The Island At Flying Point Marina Opens Indoor Restaurant

EDGEWOOD, MD ? The Island at Flying Point Marina has opened an indoor restaurant to go along with its outdoor offerings.

"It's getting bigger every week," Jenna Cianelli, manager at The Island, said of the crowds.

About 30 percent of patrons at The Island are boaters, she said, while 70 percent are others who come to enjoy the food and scenery by car.

The Island has been around for about a year and a half, Cianelli said. However, it was not recognized as a restaurant by the Harford County Liquor Board until this summer.

Previously, because the establishment did not have a covered dining area, it could not have a restaurant-class liquor license, attorney Eric McLaughlin said at a recent liquor board hearing.

For months, the Cianelli family oversaw construction of a restaurant near the kitchen area.

"This family has made a substantial investment in this license,? McLaughlin said. ?They?ve invested in construction, equipment, staff, [and] they?ve generated employment."

In mid-July, the Harford County Liquor Control Board granted Island at Flying Point a change in class to allow it privileges of having a cafe. It can now sell beer, wine and liquor.

Pictured below is the covered dining area, where indoor seating is available at the restaurant. In the future, the Cianellis may open it year-round. For now, the business is seasonal.

Alcohol is allowed to be served on the premises, which includes a sandy island area across the dock with picnic tables and other seating.

"I commend you for the work you have put into this," Liquor Board Chair Paul Majewski II said at the July 13 liquor board hearing where the license was granted. "I think it?s going to be a very lucrative business for you ? [and] bring outsiders to the county."

To retain its license to sell alcohol, the restaurant must serve two courses of meals, five days a week. It is closed on Monday and Tuesday, which Cianelli said were prep days. The eatery is hiring kitchen help, and the marina is looking for deck hands, she told Patch.

The Island at Flying Point Marina is open from 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday; 11 a.m. to 10:30 or 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday.