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Bostwick's Chowder House will offer fish tacos, shrimp scampi and broiled sea scallops amount other disher this summer.
Navy Beach restaurant in Montauk is located on a 200-foot private beach and serves a "fish centric" menu.
Another summer, another roster of new restaurants and places to dine where significant changes have been made. This week, Dining Out offers a partial list of what’s new for summer 2010.
Four Seasons Caterers is adding a new chef, Julio Quisbert, for the restaurant operation at 15 Prospect Street. Mr. Quisbert formerly worked in Manhattan at Raoul’s, Tribeca Grill and Nobu and has consulted for Bon Appétit magazine. For information, call 631-283-3354.
Wildthyme Restaurant at 129 Noyac Road is trying out a new approach this season in an effort to become “the first farm-to-table restaurant on the East End.” The concept means that ingredients are sourced locally and go directly from the farm to the table, which is part of a larger movement that encourages people to eat locally and take advantage of seasonal ingredients while focusing on the environmental and cultural impacts of farming. The menu will change daily with the availability of ingredients.
Wildthyme is open for dinner Sunday through Thursday from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. For reservations and information call 204-0007.
Southfork Kitchen at 203 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike is looking to local waters to dress up its summer menu. The restaurant will open in mid-July and serve locally caught entrées. The restaurant is the brainchild of owner Bruce Bushel, a resident of Bridgehampton for 30 years and an author and writer who has documented the experience of building and starting his first restaurant in his New York Times blog, “Start-up Chronicle.”
For more information, visit southforkkitchen.com.
Love Lane Café is a new “destination restaurant” at 3556 Montauk Highway at the Poxabogue Golf Center offering American and international cuisine from Michael Avella, the owner of Love Lane Kitchen in Mattituck who is teaming up with General Manager Jennilee Morris and Executive Chef Ben Warner for the new operation.
The new restaurant will focus on using local ingredients but prices will remain reasonable in order to accommodate families, according to Mr. Avella. Service begins at 7 a.m. with breakfast and lunch every day and dinner five nights a week. Visit www.lovelanekitchen.com for more information.
Cilantro’s, the new restaurant at 138 Division Street at the former home of Agave, will add Mexican spice to Sag Harbor this summer. Owned by Edgar Quezada with Chef Jouse in the kitchen, the restaurant will be open from 6 a.m. to midnight every day until September 20.
Menu items will include breakfast burritos, chorizo and ham, fish tacos, fajitas and quesadillas and entrées will range in price from $12 to $16. For information, call 725-4555.
Serafina East Hampton is opening at 104 North Main Street this season at the former location of Matto and will offer Northern Italian dishes that originated from family recipes passed down to co-owner Vittorio Assaf.
Pizza chefs will work in the front of the dining room and entrée selections feature several seafood, poultry and meat items prepared on the wood-burning grill. Appetizers are priced from $7 to $15, entrées from $17 to $28 and desserts at $8. A kids’ menu is also available. Serafina East Hampton will be open daily in season with lunch and dinner starting at noon.
For more information call 267-3500.
The former site of Bostwick’s at 39 Gann Road in East Hampton underwent a $1 million renovation and is now opening as The Boathouse, with owner Michael Gluckman of Lodge Bar and Grill and Bamboo Sushi Lounge teaming up with chef Robert Gurvich for a menu featuring seafood as well as steaks. Entrées range in price from $15 to $34.
For more information, call 329-3663 or visit easthamptonboathouse.com.
Meanwhile, Bostwick’s Chowder House is getting a new address but keeping seafood front and center. Owners Chris Eggert and Kevin Boles are reopening the restaurant at 277 Pantigo Road, the former home of Cherrystones Clam and Lobster Shack. The new restaurant will offer indoor and outdoor seating for seafood in a “laid-back” setting.
Bostwick’s Chowder House will be open seven days a week from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. For more information, visit bostwickseh.com or call 324-1111.
