Edgartown selectmen award liquor license for new restaurant

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Edgartown selectmen voted unanimously to grant a liquor license to Rockfish, a new restaurant planned for 11 North Water Street. Members of the Coogan family, who also own and operate The Wharf Restaurant on Main Street, have completed an agreement to rent the building which recently housed the Eleven North restaurant, and before that, David Ryan’s.

“Our lease doesn’t technically start until October 1,” Geoghan Coogan told selectmen at their regular Monday meeting. “In the hopes of opening in October, we have to get the liquor license going.” The license still needs approval from the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission.

“Sounds like a very positive move,” selectman Margaret Serpa said. “I think all of us would be happy to see it happen. I hope you’re ready.”

Also Monday, selectman endorsed a plan for Chappy ferry owner Peter Wells to make repairs to the slip on the Chappaquiddick side. The plan still needs approval from the conservation commission.

The board voted unanimously, on the recommendation of the town’s procurement officer, to reject all bids submitted for replacement of the barn roof at Katama Farm.

“We have made the determination that it is in the public’s best interest, to reject all bids for this project,” said chairman Arthur Smadbeck. When the bids were opened at the July 14 meeting, six bids ranged from $74,100 to $179,800. Selectmen said they have not yet determined when they will re-issue a call for bids.