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Along the Downtown Waterfront
at Marina Square
8 a.m. until noon
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The Cunninghams opened the restaurant and bar on Hutchinson Island last
year. As head chef, Jimmy runs the back of the house and Gina runs the front.
construction project, the 90-seat restaurant opened last year
with loyal patrons coming from as far away as Palm City.
Admiral’s Table influences can be found throughout the
Harvest Table from design elements to the staff, many of
whom worked with the couple at the Jensen Beach restaurant
in the 1980s. The bread bar and soup bar stations were
copied from the Admiral’s Table along with several recipes
including the one for New England clam chowder, offered
daily. The restaurant’s folksy, rustic, farm-fresh look comes
from different places the couple saw on summer vacations in
the Smoky Mountains.
In addition to working in the restaurant industry, Jimmy
has done quite well in other business ventures. He ran a roofing
company for three years and taught culinary students for
three years at Martin County High School. After joining the
American Culinary Federation apprenticeship program, he
worked his way up the ladder and was executive chef at Willoughby
Golf Club in Stuart for 10 years.
When the Cunninghams opened their first restaurant,
longtime friend and prep cook Scott Shipes asked if he could
work for them and then left Willoughby.
“I have known Jimmy for 30 years and we are like brothers,”
Shipes said. “He knows what I am thinking and I know
what he is thinking. We enjoy cooking. If you like what you
are doing, you are set and it is not really work. We are like a
happy family. We do as much as we can by hand and we really
do care. We enjoy pleasing people.” >>
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