Disclaimer: While I happily dine at any number of restaurants (Cittanuova, Sam’s Pizza, Rowdy Hall) in East Hampton, New York, during the off-season, our rule of thumb during the summer is to avoid town as much as humanly possible--lest you get honked at by the owner of a yellow hummer with skin like beef jerky. To this end, our haunts consist of all markets, restaurants, and farm stands that lie on the outskirts of town. Find out where after the jump.La Fondita: Great clean Mexican—not the heavy,
cheesy, gringo-ified Mexican we are used to in New York
City. I highly recommend the tostadas, huaraches, and the
soft tacos with carnitas and carne asada. Great rice and beans, which,
like bread in Italian restaurants, is a pretty good barometer of the
rest of the meal. The best part is that you can eat on picnic tables in
the back overlooking a posh gardening center. Kids can run around while
parents throw back a couple of Coronas. Phone ahead for takeout. 74
Montauk Highway in Amagansett, New York, (631) 267-8800.
Tutta Italiana (Citarella’s Italian Specialty Market): A go-to for delicious individual thin-crust pizzas. Located on the corner of Highway 27 and Cove Hollow (opposite the bowling alley). They also have a nice selection of prepared foods (sautéed green beans are excellent) as well as antipasti. They make fresh mozzarella on site, which is pretty amazing--you can eat it while it’s still warm. Decent produce (though better to get it at farm stands) and a nice organic edit of fresh juices and yogurt. 74 Montauk Highway #6, (631) 324-9500.
Suki Zuki: Delicious sushi. Specialties include a not very Japanese but very delicious chicken salad as well as something called a tuna sandwich, which is like a better version of a spicy tuna roll, served tea-sandwich-style. Go no later than 6:30 or you will be saddling up to the bar alongside over-sunned cougars (with impressively sculpted guns, to boot) until well past bedtime.
Hampton Market Place: Citarella is the specialty market of choice in the off-season, with the usual upscale array of French and Italian cheeses, a huge fish counter, and a good butcher. It’s also right in the center of town just beyond a crowded intersection and the longest light on the east end. Hampton Market Place, just steps from the train station on Race Lane, has the best meat counter in town (ask for the dry marinade on any steaks for grilling) and a Suki Zuki outpost, which happens to be the best sushi on the east end. Apart from seasonal berries and local produce near the cash registers, the produce is just okay. 36 Race Lane, (631) 329-7000.
Claws on Wheels: Basically across the street from Hampton’s Market, it sells delicious salmon and local striped bass, which are excellent for grilling. You can also order fish and chips and lobster rolls for takeout. 17 Race Lane, (631) 324-9224.
Iacono Farms: For the best organic chicken you have ever tasted in your life. This chicken farm, which sells chickens, hens, eggs (go for the minis when they have them), and assorted baked goods is a throwback to a John Steinbeck novel. The same family has been running it for over 50 years. Order a day ahead and ask them to cut it into pieces if you are grilling. 106 Long Lane, (631) 324-1107.
Ecco Farms: A little local, organic farm collective right across the street from Iacono.
Scoop du Jour: Delicious (if very expensive) ice cream and the only in-town must. I vote for Moose Tracks (vanilla ice cream with chocolate chunks and chocolate-covered peanut-butter bombs). Also home to the defunct Dreesen’s old-fashioned doughnut machine and delicious (especially when hot) powdered and cinnamon-sugar doughnuts. 35 Newtown Lane, (631) 329-4883.
Tutta Italiana (Citarella’s Italian Specialty Market): A go-to for delicious individual thin-crust pizzas. Located on the corner of Highway 27 and Cove Hollow (opposite the bowling alley). They also have a nice selection of prepared foods (sautéed green beans are excellent) as well as antipasti. They make fresh mozzarella on site, which is pretty amazing--you can eat it while it’s still warm. Decent produce (though better to get it at farm stands) and a nice organic edit of fresh juices and yogurt. 74 Montauk Highway #6, (631) 324-9500.
Suki Zuki: Delicious sushi. Specialties include a not very Japanese but very delicious chicken salad as well as something called a tuna sandwich, which is like a better version of a spicy tuna roll, served tea-sandwich-style. Go no later than 6:30 or you will be saddling up to the bar alongside over-sunned cougars (with impressively sculpted guns, to boot) until well past bedtime.
Hampton Market Place: Citarella is the specialty market of choice in the off-season, with the usual upscale array of French and Italian cheeses, a huge fish counter, and a good butcher. It’s also right in the center of town just beyond a crowded intersection and the longest light on the east end. Hampton Market Place, just steps from the train station on Race Lane, has the best meat counter in town (ask for the dry marinade on any steaks for grilling) and a Suki Zuki outpost, which happens to be the best sushi on the east end. Apart from seasonal berries and local produce near the cash registers, the produce is just okay. 36 Race Lane, (631) 329-7000.
Claws on Wheels: Basically across the street from Hampton’s Market, it sells delicious salmon and local striped bass, which are excellent for grilling. You can also order fish and chips and lobster rolls for takeout. 17 Race Lane, (631) 324-9224.
Iacono Farms: For the best organic chicken you have ever tasted in your life. This chicken farm, which sells chickens, hens, eggs (go for the minis when they have them), and assorted baked goods is a throwback to a John Steinbeck novel. The same family has been running it for over 50 years. Order a day ahead and ask them to cut it into pieces if you are grilling. 106 Long Lane, (631) 324-1107.
Ecco Farms: A little local, organic farm collective right across the street from Iacono.
Scoop du Jour: Delicious (if very expensive) ice cream and the only in-town must. I vote for Moose Tracks (vanilla ice cream with chocolate chunks and chocolate-covered peanut-butter bombs). Also home to the defunct Dreesen’s old-fashioned doughnut machine and delicious (especially when hot) powdered and cinnamon-sugar doughnuts. 35 Newtown Lane, (631) 329-4883.
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