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Out of Business: Edgartown Restaurant Eleven North

The two-level North Water Street eatery and watering hole will not reopen after a December flood, reports the Martha's Vineyard Times. What kind of restaurant would you like to see there next? Tell us in the comments.

The owners of Eleven North, at the former location of David Ryan's on North Water Street in Edgartown, will not reopen the restaurant after a December flood, reports the Martha's Vineyard Times.

The partners were in the second year of a five-year lease but "did not succeed at their venture," according to one of their landlords, the Times reports.

Read "Eleven North restaurant heads south."

The two-story eatery and watering hole, which opened in the fall of 2012 at the former site of David Ryan's, had struggled from the start:

  • In its first winter, townies found Eleven North a diverting place to drink and watch big-screen TVs, but thought the food overpriced. 
  • Accessible only by stairs, the upstairs dining room was off-limits to seniors (a significant consumer group in Edgartown and Island-wide) and handicapped patrons. 
  • People with handicaps, as well as town government, were also dissed by the restaurant's lack of a required entrance ramp.
  • While some Island visitors raved — one even posted on Patch that Eleven North served the "best burger I've ever had! Nice and juicy" — the place never developed a foodie following, even after bringing in a high-powered executive chef last spring.
According to the Times report, the building's owners are seeking a new restaurant tenant with a more experienced and capable management team.

Did you eat at Eleven North? What kind of restaurant would you like to see there next? Tell us in the comments.
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