Posted on 14 September 2009
The listmasters at Forbes have unveiled this year’s 500 Most Expensive Zip Codes in America, with a few East End contenders taking the top spots. Water Mill’s 11976 and Bridgehampton’s11932 enter the list at numbers 14 and 15, respectively, while Amagansett’s 11930 comes in at number 45. Elsewhere in the top 100 are Wainscott (47), Shelter Island Heights (68), [...]
Posted on 12 September 2009
We’ve been eating our way across the Hamptons all summer. Here we bring you 26 reviews as we head into Labor Day weekend. We starred our absolute favorites!
SOUTHAMPTON
RED BAR BRASSERIE
For a sophisticated dinner atmosphere in Southampton, head to Red Bar Brasserie. We found social groups of 30-somethings and romantic couples dining among the white walls, [...]
Posted on 01 September 2009
What are you going to hit this weekend? Are you laidback and cool? Rich and beautiful? Some lucky combination thereof? Read the list and pick your poison.
At Lily Pond, guys in seersucker or all white will pump their right arms like it’s dancing while girls in Herve Leger skirts groove [...]
Posted on 16 August 2009
This laid back surf shack mixes its tasty Mexican menu with a day at the beach. Diners in swimsuits dust the sand off their feet while enjoying their meals at picnic tables in an intimate backyard setting. But don’t let the low-key vibe and the paper plates fool you—La Fondita is serious about its unique [...]
Posted on 08 August 2009
New to Sag Harbor, the Adornments boutique offers up an amazing jewelry collection. We are particular to the cocktail rings! We sat down with owner Joseph Maio to talk stones and the Hamptons.
To27: How did you get into jewelry?
Joseph Maio: I started out in the Saks Fifth Avenue [...]
Posted on 08 August 2009
Welcome to the latest offering from the Curbed Hamptons Listage Department, where everyone loves a good countdown. A tipster has alerted us to the fact that Amagansett’s Astro Pizza is now open really late, like 3am late. (Take that, Mezzaluna.) In light of this awesome revelation, we bring you the best of the noctural crowd - the [...]
Posted on 05 August 2009
The best thing about Nick & Toni’s is the parking lot.
Don’t get me wrong. The $46 steak is decent. The foie gras is even better. Yet it’s the parking lot that makes this one of the more tolerable places to eat out East.
We use mass transit in Manhattan. But we use cars, preferably Ferraris, in the Hamptons, [...]
Posted on 25 June 2009
Hampton Main Beach, Ocean Ave, East Hampton: East Hampton is notorious for drawing schools of New Yorkers come summer, probably because of beaches like this one. Long and clean, the sandbanks are piled high here, while the waves are known to be some of the best in New York…
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Posted on 14 June 2009
When lovers become colleagues, they often find it is bad for business, and romance. But for Elizabeth Ashlea Wood and Gabriel Spektor Nussbaum, both 26, the immersion of teaching children in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans and making a documentary together further melded their hearts.
“It didn’t add pressure to our relationship,” Mr. Nussbaum said. “It formed our [...]
Posted on 01 June 2009
Hey Upper-East-Siders. Your favorite local trattoria Mezzaluna will be opening another location in Amagansett. Let’s hope it’s not as crowded, but we can hardly blame the patrons. The second verse will be same as the first, with owner Aldo Bozzi offering up a menu of to-die-for homemade pasta and authentic wood-fired pizza. But you don’t need to [...]