Rowdy Hall in East Hampton, home of English pub and French bistro cuisine, is reopening with a face-lift this season.
The Honest Man Group, which has Rowdy Hall, Nick & Toni’s, La Fondita and Townline BBQ in its family of restaurants, has hired pastry chef Mark Gerlach to oversee the dessert menus. At Rowdy Hall, Mr. Gerlach is currently featuring butterscotch hazelnut bon bons for $7.50.
For further information, call Rowdy Hall at (631) 324-8555.
The Grill on Pantigo is opening on May 27 in the old Wei Fun space at 203 Pantigo Road, serving seafood, meat and poultry. For information, call 329-2600 or e-mail info@thegrillonpantigo.com.
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Star Island Grill, formerly known as Star Deck Grille and located at Star Island Yacht Club & Marina, is opening this summer under the management of the husband-and-wife team of Patty and Tony Sales.
Star Island Grill’s spring menu will offer soups, salads, paninis, sandwiches and specials using fresh seafood and local produce. The restaurant will also offer local favorites and sandwiches named after local celebrities. For information, call 668-5052.
New executive chef Robbin Haas has taken the reins at the Montauk Yacht Club Resort and Marina. The new chef will bring “seasonal cuisine” to the club with locally harvested ingredients.
Navy Beach, a new restaurant at 16 Navy Road opened by Frank Davis and Franklin Ferguson, who are teaming up with Paul Labue, the former chef at The Laundry, offers a “fish centric” menu with a waterfront view. The restaurant will also offer a Drop and Dine program, enabling parents to enroll children age 4 to 10 in a $25 60-minute art class while the parents enjoy lunch. For more information, call 668-6868.
Coffee Tauk, an upscale coffee bar located on the corner of Elmwood and Edison, will celebrate its grand opening on Memorial Day weekend. For more information, call 668-7007.
Squiretown Restaurant and Bar, at 26 West Montauk Highway in the former J.T.’s building, is a modern American bistro owned by Craig Bishop that can seat 50 people in the dining room.
Menu items include sandwiches and burgers priced from $11 to $14, entrées that include skirt steak; filet mignon; penne Scotto’s, sweet Italian sausage with rapini and cannelini; and lobster steamed or broiled, by itself or with crab cake stuffing. Dinner prices range from $21 to $32.
For information, call 723-2626 or visit www.squiretown.com.
1 North Steakhouse, located at 1 North Shore Road and owned by Chris Cariello, opened partway through last summer and specializes in seafood and steak.
Guests can eat in one of two dining areas where they can view the Shinecock Canal. Menu items include $32 porterhouse steaks, $20 thinly sliced chicken breast sautéed with sundried tomatoes in a pesto cream sauce served over cappellini and $26 sauteed shrimp with prosciutto, golden raisins, and a pernod cream sauce served over truffle risotto. The restaurant is closed Monday, and brunch is served on weekends.
For information, call 594-3419 or visit 1northsteakhouse.com.
Rumba is the new restaurant at 43 Canoe Place Road and features Island-themed cuisine.
The restaurant resembles a summer bungelow and the outside is accented by tiki torches. There is live reggae music Thursday nights from 8 to 11 p.m.
The menu includes oysters, tacos, sandwiches, chili rubbed pork tenderloin, soy and sugar cane salmon, mampie mahi and Dominican ribs. Entrées range from $16 to $28. Closed on Tuesdays, the restaurant is open from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday; 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday; and 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday.
For information, call 594-3544.
Chef and proprietor Pietro Bottero has taken over the kitchen at The Patio at 54 Main, and diners can expect to see a menu with more of an Italian flair this season. Entrées will include wild mushroom risotto with truffle sauce, and Italian street fair sausage and pepper sandwiches, as well as a retooling of Patio signature staples.
For information, visit thepatiowhb.com.
The kitchen of Annona, at 112 Riverhead Road, is now under the management of chef Anthony Decker and will offer modern Italian cuisine. For information, call 288-7766.
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