The Moors

Locally-owned and operated for almost 60 years by the Costa family, The Moors restaurant popularized Portuguese cooking, “Provincetown style”, as fine cuisine. It was a cultural and culinary legend in Ptown. It started out in 1939 next to the present-day Lobster Pot, and eventually expanded and moved to a then-remote area of town near the breakwater. During “Jazz Brunch”, Lenny Grandchamp played piano in the Smuggler’s Lounge, and young songstress named Carly Simon started out playing here in 1974. The well-loved restaurant closed around 1998, but it lives on in local hearts and lore.