Cape Cod Beach Chair Co. RetailBicycle Sales, Repairs & RentalsFishing, Boating & Excursions The Cape Cod Beach Chair Company designs, manufactures, and markets our own brand of premium quality beach chairs. Our stylish, comfortable, and long lasting wood and canvas chairs are available in several adult and childrens sizes. in a wide assortment of colors. Chairs can be personalized with embroidered names and monograms and make a great gift! Considered the leaders in this niche industry, our famous chairs have been featured as ''top gear'' in media such as the Today Show, Men's Journal, Yankee Magazine, and dozens more.While on Cape Cod please visit us in East Harwich! Located in a landmark 5,500 square foot antique barn, it is the headquarters, workshop, and Company Store for Cape Cod Beach Chair. In addition to our chairs store carries a wide array of soft goods, beach games, fashionable sun hats, Chatham Whites apparel, sandals, Maui Jim sunglasses, and coastal decor. We are also one of the regions first and largest distributors of stand up paddleboards, and offer sales, rentals, lessons, and guided tours of this popular activity under a subsidiary called Adventure Chatham.
Complete with our photo op 12 foot tall beach chair outside, it is a ''must stop'' destination store on Cape Cod.big chair Rte. 6 to exit 11 Take a left onto Route 137 Proceed through intersection of Rt. 39 at the traffic lights At the next intersection of Rte. 137 & Queen Anne take a left CCBC is 3rd building on left For information on my affordable online design consultation service, please click here. There was an error in this gadgetWhen I’m cooking at home, especially if I’m cooking just for me, I tend toward vegetarian dishes: rice and beans, tofu and veggie stir-fry, collard greens with eggs, chili laced with peppers, onions and carrots. I am not a vegetarian. But like many people, I eat less red meat these days and save the indulgence for special occasions – such as visiting a really good steakhouse. Our Friday night dinner at the newly reopened Oak and Ember brought out my inner carnivore. The New York sirloin strip was delicious.
It reminded me of steaks from years ago. Cut more than an inch thick, it was lean and tender but had just a little fat so the outside sizzled. It was cooked perfectly: medium rare with crosshatch marks grilled into the top. With the sirloin this good, I can’t even imagine what the dry-aged beef ($45 market price the night we visited) tastes like. I was eating with the Philly friends, who thought I wanted to talk to the bar manager about pairing a wine with the steak. Normally, I would, but I had heard that Oak and Ember’s specialty was pairing whiskey with steak. Jake, the bar manager, came over with a page full of whiskeys and bourbons, offered in 1-, 2- or 3-ounce sizes. Most ran about $6 an ounce. Jake had several suggestions for whiskeys that would complement the flavors in the steak. So we worked backward: I’d been lucky enough to visit Scotland recently so I was able to tell him a little bit about what I did and didn’t like in a whiskey. Smooth, balanced, floral – not too peaty and nothing with a lot of burn.
He suggested starting with an ounce of Blanton’s to see if I liked it. It’s a good strategy because you can always order more or switch to a different whisky if it’s not to your liking. My New York sirloin ($29) came with whipped potatoes and roasted root vegetables with sauteed kale. Lacy potato crisps stood upright in the potato puree, looking like masts on a sailboat. The sides were fine but the steak was so wonderfully robust that it definitely ruled the plate. The steaks come with a choice of four sauces. I chose the au poivre, expecting a little zip from the pepper-based sauce. Fortunately, the sauce came on the side because I ended up not using it. It didn’t add anything to the delicious steak. Joseph had the club sirloin ($24). The menu said, “This tender and juicy cut is often described as a cross between tenderloin and sirloin.” He had it with the Cabernet demi glaze. It was indeed juicy, tender and flavorful, but less of a meat-eater’s steak than the New York sirloin strip.
Jane and Helen went with chicken dishes ($17 each): fire-roasted for Jane; Southern fried for Helen. Jane’s dish, a semi-boneless breast cooked in the open-flame hearth with honey, lemon, garlic and thyme, was moist and delicious. I didn’t get a chance to try Helen’s fried chicken, but she enjoyed it. She was also wise enough to skip bread and appetizers so she could finish her dinner. Although I had to take home leftovers, I do not regret the small dishes with which we started. There was a “Trio of Cage Free Deviled Eggs” ($6.50) that were gluten-free. The filling had lemon chives, and each egg a different topping: truffle salt, Harissa sauce, avocado. And the half roll I had was warm and heavenly, with fragrant steam wafting out when I tore the roll open. “I think these are the best deviled eggs I ever ate,” Jane said. I had a half with Harissa sauce – a hot jolt atop the lemony piped-in filling that tasted like a bite of summer. We also ordered the Apple & Bacon Hush Puppies ($8), which were housemade with such nice balance that I could taste the cornmeal.
They were another hit, which made me think it would be fun to meet a large group of friends there for a cocktail and order one of everything on the small plates menu. Had the server asked if we wanted dessert, we probably would have said we were too full. But these little paperback-sized dessert menus just appeared with wonderful choices offered in full- and half-size portions. Owner Robert Catania, a longtime restaurateur who worked with his family and also owns Wicked, is on the right track with these small plates and half-size desserts surrounding a small but accomplished list of entrees (including fish and duck). There are also burgers and pizza. We ended up ordering a couple of fruity, seasonal desserts (Lemon Meringue Cloud, $4.50, and Raspberry Peach Crisp, $4) – and an extra spoon. The vibe at Oak and Ember is almost like a nightclub: dark wood, leather-covered chairs, booths, menus and even placemats. It’s a little loud with everyone talking at once, but we were comfortably tucked away in a circular corner booth.