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July 14, 2020 By aoswebworks

Brunch Suspended Due to Covid-19

At this time, Sunday Brunch is suspended due to Covid-19.

We hope to return when it is safely possible.

Please join us for lunch, dinner, or take out!!

Filed Under: Provincetown

June 21, 2017 By aoswebworks

Portuguese Festival and Blessing of the Fleet 2017

Provincetown Portuguese FestivalIt’s time for the 2017 Portuguese Festival and Blessing of the Fleet! This is the 21st Annual Blessing of the Fleet in Provincetown and an amazing 71st Annual Provincetown Portuguese Festival.

It’s a jammed packed weekend coming up with more food than you can shake a linguica at, lots of free music, events for kids, and of course, “The Blessing” of Provincetown’s fishing, commercial, and pleasure boats on Sunday. Don’t forget the parade on Saturday.

Visit the official Provincetown Portuguese Festival website, and be sure to check the full schedule.

If you are planning on dining with us at Fanizzi’s this weekend, please be sure to call for reservations: 508-487-1964.

 

 

Filed Under: Fanizzi Special Events

March 17, 2017 By aoswebworks

History of Fanizzi’s Restaurant Location

As those who dine with us know, our bay front dining room at Fanizzi’s actually sits OVER the bay during high tide. Water comes fully under our dining room. Some of renovations we had to recently under take were to shore up the pilings that hold our dining room securely over the water.

TheYearRounder’s Guide to Provincetown wrote a terrific article on the history of the property Fanizzi’s by the Sea sits upon – 539 Commercial Street. According to their article:

537-539 Commercial Street, where Fanizzi’s restaurant and parking area sit today, was the location of a fishing empire known as Whorf’s Wharf, built by Thomas Rider Whorf, Jr. in 1850, and later run by his son, Phillip A. Whorf.
These Whorfs shared an ancestor, generations apart, with the artists John, Carol and Nancy Whorf, though they were not direct descendants.

At one time this busy pier stretched 400 feet into the harbor, serving its own fleet of 16 boats engaged in various types of fishing, while shipping some of the catch to markets as far away as Chicago. 130 men were employed in the operation.

There was a windmill on the property, presumably part of a saltworks where seawater was pumped to a system of trays and troughs. The water was evaporated to produce the salt used in drying and preserving much of the fish caught by Whorf’s fleet.

This 1890s photo shows busy Whorf’s Wharf, employing some 130 fishermen, salt
workers, sailmakers and others in serving and operating 16 boats. The old
sail loft very likely became Fanizzi’s Restaurant by the Sea, as we know it today.

The wharf also had its own sail loft for fabricating and repairing the many sails for its sizable fleet, and Fanizzi’s building is almost certainly that old sail loft, still sitting on pilings at the edge of the beach.
The recent repairs, including new pilings installed beneath the restaurant, should ensure many more years of life for this historic building dating back to the height of Provincetown’s great whaling and fishing era, often called the Golden Age of Sail.

Be sure to read the entire article at TheYearRounder’s Guide to Provincetown.

Join us at Fanizzi’s by the Sea in #Provincetown for lunch and dinner 7 days a week, Sunday #Brunch, Friday Fish Fry, and drinks at our #beachfront bar. Enjoy #waterfront dining on #CapeCodBay!

Filed Under: Fanizzi Press, Provincetown

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539 Commercial St
Provincetown, MA 02657

Reservations:
(508) 487-1964

Open Year Round
7 days a week

Lunch 11:30-3:45
Dinner 4:00-Close

Early Bird Special 4:30-6:00

Gift Cards Available. Please call us for details.

Closed Christmas and Thanksgiving Days

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Fanizzi's Restaurant by the Sea - Waterfront Dining in Provincetown on Cape Cod

Waterfront on Cape Cod Bay

539 Commercial Street
Provincetown, MA 02657

Phone 508-487-1964

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"It feels like you're floating inside this seafooder that juts out over Provincetown Bay, itself the best decor there is – whether you come for the excellent brunch on a sunny Sunday morning, or arrive during a storm, when you'll see the waves swarm around the room – adding a bit of excitement to the reliable, well-balanced Italian and American style dishes and always pleasant service."

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