Showcasing a crisp look thanks to extensive off-season renovations, Union Street Inn, a boutique-style, Nantucket B&B located in a historic 1770 whaling captain’s home, opened on April 26th for its 19th season. Major updates to guestrooms, common areas and landscape have refreshed the inn, enhancing the guest experience through the 2013 season.
Ideally located in the heart of downtown Nantucket, just off Main Street’s cobblestones and the harbor, Union Street Inn showcases tailored, elegant interiors, while respecting the house’s period details. Thoughtful renovations, the latest of the owners’ loving upgrades, cleverly incorporate the modern traveler’s needs while complementing the house’s iconic Nantucket style.
New interior décor, the vision of New England interior designer Trudy Dujardin, owner of Dujardin Design Associates, honors timeless Nantucket summer resort style, using blues, whites and yellows in fresh, tailored designer fabrics, wallpapers and accents. All 12 renovated guestrooms feature new designer furniture, wallpaper, lighting, artwork and accessories. Private bathrooms, luxurious bedding with Frette linens & Matouk duvets, bath amenities by (MALIN+GOETZ), flat-screen televisions and complimentary Wi-Fi remain signature trappings.
The foyer, living room, dining room and kitchen have been updated with sophisticated touches, including a new, built-in library fully stocked with hardback titles ranging from contemporary fiction to design and Nantucket classics. Guests will enjoy Union Street Inn’s generous outdoor green space, completely reimagined by Nantucket landscaper Marty McGowan of The Sconset Gardener. An expanded patio and a new, intimate ladies’ garden allow guests to enjoy breakfast, afternoon tea & sweets or a glass of wine before or after dinner amid the property’s remarkable downtown green space, tucked behind privets, dogwoods, boxwoods, hydrangeas and beds of English ivy.
Union Street Inn’s signature amenity is its home-style breakfasts, available in the dining room, on the garden patio or in bed – it’s the only Nantucket B&B to serve a full cooked-to-order breakfast. Co-owner Deborah Withrow’s menu features dishes like French toast with local Challah bread, fresh berries and Vermont maple syrup and smoked salmon on a toasted bagel with cream cheese, tomatoes, fresh chives and dill. In addition to home-baked cookies, guests look forward to the inn’s house-made carrot cake and brownies in the afternoon.
Owners and hosts Deborah & Ken Withrow utilize their backgrounds in hotel management (Ken as GM of The Royalton/NYC for Ian Schrager) and retail management (Deb as display manager for Henri Bendel & Fiorucci/NYC) to create personalized experiences for their guests. This season, they are offering several packages, which speak to their love and knowledge of the island.
The Spring Getaway Package is the perfect respite for travelers looking to make an early season escape to experience Nantucket’s unparalleled restaurants, shopping, museums, beaches and galleries. This package includes a designer room, Union Street Inn’s signature breakfast served on the patio or in bed and afternoon tea & sweets. 10% off daily rate (two-night minimum); available Sunday – Thursday, April 28th- June 14th.
A three-night stay with the Fast Ferry Package includes complimentary round trip Hy-Line Fast Ferry (one hour trip) tickets, a designer room, the inn’s homemade breakfast served on the patio or in bed and afternoon tea & sweets. Available Sunday – Thursday, April 28th – June 14th (three-night minimum).
For travelers looking to take advantage of Nantucket’s world-class restaurants – most a short stroll from the inn – the Table for Two Package is a perfect fit. The package features a designer room with Veuve Clicquot and seasonal, handmade, organic chocolates upon arrival, a $100 voucher for dinner at one of several hand-picked island restaurants and a $20 voucher to local craft brewery Cisco Brewers – their cobble-stoned courtyard is the ideal spot to bask in some early spring sun and sip a Whale’s Tale Pale Ale. Add $199 to room/tax total (minimum night requirements may apply); available anytime.
Recognized in 2012 by TripAdvisor as the “#1 Nantucket Inn” and by Boston magazine as the “Best Nantucket Boutique Hotel,” as well as by Fodor’s as “One of the 10 Most Romantic Hotels in the U.S.,” Union Street Inn is a striking example of “typical Nantucket” architecture circa 1770. Ideally located in the heart of the island’s historic village just off Main Street’s cobblestones and steps from the harbor, museums, shops, beaches and galleries, this beautifully renovated 12-room boutique inn features luxurious guestrooms and amenities, highly personalized guest service, including custom island itineraries, and is the only Nantucket bed & breakfast to offer a full cooked-to-order breakfast.