Restaurants

Agave Mexican Bistro

Here at Agavé Mexican Bistro, we wish to make your visit a unique dining experience. We bring authentic Mexican food to your table and invite you to pair it with your choice of a over 60 Tequilas, margaritas, and more.

 

Joseph's Winter Street Cafe

Joseph's Winter Street Cafe, with it's new garden piazza twinkling with lights, offers a touch of European elegance to a beautiful seaside town. Reviewed as one of the finest establishments north of Boston, Joseph's Winter Street Cafe offers warm romantic dining in a casual, relaxed atmosphere. From mouth-watering menus to personalized service, to soft jazz playing at the piano bar, visiting Joseph's is always a memorable experience.

 

Restaurants Accessible By Water

Michael's Harborside

Michael's Harborside began its storied past in the 17th century as a commercial fishing wharf and warehouse.

With visits form ships and people (some would say characters) from around the world much has been viewed, talked about and witnessed. Since that time, One Tournament Wharf has continued to change and evolve through many incarnations. Starting with a fishing wharf, it became a mercantile center, an eel farm and then a major export for tuna heading to market in far off Japan.

This scenic location saw its first use as a restaurant in the early 1970s as an Irish Pub, "The Boomkin". Gradually expanding through the years with the additions of decks, dining rooms, and kitchens, it has become the landmark restaurant of present day.

Just as our restaurant is a product of its colorful history so is the menu you see today, influenced by the traditions of the past and inspired by tastes from around the world.

 

Starboard Galley

Starboard Galley provides Newburyport's finest dining experience offering seafood fresh from the Atlantic as well as an extensive menu for landlubbers. Try their great lobster, clams, haddock, salmon, or other seafood delicacies, or check out the daily specials.  They also cater to functions and provide off-premise catering for your wedding, celebration or special event in the Greater Newburyport, Mass. Area including the North Shore and Seacoast.

 

Beaches

Crane Beach

More than 1,200 acres of beachfront, dunes, and maritime forest are managed for both recreation and conservation. Elevated boardwalks, vegetation management programs, and fencing protect the dunes. More than five miles of designated trails traverse an extensive dune complex featuring swales that support amphibians and invertebrates. Cranberries and insect-eating carnivorous plants, such as sundews, also grow in these interdunal swales. Castle Neck is the site of the North Shore's largest maritime pitch pine forest.

 

Sandy Point State Reservation

Sandy Point is at the very southern tip of Plum Island, a classic Atlantic Ocean barrier island. The 77-acre park is among the state's most beautiful and popular coastal beaches. It is also an important nesting area for the piping plover, a threatened species, and the least tern, a species of special concern in Massachusetts. Passive recreational activities include walking, beachcombing, fishing and birding. Access is through the abutting Parker River National Wildlife Refuge.

 

Fuel Docks

Landmarks

Isles of Shoals

These nine rocky islands are divided along the border of New Hampshire and Maine. The Isles were a key destination for European fisherman before the Pilgrims landed. Today they are surrounded in misty legends made famous by island poet Celia Thaxter.

 

Maudslay State Park

The former Moseley family estate on the Merrimack River, this park features 19th century gardens and plantings, rolling meadows, towering pines, and one of the largest naturally-occurring stands of mountain laurel in Massachusetts. Most breathtaking are the ornamental trees and masses of azaleas and rhododendrons that bloom in May and June. An exquisite place for walking, biking, horseback riding and informal picnics. Special Use Permits may be obtained for wedding ceremonies and similar programs.

The Parking Fee at Maudslay State Park is $2.00. Annual Passes are available for purchase.

 

Shopping Locations

Event Calendar

Fishing

Whether members are looking for beach and surf, rocks and wash, rivers and rips, estuaries and outflows, its all there to be fished on the North Shore. Many anglers pursue striped bass and bluefish from shore while others take to the water in boats.

Newburyport is home to some of the best striped bass fishing in all of MA.  Joppa Flats, the Salisbury drift, Badgers Rocks and the mouth itself all offer superb action for stripers and blues.

Check with the Dockmaster for updates on where to catch the big ones!