{"id":4094,"date":"2017-03-24T17:03:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T17:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hamptonschatter.net\/chatter\/?p=4094"},"modified":"2017-03-24T17:34:12","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T17:34:12","slug":"discount-dining-on-the-east-end-plus-why-you-dont-have-to-wait-till-exit-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamptonschatter.net\/chatter\/discount-dining-on-the-east-end-plus-why-you-dont-have-to-wait-till-exit-70\/","title":{"rendered":"DISCOUNT DINING ON THE EAST END… PLUS, WHY YOU DON’T HAVE TO WAIT TILL EXIT 70."},"content":{"rendered":"

In case you haven’t noticed, it’s starting to look a lot like spring in the Hamptons. \u00a0 \u00a0Are the trees budding? \u00a0 Have the lilies bloomed? \u00a0 NO! \u00a0 Traffic is picking up. \u00a0 There are more cars today than there were last weekend and probably more next week. \u00a0 \u00a0One of the other rites of spring is also here, “RESTAURANT WEEK.” \u00a0 \u00a0 From March 26th to April 2nd, a select number of eateries will be celebrating “East End Restaurant Week.” \u00a0 I’m not sure\u00a0how this IS different than “Hamptons Restaurant Week”….. but….. \u00a0many of the names are similar. \u00a0 Fresno, Nick and Toni’s and Service Station in East Hampton, Le Charlot and Union Cantina in Southampton and Page, Wolffer Kitchen and Barons Cove in Sag Harbor are a few of the participating eateries.<\/p>\n

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Zucchini Chips at N&T’s!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For a complete list of where to chow you can click here for the details. <\/a>For a complete list of where to chow you can click here for the details. <\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking of Union Cantina in Southampton<\/a>.. \u00a0I recently stopped by for dinner and was pleasantly surprised. \u00a0\u00a0I went when they first opened and was initially underwhelmed.<\/p>\n

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Deconstructed Enchiladas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Luckily, I decided to give them another shot. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0You should too. \u00a0 \u00a0We started with what I assume are the homemade chips and guacamole, \u00a0very solid. \u00a0 After that, \u00a0I had the “deconstructed” enchiladas, house salad and tortilla soup. \u00a0 \u00a0All were delicious with a little heat but not overwhelming. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The service was good… not great but good. \u00a0 It could be that I was there on a snowy night and nobody really felt like working. \u00a0 I know I didn’t feel like cooking on a snowy night! \u00a0 \u00a0We all love a snow day. \u00a0 \u00a0Anyway, I would say try for yourself and let me know if you agree. \u00a0 \u00a0Oh, the margaritas are\u00a0definitely worth trying too…. not too sweet with a good kick.<\/p>\n

Are we there yet?????? \u00a0Are we there yet? \u00a0 \u00a0Well, I’m already here …. out of the traffic suckas! \u00a0 \u00a0But while you haul your buts… or is it butts… out here in the<\/p>\n

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This just screams fun! \u00a0Unlike Sea World where there are just screams.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

next few weeks there’s something new along the LIE! \u00a0 I know… \u00a0excitement on the expressway! \u00a0 No longer do you need to ignore your kids and spouses and declare they, “hold it in until exit 70.” \u00a0 \u00a0 You now have the Long Island Visitors at Exit 52! \u00a0 That nearly 18 exits sooner!!! \u00a0Yes, I’m good at math… I took Calculus 101 twice! \u00a0 \u00a0 Anyway, “THE” answer is yes… they are clean bathrooms. \u00a0 \u00a0Plus, they have a a market featuring long island specialties and some fine cups of coffee too. \u00a0 \u00a0But for me, I had a whale of a good time just walking into the place (see photo). \u00a0 It’s almost as fun as Sea World but nobody gets eaten by the giant fish!<\/p>\n

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In case you haven’t noticed, it’s starting to look a lot like spring in the Hamptons. \u00a0 \u00a0Are the trees budding? \u00a0 Have the lilies bloomed? \u00a0 NO! \u00a0 Traffic is picking up. \u00a0 There are more cars today than there were last weekend and probably more next week. \u00a0 \u00a0One of the other rites … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","generate_page_header":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1070,1],"tags":[1463,1457,1347,1582,2570,2696,1350,2414,1381,2695,1354,1382],"class_list":["post-4094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-restaurant-week","category-uncategorized","tag-barons-cove","tag-blog","tag-east-hampton","tag-hamtpons","tag-nick-and-tonis","tag-page-on-main","tag-real-estate","tag-restaurant-week","tag-sag-harbor","tag-service-station","tag-southampton","tag-union-cantina"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8pfeo-142","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hamptonschatter.net\/chatter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/zuccini-chips.jpg?fit=650%2C488&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamptonschatter.net\/chatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamptonschatter.net\/chatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamptonschatter.net\/chatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamptonschatter.net\/chatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamptonschatter.net\/chatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4094"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/hamptonschatter.net\/chatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4152,"href":"https:\/\/hamptonschatter.net\/chatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4094\/revisions\/4152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamptonschatter.net\/chatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamptonschatter.net\/chatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamptonschatter.net\/chatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamptonschatter.net\/chatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}