounces of ground chuck in a cheese log served with a side of fries (The Gift of Life).
• Hanley's Jewelry Store - Antonio witnessed Frederick Watts robbing this store (What the Cabbie Saw).
• Harbor Bar
• Harbor House - Inn where Jerry Stark stayed while on visiting Nantucket (A Stand Up Kind of Guy). Bunny stayed here while visiting Nantucket in December, 1993 (Happy Holidays).
• Henley's Department Store - Store where Casey was employed at a perfume spritzer (Ms. Write). Casey help to get Antonio there as a stock boy, but he was quickly promoted to assistant director of personnel (Dream Girl).
• Hickey's - Hottest single bar on the island according to Antonio (All About Christmas Eve).

I

• Indian Point

J

• Jiffy Cleaners
• Just Washed Inn - Sleazy motel located at the wharf. In House of Blues, Antonio stayed here after being kicked out by Brian and Casey.

K

• King Arthur Bar & Grill - Thematic restaurant Alex Lambert works at in the off-season (Moonlighting).
• Kingsbury Point - Makeout spot for local teens. Helen had her first kiss here and Joe lost his virginity here (Death Becomes Him).
• Knight & Castle - Gay nightclub discovered by Lowell Mather (All in the Family).

L

• La Maison
• Left Bank Cafe - A restaurant with lovely paintings that Helen suggests to Roy to take his new finance Anya, but Roy considers an "artsy fartsy place" (Fools Russian).
• Leo Sludge and Septic - funded and later withdrew funding from "The Phantom of the Oprah" (The Gift (Part 1)).
• Lexington's - Upscale restaurant where Joe planned to give Helen an engagement ring (Twisted Sister).
• Lighthouse - Popular tourist site (When a Man Loves a Donut).
• The Lobster Bucket - Restaurant closed down by Pam Chase due to health code violations including grease in their air vents, a little mildew under the sink, and one cockroach in their crowder (Terminal Jealousy).
• Lowell Mather's House of Wax

M

• Marcia's Boutique - A fashionable store where Helen got new earrings and gossiped about Alex posing in Playboy Magazine in college. Marcia's husband owned a failing hardware store around the same time that Marcia's began selling high-end jewelry that looked like nuts and bolts (I've Got A Secret).

N

• Nantucket Aircraft Maintenance - Signage on hangar in It May Have Happened One Night.
• Nantucket City Dump - Lowell comes here to shoot rats (Oh, Give Me a Home Where the Mathers Don't Roam).
• Nantucket Civic Club
• Nantucket Fire Department
• Nantucket Hair & Nails - Salon where Shirley and Cynthia work (Raging Bull*&@!).
• Nantucket Ship Chandlery - background when Brian is trapped in a phone booth by a biker (Four Dates That Will Live in Infamy)
• Nantucket Herald
• Nantucket Hospital
• Nantucket Police Department
• Nantucket Suicide Hotline
• Nantucket Video - Brian gets Japanese movies here (Love Means Never Having to Say Geronimo).

O

• Ollie Anderson's Little Taste of Oslo - One of Roy's favorite restaurants. Specializing in Scandinavian cuisine, they offer an all-you-can-eat dinner for $5 (Try to Remember the Night He Dismembered).
• Ollie's Drug - Local drug store where Sandpiper Air gets their faxes sent (Wingless (Part 1)).

P

• Phil's Hardware - His wife owns a boutique (I've Got A Secret)
• Pilgrim Rent-A-Car - Located between Aeromass Air and Helen's Lunch Counter.
• Pilgrim's Park - Only serious place for a runner to workout on the island. While searching for Ariel Reed, Antonio and Joe staked out the park (The Lady Vanishes).
• Pontrelli's

S

• Sconset Inn - Romantic restaurant that Joe and Helen planned to visit on their first anniversary (Single and Hating It).
• The Sea Shanty - Romantic restaurant on Little Neck Road. In Mathers of the Heart, Lowell took Helen here on their first date.
• Skoog Steam Cleaner - Owned and operated by Al Skoog - "Don't Just clean it, Skoogerize it" (Burnin' Down the House (Part 2)).
• Skoog Law Firm - Owned and operated by Al Skoog - "We're not just good, we're Skoogerrific" (Burnin' Down the House (Part 2)).
• Skoog bar - Owned and operated by Al Skoog - offers "Skoogaritas" (Burnin' Down the House (Part 2)).
• Siasconset High School
• Siasconset Seafood Company
• Sons of Abraham Retirement Home - Located at 113 Chad Way, a senior living residence catering to Jewish individuals (Ms. Write).
• South Bay Fudge Factory - Helen frequented this place in her youth (Return To Nantucket).
• Statue of Herman Melville - Monument accidently destroyed by Antonio when all four of his tires blew out (Grouses, Houses, and Bickering Spouses).
• Stop & Shop (Death Becomes Him)
• Surfside Beach - In Final Approach (Part 1), their father's scavenger hunt lead Joe and Brian along with Fay here.

T

• Taste of Warsaw - Polish restaurant that Roy takes his niece to (Hosed).
• Tin Whistle - Local bar and grill Brian heads to (Love Means Never Having to Say Geronimo).
• Tom Nevers Field
  • Aeromass Air
  • Carte Blanche
  • Helen's Lunch Counter
  • Nantucket Helicopter Tours - Alex Lambert's company.
  • Sandpiper Air (replaced Siasconset Air)

The Wharf Playhouse

V

• Vacuum Repair Shop

W

• Water Street Gym
• Whaling Museum - Popular tourist site.
• Wharf Playhouse
• Wharf Tavern - Local bar (It May Have Happened One Night).
• Whispering Pines Mortuary - Antonio Scarpacci once worked as salesman here (Moonlighting).
• Windsurfer Ferry - Local commercial ferry with service to Boston (Gone But Not Faygotten).

Y

• Yankee Doodle Scissors - Hair salon that Helen uses (The Spark and How to Get It).