Owned by Chuck and Dawn Vogt, it's the only place to get lunch and dinner on the island besides your own kitchen. We didn't need another hit. It may seem a group of islanders got together and made a conscious decision to save their home. While agreeing, Monast also disagrees. He said the people who have opened the new stores and businesses had the ideas independently at the same time.
Nobody makes conscious decisions around here.
What all this has led to is the slow evolution Monast sees. Four years ago he says people coming to the island would ride over on the Alert II, spend the night in the Allen House and leave the next day. These days, people rarely do that. More often, they come for a week. Bonnie Veeder, who manages the Cuttyhunk Fishing Club Bed and Breakfast, which used to be the exclusive Cuttyhunk Fishing Club until last year, agrees.