News For Foodies: 10:16:14
A fall menu at 75 Main in Southampton is centered on local produce and includes dishes such as truffle-crumb stuffed breast of chicken served with polenta, garlic, and broccoli rabe; marinated skirt steak, and blue crab-crusted halibut.
On Mondays at 75 Main, pasta entrees, served with a soup or salad to start, are $16, and on Sundays there are steak specials: a burger, flatiron steak, marinated skirt steak, or hanger steak served with soup or salad for $18. In addition, the restaurant offers a three-course prix fixe Tuesdays through Fridays for $29.95.
Fall at Pierre’s
The seasonal changes at Pierre’s in Bridgehampton include the addition of onion soup, escargot flambé, and beef pot au feu to the menu, and a $30 prix fixe served all night on weeknights and on weekends until 6:30 p.m. Entrées include beef bourguignon with spaetzle, roasted organic chicken with ratatouille and potato puree, and pan-seared salmon with cauliflower gratin.
On Wednesdays
Also in Bridgehampton, Fresh Hamptons has added another nightly promotion. This one, on Wednesdays, will bring half-price discounts on bottles of wine originally priced at or under $100.
The mid-week draw at little/red in Southampton is a burger night on Wednesdays from 5:30 to 10 p.m. The restaurant’s bistro burger platter, with a burger and fries, lettuce, tomato, Vidalia onion, and pickles, is offered for $10, plus tax and gratuity. Cheese and other add-ons are available at an extra cost.
Winter Farm Shares
Single and family shares at Quail Hill Farm in Amagansett are available for the coming season, with vegetables offered for pickup every two weeks from Nov. 21 through February. Fall produce that will be offered includes carrots, beets, potatoes, cabbage, squash, wheatberries, and more. Those interested may call Robin Harris at the Peconic Land Trust office in Southampton.
At Wolffer Winery
An apple-tasting, led by John Halsey of the Halsey apple orchard and the Milk Pail farm stand in Water Mill, will take place on Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Wolffer Estate Winery in Sagaponack. The cost is $10.
Every Tuesday, the winery has wine-tasting events for $15. On the coming Tuesday, Andrew Harris of Montauk, who owns the Stonecrop Wines vineyard in New Zealand, will discuss his experiences and present the Stonecrop sauvignon blanc and pinot noir.
Living Room Specials
Those looking to unwind after work will find happy hour specials at the Living Room restaurant’s bar at c/o the Maidstone inn in East Hampton. From 5 to 9 p.m., cocktails and food from the bar menu are half price, selected beers are $5, and house wines are $9. On Friday nights, Alfredo Merat performs with friends, and the popular Swedish meatball dish made by Mathias Brogie, the chef, with mashed potatoes, lingonberry jam, and creamy gravy, is $20.
Happy in Sag
Happy hour gets started at 4 p.m. from Sunday through Friday at Page, at 63 Main Street in Sag Harbor. It runs till 6:30 and features food specials, including mussels meuniere for $10 and grilled vegetable and hummus flatbread for $7, as well as drinks at discounted prices — beer for $5, house wine for $7, and specialty cocktails for $8. Varieties of the restaurant’s “Back Page” brick-oven pizza are $12.