The Fairway/Hole in One: Outer Cape Cod Landmarks Since 1989

Both the Hole in One bakeries and the Fairway restaurant have a mission which the entire management and team takes seriously: to provide delicious, homemade foods with warm, friendly service.

We’re all family here, with an extended family and a wonderful staff working together to provide our customers with nothing but the best: quality foods made with quality ingredients, served in comfortable, inviting locations.

We are committed to our customers and the Cape community we love, and show our support for local schools and community fundraisers.

Here’s our story: 

The Fairway and Hole in One restaurants are owned by John and Brenda Kesaris. John grew up in his family’s restaurant business on Boston’s South Shore. Being in and around commercial kitchens from a young age, John learned essential policies, procedures, and life lessons which have shaped his career. These experiences have given him a strong compass; guiding both his personal and professional life.

After high school John attended the Culinary Institute of America in New York. He then worked as a sous chef at a large hotel chain, refining his skills. But, eventually realizing that corporate life wasn’t for him, John started his first restaurant — which over the years led to other entrepreneurial opportunities along the East Coast. At one of the several restaurants which he owned, John developed “Pizzings,” a concept focused on wings and pizza which was a huge success. He introduced the concept into his full-service restaurant and realized it was better as a grab-and-go concept so he sold that business.  John then rebranded the full-service family style restaurant to a coal fired pizzeria, “The Marsh Coal Fired Pizza” in Marshfield, MA.

Meanwhile, down on the Cape, the Hole in One Donut Shop in Eastham had become a treasured local institution. The Bazzano family had nurtured its operation since 1989, expanding it from one to two locations, then introducing the Fairway Restaurant — adjacent to the Eastham bakery.

Ken Taber took on the role as General Manager of the operation and worked closely with his wife and her three sisters to build the businesses.  As a group they acquired the operation and worked diligently into the early 2020’s when the family decided that the time had come to ease into retirement.  Which led to a chance meeting with then-summer resident John Kesaris as he visited the Orleans location for a cinnamon bun.

Throughout his career, John always had a personal passion for baking, and when the opportunity arose to purchase the Hole in One and Fairway, he and Brenda made the life-changing decision and purchased the Hole in One and Fairway Restaurant. They made minimal changes in their first years, focusing on maintaining quality while slowly introducing new ideas and adding two new locations: in Yarmouth and in Rockland.

The Kesaris family is now deeply involved in Hole in One and Fairway, with John, Brenda, and their children working side-by-side in daily operations. The children can be found working the counters or helping in the kitchen, carrying on the family tradition.

Looking ahead, John and Brenda are committed to maintaining the reputation of the restaurants and preserve the standards and values this Cape Cod institution has built over the years. Please stop by and see them the next time you’re on the Cape. We promise it won’t be your last!