Feel that? The number of sunlight hours extends with each passing day, and the wind now requires fewer layers to fend off its bone-cold touch. Although not yet summer weather, the first day of spring, March 20, lies only on the horizon, and with it comes the promise of days soon spent moseying along the beach while scarfing down seasonal food.
The transition into spring marks more than mere sunlight and warmer sand: it marks the launch of Schultzy’s Snack Shack (346 Park Ave, Portsmouth), a burger joint created by Kurt Schultz, executive chef at the Atlantic Beach Club.
Originally, Schultz wanted to create a clam shack, but finding an ideal location, especially with the number of clam shacks already saturating the Ocean State, delayed the shack’s creation. Finally, as Schultz explains, he found the perfect spot “right across the beach in Island Park, but the problem was, there’s a clam shack right next to it. Rather than compete with them, we decided to do something that complemented them.”
The complementing meals offered at Schultzy’s Snack Shack include “ice cream, burgers, fries, hotdogs” and other such delectable hand-held meals crafted for a beach-goers’ on-the-move behavior. Schultz currently foresees the shack being a seasonal affair, open “six or seven months a year,” with the grand opening taking place “sometime in the middle of March.”
For those fans of Schultz’s cooking at the Atlantic Beach Club, fear not, for he expects to continue working at the establishment. In fact, he claims his wife, Debra Schultz, will be the one “mostly running the snack shack,” though he expects to put plenty of time into the shack’s operation, too. For inquiries about the menu, or directions to the shack, please call 401-683-CONE.
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