New Operator Of The Tavern And Gazebo Seeks Licenses From Select Board On Monday

The Select Board on Monday will review restaurateur Steve Silverstein’s applications for liquor and entertainment licenses for One Harbor, his new establishment at 1 Harbor Square, which will replace Luke Tedeschi's The Tavern and Gazebo.

The filings in the Select Board’s agenda packet provide some new details on the proposed restaurant. One Harbor, set to take over for The Tavern, will “undergo an extensive renovation,” becoming a “full service ‘family style’ seafood-oriented restaurant.”

It will have 176 seats, with dining on both floors of the building, and is expected to open in April of 2027, remaining open seven days a week from Memorial Day to Columbus Day and on a limited basis during the spring and fall.

The Gazebo, according to the filings, “will stay as is” but will be “cleaned up.” No food will be served in the Gazebo. Notably, the filings continue to use the term “the Gazebo” to refer to the iconic building. Luke Tedeschi, the longtime proprietor of The Tavern and Gazebo, told the Current that the use of the term “will be in the hands of [an] attorney” but declined to comment further.

Tedeschi has not yet surrendered his liquor license, meaning that any Select Board decision on Silverstein’s liquor license will be conditional until Tedeschi’s license expires in mid-January. Alternatively, Tedeschi could request to transfer the licenses to a new location. Tedeschi declined to provide additional comment when reached by the Current.

Silverstein, who owns ServedWell Hospitality, currently runs the Brotherhood of Thieves in downtown Nantucket as well as Cisco Brewers’ New Bedford location, and founded the Not Your Average Joe’s restaurant chain.

The Gazebo drew significant attention last May when Tedeschi announced that real estate mogul Steve Karp’s Nantucket Island Resorts had declined to offer him a lease extension. Tedeschi had been the manager of the Gazebo since 1993 and the sole owner of the business since 2022.