July 9, 2026
If you live on the island, you already know the summer script. Sunrise on The Loop, coffee somewhere near the drawbridge, sand by ten. What actually shifts year to year is smaller and easier to miss: a chef quietly opens a second concept upstairs, a market vendor rotates in, a concert lineup takes shape. Here is the 2026 version of that shorter list, filtered for people who don't need to be told where the beach is.
The most concrete change on the causeway side of the island is upstairs at Shark Bar & Kitchen. In February, founders Alan and Jennifer Giaquinto and chef-partner Louie Sipler opened
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