contact
Phone: 508.228.9622
Fax: 508.325.7109
info@boardinghouse-pearl.com
12 Federal Street
Nantucket, MA 02554

hours
Dinner: Wed-Fri 5:30-10:PM
Weekend Brunch: 9:AM-2:PM
Cocktails: 5:30PM-Until Close

reservations
Recommended
Bar Dining
Walk-Ins Welcome

meals served
Brunch Saturday & Sunday
Dinner & Late Night Menu

food type
Market Cuisine

specialty
Organic & Local Produce
Native Lobster, Fish & Shellfish

chefs
Erin Zircher - Chef de Cuisine
Geoff Greene - Sous Chef
Seth & Angela Raynor - Proprieters

employment
Fax or Email us your resume

accepted payment
MasterCard, Visa, Amex












about us

The award-winning Boarding House is located in the heart of the historic district. Run by Seth and Angela Raynor (owners of the adjacent Pearl restaurant), this long-standing happening place pulls in the “who’s who” of Nantucket for some of the best fine dining on the island with a lively neighborhood cocktail bar.

Devotees love this place for its exceptional market driven menu, overseen by talented chef de cuisine, Erin Zircher. The cuisine focuses on the simplicity of fine natural & organic ingredients featuring local farms and regional purveyors. The wine + beverage program experienced a major re-boot in the 2008 off-season, owner Angela Raynor is collaborating with Wine Director, Jamie Nickerson to re-focus on a red+white+green fresh wine/beverage program, featuring an array of organic, biodynamic and sustainable wines, cocktails and beverages.

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press

The talented team of the Boarding House continues to receive National Praise and Press for their culinary efforts...

Zagat Guide - Top Table | Food Network - “Best of”
Bon Appetit | Gourmet | Food & Wine | Boston Magazine
Travel & Leisure | Boston Globe | Town & Country
Food Arts |
New York Times | Quarterly Review of Wines
Conde Nast Traveler
Wine Spectator - Award of Excellence, 14 Years Running



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sample menu

market antipasti
carrot salade with yogurt + mint, crushed walnuts + pomegranate
marmalade of greens with olives + preserved lemon

crispy fried oysters, butter lettuce + radish rémoulade

moroccan carrot soup, ginger crème + english pea pesto

pan roast of local littlenecks+ meyer lemon + green garlic butter

spiced lamb skewers + fava hummus + shaved spring onion + grilled pita

grilled pizzetta with black truffle cheese + mission fig

beautiful greens with shaved roots + wild thyme-crusted chèvre

classic caesar salade, parmigiano-reggiano + white anchovy crouton

grilled swordfish steak
creamy eggplant + sautéed spinach with pine nuts + roasted tomatoes

chicken under a brick, parmesan farro + arugula + lemon

walnut crusted organic salmon
roasted tahini sauce + warm beets with their greens

duck bolognese, house-made cavatelli + fresh ricotta

seared sea scallops
asparagus + sunchoke en vinaigrette + crispy jasmine rice cake

steak frites, garlic-parsley butter + hand-cut frites + watercress salade

desserts

warm chocolate-chocolate chip cookies +malted milk shakes
cinnamon sugar doughnuts + molten chocolate
crème caramel + brown sugar shortbread
fresh rhubarb sorbet + pistachio-rose meringue + softly whipped crème