New owners of landmark Longboat Key restaurant 'overwhelmed' with support

Preserving and celebrating this Longboat Key staple is personal for Rachel Ghormley's family.

By Dana Kampa
| 4:00 p.m. June 9, 2025
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Rachel Ghormley, the new owner of Euphemia Haye with husband Jason, said they were glad to save the 50-year-old restaurant that holds special sentimental meaning for her family.

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Many Longboat Key residents shared their sorrow upon hearing that Euphemia Haye, a global fine-dining restaurant that had been serving a devoted clientele for more than 50 years, closed abruptly in late April.

Rachel Ghormley especially felt the loss, considering her parents held their wedding reception there in 1982. A couple that own and ran the restaurant for decades even babysat for a young Rachel Ghormley.

"I have some of my most cherished final memories with my parents here," she says. "We had our last Thanksgiving here with my father. It's been such a special place to me, and that's why it's so important to keep it alive."