Sushi is the highlight at Lola's, one of Nantucket's newest restaurants. This is a fun place, dominated by a bar that pours colorful and uncommon specialty concoctions at $10 to $12 a pop. The theme is "neoglobal" cuisine: pasta and osso bucco from Italy, bacalao (salt cod with polenta and caviar) from Barcelona, and Asian-inspired green and black tea-glazed chicken breast with Buddha's rice. There are even fried clams and calamari -- both very good -- on the appetizer list. But most people are here for the impressive sushi bar, where you can gorge on nigiri and sashimi to your heart's content.

Cinco is an intimate American restaurant on Nantucket owned by avid bar eater and ex-bartender, Michael Sturgis. With an eclectic tapas-style menu featuring small plates meant for sharing, Cinco is a bar eaters dream. Chef Jean-Luc Matecat tinkers with the menu daily, and keeps a bar menu going to 1 AM-ideal for those who like to observe a Spanish dinner hour

A modern interpretation of the classic diner, Sportello (italian for counter service) offers a menu of chef Barbara Lynch’s trattoria-inspired Italian dishes for lunch and dinner. Sportello’s casual, lively, italian spirit is captured in the sleek, minimalist design, in the cuisine — fresh pastas, creamy polenta, and simple soups — and in the supremely approachable, artisanal wine list created by wine director Cat Silirie.