We’re actually not surprised to hear that the Arbor, one of Marc Rowan‘s Hamptons restaurants, is in contract to be sold. The place seemed like a dud from the start. Starting with the name. A friend of ours, at the time, complained, “Arbor? That’s what they think a Montauk restaurant […]
Restaurants & Retail
East Hampton Point sold for a rather stunning low price
Previously, we were the first to mention that East Hampton Point had been sold. Then, we exclusively revealed the buyer, Heath Freeman of Alden Global Capital. Now, we’ll tell you how much he paid. Asking prices for the place have been up, down, up, for as long as we can […]
Snag a signed cookbook and homemade Easter chocolate on the North Fork!
On the East End, we’re all about the locavore these days, and it doesn’t get any better than The Hamptons Kitchen, a delicious regional cookbook, and the North Fork Chocolate Company, which makes a variety of delicious treats right in house. On April 3, the day before Easter, stop by […]
Rumor has it: East Hampton Point has been sold
East Hampton Point is a property that’s been on and off the market for, well, as long as we can remember, at all different prices. $55 million in 2006, $29 million in 2015, and most recently down to $27 million. What do you get for all that? Five acres of […]
Expand your Montauk retail empire with Martell’s and a gas station
Ah, Martell’s. Time was a young Hamptons Hot Sheet editor would ride her pennyfarthing downtown to this shop to purchase molasses candy and a new slide whistle. “What news?” she would ask the proprietor. “Has Mr. McKinley won election? Why, hello, Mr. Roosevelt.” OK, so actually it was a little […]
Water Street Shops in Sag Harbor purchased by Bay Street Theater
The Bay Street Theater announced today that it has purchased the shops at West Water Street, near its current location, where it will construct a new building with multiple theaters, spaces for new-work development, education facilities, outdoor performance spaces, and public spaces. The space is of course right next to John […]
The iconic Sagaponack General Store is for sale
Back when Sagaponack was just a sleepy farming town, residents gathered round at its general store and post office to find out what was going on around town. Sagaponack today, of course, is consistently ranked the priciest zip code in the United States, but it’s still a small town and […]
Union: Raising the Stakes in Southampton
Rest assured you can still get Chef Scott Kampf’s popular burgers at Union Burger Bar in Southampton, indoors or out. But a sizeable portion of the building is now devoted to more refined dining in the well-appointed Union Sushi & Steak. Here Jon Bon Jovi’s Hampton Water rosé flows and […]
Is your coffee not classy enough? Try Ralph Lauren’s!
Have you recently been tortured by the idea that, even though you live in an old farmhouse with antique quilts and vintage hooked rugs, you have a pet Labrador, you keep chickens in an adorable henhouse, drive an elderly Bronco, collect antique silver, and wear only preppy clothes, that you’re […]
The Old Stove Pub is reborn, and here’s the menu
Great news for us Hamptons old-timers: the Old Stove Pub is back! The 200-year-old farmhouse with the red horse in front* has been purchased by Joseph DeCristofaro, who intends to keep it open year-round. (We’re happy for our own selfish reasons: our entire life, we’ve driven past that sign on […]