Fire Destroys the Former ‘Rick’s Crabby Cowboy’ in Montauk

A midnight fire destroyed the barn-like waterfront restaurant building that for years was home to Rick’s Crabby Cowboy Cafe on East Lake Drive in Montauk. COURTESY SCOTT SNOW

A midnight fire destroyed the barn-like waterfront restaurant building that for years was home to Rick’s Crabby Cowboy Cafe on East Lake Drive in Montauk. COURTESY SCOTT SNOW

A midnight fire destroyed the barn-like waterfront restaurant building that for years was home to Rick’s Crabby Cowboy Cafe on East Lake Drive in Montauk. COURTESY SCOTT SNOW

A midnight fire destroyed the barn-like waterfront restaurant building that for years was home to Rick’s Crabby Cowboy Cafe on East Lake Drive in Montauk. COURTESY SCOTT SNOW

The charred remains of the barn-like building that was once the Flying Fish and Rick's Crabby Cowboy Cafe and had been preparing to open as a new French bistro and nightclub called Maison Close when fire broke out on May 25.