Sunday could be the last day for Fairway

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With the Fairway Restaurant’s future still hanging by a thread of hope, owner Dan Murray said this week that if he does get word that he has to move out by March 31, this weekend could be the restaurant’s final curtain call.

“I have to be prepared to leave on March 31,” Mr. Murray said by phone from Florida on Tuesday. “I haven’t officially heard one way or the other yet, but if I’m going to close, this Sunday might be my last day. I don’t know if I’d be able to go one more week.”

Mr. Murray said he had given up hope that negotiations between Southampton and East Hampton towns, which jointly own the Poxabogue Golf Center where the Fairway has operated for the last 20 years, and the property’s manager, Ed Wankel, would identify a way for him to keep his popular cafe at the property. He planned to return to New York on Wednesday to prepare for the Fairway’s closing.

But then he received a call from Southampton Town Management Services Administrator Richard Blowes on Monday telling him that the town had made one last offer to Mr. Wankel that might allow the Fairway to stay.

“I think they were trying to work it out where the food and beverage agreement was separate from the golf,” Mr. Blowes said. “Otherwise, the overall terms of the contract would be the same.”

To read the entire article, pick up the Mar 17 issue of The East Hampton Press or the Mar 18 issue of The Southampton Press.