![]() I feel like I’m at a better place with my food. ![]() “It’s really hard when you’re a chef and you feel like you’re heading down one path, then all of a sudden, you’re like, ‘wow, there’s nothing left of this industry.’ Luckily a lot of that comes back, and maybe it comes back healthier. When Spindler’s closed, at the beginning of the pandemic, Rowland created a farmstand at his home in Wellfleet, where he had a large garden, and also ran a supper club for a friend in Provincetown, “to support us emotionally as much as anything,” he says. “There’s something about Cape Cod you can’t get away from if you really love it. “I was glad to be off-Cape, but glad to be back,” he says. They returned to the Cape, with their then-one-year-old daughter, when he was offered the position of executive chef at Spindler’s. Rowland, who attended college in North Carolina, lived in Asheville with his wife from 2009 to 2017, where he worked with James Beard nominee Katie Button and Elliott Moss. “That’s always been my focus.” In 2019, when he was still at Spindler’s, Rowland was one of five prominent New England chefs selected to be part of the Ocean Spray Cranberry Chef Collective – all chosen for their passion for using local ingredients and farm-to-table practices. I used to deliver local products to chefs when I was young,” he continues. “I feel like post-Covid, this is the future of food – to be more casual, to be more ingredient-oriented and to have it be easier to get beautiful ingredients to customers. “In my mind is a lot less like a store and more like a food service operation,” says Rowland, who has worked at Terra Luna and Blackfish in Truro and Spindler’s in Provincetown. In May 2022 Althaus and Adams turned Salty over to Rowland and opened Bagel Hound on Route 6 in Wellfleet their bagels are still available at Salty. In 2018, they started making bagels, which became very popular very quickly. They had purchased the old Dutra’s Market in North Truro in 2014, months before they were married, and transformed it into a local fixture with groceries, a deli, and international wine and beer. “Ellery and Claire have been the most amazing, supportive couple,” he continues, referring to Salty Market’s previous owners. “I wanted to prepare the food that I’m selling and have it be as local as possible.” “The idea of having a market and a food operation has been my concept,” Rowland explains. His friend Adrian Cyr, chef-owner of the beloved Truro restaurant Adrian’s, which closed in 2012, told him he thought the owners of Salty Market might consider selling and asked if he wanted to talk to them. “I think everything happens for a reason,” he says. ![]() Salty Market Farmstand is just pushing it one step forward.” He added the word farmstand to the business’ name to reflect the focus on local produce.Ī chef who grew up spending summers in Wellfleet, where his mother still lives, Rowland was close to buying East End Market in Provincetown earlier in 2022, but the deal fell through when his investor disappeared. “I want to give ode to what’s already here. “Salty Market is a gem,” says Liam Luttrell Rowland, of the North Truro business he acquired in 2022 and has been gradually making his own since opening that spring. ![]() Then there’s a deli serving delicious, creative breakfast and lunch items delectable baked goods restaurant-quality prepared foods great coffee indoor and outdoor seating and a warm, friendly staff. It’s the ideal neighborhood spot – a market with the freshest local produce, organic and gourmet groceries, fine cheeses and meats, and a well-curated international wine collection. ![]()
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