Restaurants & Bars
Last Hurrah: Owners Of Cape Cod Institution Kate's To Sell After Final Weekend
This weekend serves as a last chance for locals to get their fix of Kate's Fried Seafood & Ice Cream, which is being sold after 38 years.
BREWSTER, MA — The passage of Labor Day weekend brings a few certainties to Cape Cod: Lighter traffic, cooler temperatures and the seasonal closure of a number of local haunts from seafood shacks to ice cream shops.
In Brewster, add Kate's Fried Seafood & Ice Cream to the list of seasonal closures. Except next year, it'll be a little different when and if Kate's reopens next season.
Kate's has been open for 38 years in Brewster, serving as the type of fried seafood and ice cream spot that keeps locals and tourists alike yearning for the summer season. Think clam cakes, fried fish and chowder, and also a Kate's invention in the Cape Cod Reuben.
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Two years short of four decades, however, the owners of the business are looking to sell, beginning a new chapter for the restaurant.
Kathy and John Ohman announced at the beginning of the season that it would be their last with Kate's, the business they've owned since its inception.
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"After this year we will be closing our doors," they said in a message on Facebook in May.
"We thank everyone who has supported us over the last 38 years on the Cape. We hope to see everyone we can this summer. We understand if you can't make it out here this year. Thank you again to everyone who have been with us all these years and made us what we are today."
Now they hope another family will continue the legacy of Kate's by purchasing the restaurant, which will be sold as a total package including the land, business name and recipes, Richard Catania of The Realty Advisory Inc. of Centerville recently told the Cape Cod Times.
Catania noted that there are already a number of interested parties, and it's the hope of everyone involved that the restaurant will be open at the beginning of next summer.
But all of this is looking into the future, and the current iteration of Kate's isn't done just yet. Kate's will open this weekend on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from noon to 8 p.m. for one last hurrah under the current ownership group.
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