New Restaurant Opens In Charlestown's Old Navy Yard Bistro Space

CHARLESTOWN, MA — Dovetail and "The Shop" at Dovetail opened over the weekend. The restaurant opened amid pandemic in the space once occupied by the Navy Yard Bistro.

The owners Michael and Kari Cooney and Chef John Payne of Brewer’s Fork Restaurant planned to take over the Navy Yard Bistro in 2019 after getting word that that restaurant would be closing after nearly 15 years.

The team had originally planned to open the new restaurant earlier this year after renovation and work to secure an alcohol license, according to the Charlestown Bridge.

But, like everyone else, the owners have had to adjust to a pandemic.

Then this Saturday the restaurant, which offers a sandwich counter open during the day and a full restaurant in the evening, announced it was open for business.

According to menus posted on Instagram you can expect "The Shop" takeout to offer sandwiches, soup, salads, beer and wine: Find things like a Market Veggie Cubano, for $12 get peppers, Japanese eggplant, squash, zucchini, Shitake mushroom, Gruyère, house pickles, chipotle aioli pressed on a sesame torta.

They also have a kale Caesar salad with a poached egg, manchego, sunflower seeds and shaved baguette crostinis for $11. Check out the Strami on Rye for $12.50 and something called the Southeast Asian Cackalacka for $13. It involves pulled chicken and BBQ sauce.

The dinner options include oysters and pasta and shared plates as well as entrees like the Pan Seared Chalkstream Trout for $28 or the Veal Schnitzel for $38.