Fog Island Cafe owners Mark and Anne Dawson met at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA). After graduation, Anne moved to Nantucket, Massachusetts, and within a short time Mark followed her to the quaint island. Here Mark and Anne married in 1987, and made Nantucket their year-round home.The cafe opened in 1993, just in time for Nantucket’s “Christmas Stroll”, when locals and tourists converge on the island for window-shopping. At first, the cafe was a small bistro-style place serving American regional cuisines. Seven years later, when the ice cream parlor next door moved away, the Dawsons expanded their cafe into a small restaurant. Mark and Anne designed the interior themselves, creating an inviting atmosphere centered on hospitality.