News for Foodies 9.18.14
Duryea’s Lobster Deck in Montauk will remain open daily through the Columbus Day weekend for customers to order and eat on the Fort Pond Bay-front deck starting at noon. The takeout seafood market will be open through the Christmas holidays. Seafood can be pre-cooked for customers, upon request.
Champagne at Gig Shack
In Montauk, 668 the Gig Shack is continuing its “champagne campaign” through the fall. Every Sunday beginning at 5:30 p.m., various types of champagne will be offered at half price, while a bubble machine pumps out bubbles, a la “The Lawrence Welk Show.” Children will be given their own bubble wands to blow bubbles.
Mexican Specials
The lineup of Mexican takeout specials at La Fondita in Amagansett is as follows: tacos rancheros and huarache, a dish of layered meat, refried beans, cheese, and corn flour on Wednesdays, chicken chipotle tacos, tostadas, or quesadillas, or posole on Thursdays, and on Fridays, chiles rellenos and pork or steak tacos. On Saturdays, the special is marinated steak tacos or roasted marinated pork tacos al pastor. The takeout shop is closed on Monday and Tuesday.
Happy Hour
Specialty cocktails are offered at two-for-one prices, and complimentary pizzas served at the bar at Nick & Toni’s in East Hampton during a 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. happy hour on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
Oktoberfest Begins
Rowdy Hall restaurant in East Hampton starts its annual Oktoberfest celebration on Saturday with a festival from 3 to 5 p.m. featuring German bar snacks and a live radio broadcast from the eatery’s courtyard, which will be set up with picnic tables as a traditional German beer garden. Inside, there will be communal dining tables.
Each week through early October, Rowdy will offer a German prix fixe dinner special. The first, offered from Saturday through Wednesday, will be wienerschnitzel with sautéed black kale and lemon, with plum cake for dessert. Next Thursday, the new special entrée will be kassler rippchen, served with apple strudel, through Sept. 28. The cost is $24. Oktoberfest beer specials will be available from Sunday through Oct. 5.
New in Sag Harbor
The Harbor Market & Kitchen will open early next year in Sag Harbor, in the Division Street space formerly occupied by Espresso’s.
Paul Del Favero, a chef, and his wife, Susana Plaza Del Favero, will offer takeout breakfast, lunch, and dinner items, as well as groceries.
Renovation of the building, which has been a market since the 1950s, including as Federico’s Superette, began during the summer and will continue through the fall.
A redesigned kitchen will include a wood-burning oven to be used to make pizza, sandwiches, and some Mediterranean-style specialties. The menu, which will change with the seasons, will also include daily soups, breakfast specials, and kid-friendly items.
The market will offer fresh produce, local eggs, and other staples.
Mr. