NOSH NEWS
The Bistro on
29 Fair
WRiTTEN bY Jason Gray
PHOTOGRAPHY bY Brian saGer
The former Italian eatery on 29 Fair Street gets a French twist With great fanfare, celebrity chef Todd English rode into town in 2009 to open Figs at 29 Fair Street with Summer House owner Danielle deBenedictis and her husband, Peter Karlson. As English’s role began to fade into the sunset and Figs is no longer, deBenedictis has again switched horses by hiring a group of longtime Nantucket locals to return the eatery to its former French roots. If you’ve ever bought a sandwich on the strip, you’ll probably recognize the guys behind the new incarnation of the Bistro at 29 Fair Street. The brothers who run Stubbys and Walter’s on Broad Street, Dilip and Hera Maharjan, have taken over the operation of the long-standing Fair Street Inn restaurant with the help of their cousin, Nimesh Maharjan, and another familiar Nantucket culinary figure, chef Charles
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