{"id":48,"date":"2021-05-17T13:49:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T13:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/litchfieldsaltwatergrille.org\/?p=48"},"modified":"2021-05-25T12:51:06","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T12:51:06","slug":"a-seafood-spot-is-reopened-but-not-remade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/litchfieldsaltwatergrille.org\/?p=48","title":{"rendered":"A Seafood Spot Is Reopened, but Not Remade"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0A Seafood Spot Is Reopened, but Not Remade<\/span><\/h1>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Litchfield Saltwater Grille has three dining areas.<\/span><\/span><\/span>Credit…<\/span>Wendy Carlson for The New York Times<\/span><\/p>\n

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When a popular restaurant is sold, it is natural to wonder what changes, if any, to expect. Will the new owners close the place indefinitely for extensive remodeling? How much of the previous menu will be retained? What kind of turnover will there be in the staff?<\/p>\n

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Fortunately, in the case of the\u00a0Litchfield Saltwater Grille<\/a>, which closed for all of two days when it changed hands last December, those types of questions seem to have been answered satisfactorily enough. There is still a raw bar, with ocean-fresh oysters and clams served on the half shell; steamed lobsters<\/a> continue to be a mainstay; and the interior, with oak wainscoting<\/a> offset by pastel walls, looks much as it always has. And that\u2019s just the way the new owners, Andy Stowers and his wife, Brook Noel, want it.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 Oysters Alaska at Litchfield Saltwater Grille.<\/span>Credit…<\/span>Wendy Carlson for The New York Times<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cWe have to be careful because Litchfield is a fairly conservative market,\u201d Mr. Stowers said when I talked with him by phone after my visits. He said the restaurant was well run before he and Ms. Noel arrived, and they have kept much of the staff. The most notable exception to that is the current chef, Robert Peotter, whom the owners brought from their home state of Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n