News for Foodies: 06.08.17
The Oreya restaurant has reopened at the Capri hotel in Southampton and is now accompanied by the Oreya Lounge. The restaurant, overseen by Greg Grossman, its chef and owner, serves a Mediterranean-inspired menu and has been redesigned, with the inclusion of the outdoor lounge, cocktail bar, and pool. New dishes on the menu this year include sumac-cured hamachi crudo, wood-fired lamb tenderloin, foie gras hummus, and beet salt-baked red snapper.
At the Maidstone
The restaurant at the Maidstone Hotel in East Hampton has been revamped by David Standridge, a chef at the Cafe Clover in Manhattan’s West Village. As consulting chef, he has created a contemporary American breakfast, lunch, and dinner menu that features casual, seasonal, and local fare.
Breakfast at the Inn
The Bridgehampton Inn restaurant is now serving breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. and brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Sunday. The menu will include weekly specials.
For Food Biz
The Amagansett Food Institute will host the first in a series of informational and networking evenings for small food producers on June 22 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the headquarters of the Plain-T iced tea business in Southampton. Participation is free, but advance registration, by emailing info@amagansettfoodinstitute. org, is required, as space is limited.
The evening will feature a presentation by Cheryl Clements, the chief executive officer and founder of PieShell, an online crowdfunding source for food businesses. There will be tastings of Plain-T’s beverages offered by the company’s owners, Alessandro and Tathiana Teixeira, time to meet other food entrepreneurs, and an opportunity to pitch a business model to PieShell.
The Squeezery
The folks from the White Room Gallery in Bridgehampton have opened the Squeezery, a juice and coffee bar by day and bar bar by night, on Amagansett’s Main Street. The bright and vibrant space has tables and a lounge area, art, and a menu of juice combos or a la carte ingredients, as well as coffee drinks and snacks.
Craving Ice Cream?
One option for a serving of the sweet, soft stuff is Smokin’ Wolf, the takeout barbecue shop on Pantigo Road in East Hampton. The shop has reopened its ice cream freezer for the summer.