Southampton Publick House is hosting its annual Fall Beer Dinner on Thursday, October 8, at 7 p.m., featuring a “tasting hour” and four-course dinner with local seafood, cheeses and duck paired with complementary Southampton Ales and Lager. Tickets are $60 per person (including tax and tip) and reservations are required. Call 631-283-2800.
A Wine Dinner with Russ Moran of Russ Moran Custom Catering will be held at Martha Clara Vineyards on Sound Avenue in Riverhead on Friday, October 9, at 7 p.m. The cost is $45 per person, or $40 for wine club members.
Tickets may be purchased online at marthaclaravineyards.com. For additional information, call 631-298-0075, e-mail info@marthaclaravineyards.com, or visit marthaclaravineyards.com.
Rowdy Hall Oktoberfest
Rowdy Hall, off Main Street in the Parrish Mews in East Hampton, is continuing its Oktoberfest celebration through October 8, with beer and dinner specials. Oktoberfest beer specials are offered daily beginning at 4 p.m., featuring $6 draught beers in a Rowdy Hall commemorative beer mug. Draught beers include Becks, Spaaten Oktoberfest and Paulaner Hefeweisen. Refills in the mug are $3.
For further information, call Rowdy Hall at (631) 324-8555.
Updated Menu at Blue Sky
Blue Sky Mediterranean Lounge on Main Street in Sag Harbor has announced a new dessert menu, with new items including: pâtisserie “Blue Sky” trio aux chocolat, $12; crème brulée, $8; fresh fruit tart with gelato, $9; profiteroles vanilla crème, $9; white chocolate crème brulée, $9; mango, raspberry and lemon sorbet, $3 (per serving); and Gianduia chocolate, hazelnut, amaretto, vanilla and dark chocolate gelato, $3 (per serving).
Blue Sky has also updated its lunch menu, available every day beginning at 11:30 a.m. The lunch menu is a modified version of the Mediterranean dinner menu. For reservations or further information, call 725-1810.
Harbor Bistro at 313 Three Mile Harbor Road in East Hampton has announced new hours for the fall season and a new $29 prix fixe menu.
During the fall, the restaurant will be open for dinner from 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. The extensive $29 prix fixe, with choice of three courses or two courses and a glass of wine, will be available all night Thursday and Sunday, from 5 to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and all night, every night at the bar.
For reservations or further information on the restaurant, call Harbor Bistro at (631) 324-7300 or visit www.harborbistro.net.
Matto at 104 North Main Street in East Hampton has announced a new fall prix fixe served daily for $29 per person, including a complimentary glass of wine for each diner. The three-course special menu is available Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday all night and on Saturday from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Matto is now open every day except Tuesday. Dinner begins at 5 p.m. and lunch is served Saturday and Sunday beginning at noon. For more information, call Matto at 631-329-0200 or visit www.mattorestaurant.com.
Rugosa at 290 Montauk Highway in East Hampton, closed on Tuesday and Wednesday, is now open Thursday through Monday from 5:30 to 10 p.m.
For reservations or further information, call Rugosa at 631-604-1550 or visit www.rugosarestaurant.com.
Executive chef Brian Shuren at Desmond’s Restaurant and Lounge at East Wind, on Route 25A in Wading River, is now serving a seasonal Oktoberfest prix fixe each Wednesday through October (October 13, 20 and 27) priced at $19.95 per person plus beverages, tax and gratuity.
For further menu information, contact Desmond’s at 631-846-2335.
Weekday Lunch Specials at La Fondita
La Fondita, on Montauk Highway in Amagansett, which will be closing for the season on October 11, is now offering weekday lunch specials Wednesday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Specials include: a chicken flauta plate, $10; taco plate, $11; quesadilla plat, $9; and a mixed combo plate, $9.50.
For more information, visit www.lafondita.net, or call La Fondita at 631-267-8800.
Grab and Go Dinners at Annie’s
With working parents and all those who like to eat right but don’t have time to cook in mind, Annie’s Organic Café on Nugent Street in Southampton is now offering “Grab and Go Dinners.”
Available for pickup will be such family favorites as old-fashioned turkey meatloaf with savory tomato glaze; kid-friendly whole wheat pasta with meatballs; hearty soups; stuffed peppers; coconut curried chicken and rice; Baja Southwestern lasagna; quinoa primavera; and vegetarian selections—all organic.
Patrons can fax in their orders to 631-377-3612, call ahead to 631-377-3607, or stop in to Annie’s by 6:30 and pick up the grab and go dinners. For deliveries to local businesses in Southampton Village, call 377-3607 before 5:30.