Ok, everyone. I know which I prefer but this is your chance to vote! For the next 30 days I’ll be tabulating votes on who has the best pizza in the Hamptons. Look to the right at the little widget and you can cast your vote. If I missed any shops, let me know I’ll add them to the list. Remember, you have to have a gmail or google account to vote. Sorry, I don’t know how to do it any other way. I mean, this is important information for anyone new or visiting the Hamptons. Do your part!!
More goings on around town!! Food news, furniture news…etc
Remember Tommy Hilfigger opened a flagship store in East Hampton? Well yes it’s gone already. Now I don’t want to mock Tommy (he is a very successful guy) but perhaps this isn’t really his market. I mean it seems to me Ralph Lauren has a lock on the EH public and in fact there are rumors he’s even designing new uniforms for the police and fire department. Ok, the last part is a joke but I can actually see it happening. Anyway, Tommy H is gone and going into his place in case you don’t already know is RESTORATION HARDWARE. I love love love love Restoration Hardware and the biggest reason is because they don’t really sell hardware! I’ve never seen a single hack saw in the place but the furniture, the finishings and everything else rock. It’s opening right on Main St. and the sign in the window says it’s opening in April. Stay tuned.
Now for the food news; Race Lane is back open after a brief hiatus and menu overhaul. The burger is still there, the Branzino is still there and so is the Half Chicken. Also now on the men is an amazing crab cake appetizer, suffed zucchini flower with ricotta, mint and tomato emulsion and a crab cake that is virtually all crab! There ‘s a lot more on the menu at RL (no, not Ralph Lauren- – Race Lane) and the service and atmosphere are top notch. We’re glad to see them back in action.
Meanwhile, Yes I was W-R-O-N-G! Almond didn’t go into the Old Stove Pub as I prophisized but I was told it really was close. In case you didn’t know, they’re going to the old ONE OCEAN, which I remember better as the old JG Mellon’s. I actually worked at JG Mellon’s on the UWS when I first moved to NYC. I’m not sure why they never made it out here. I’m wishing Eric L. and Laura and the entrie crew of Almond luck at their new local. I’ll see you guys soon!
Just reduced by $200,000 Water Mill Estate!!!
A true waterfront paradise. This exclusive gated estate sits on almost one full acre of land next to a 1.4 acre waterfront wildflower preserve on Mill Pond. Thoreau would envy the quietude-only two other homes are next to the preserve. This gracious, gabled, traditional home is 7,900 square feet with 6 BR’s and 6 1/2 baths with radiant heated floors. Wide-plank Brazilian cherry flooring, Professional Gourmet Kitchen with custom cabinetry, 60″ Wolf range/dual-ovens/French cook top, 2 Wolf wall ovens, 2 Sub-Zero refigerators, 2 Bosch dishwahsers, 2 farm sinks, granite counter-tops and Formal Dining Room have all been done with superior finshes. There are also 4 Wood-burning Fireplaces, Family Room, 1st Floor BR, Master Bedroom Large mahogany deck facing water & pool Bose audio system. The home also features the latest home Security system, and extensive lightning rod system. A multi zoned HVAC with room-by-room controls and a central vacuum system and laundries on 1st and 2nd floor make for great comfort and convenience. The elevator cab is richly paneled in cherry and is just one of the many elegant touches inside this amazing home. Now asking $5,395,000
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Breaking News!!!! Della Femina sells to Hillstone Restaurant Group!
In news that is going to have all of the Hamptons a buzz… Jerry Della Femina has allegedly sold his East Hampton restaurant to the Hillstone Restaurant Group. In case you don’t know the group it’s the company behind the hugely successful HOUSTON’S restaurant group. The company recently changed their name to Hillstone’s in the Manhattan locations. I’m not sure what the name will be here in the Hamptons, but I assure you the food will be awesome. I have long been a fan of Houston’s/Hillstone in the city. Their salads, their steaks, their everything is fresh, a great portion size and at a great price. If I were The Palm, I would be very nervous right now. This will be the biggest restaurant on the east end this summer…. MARK MY WORDS! Look for an opening in early to mid May!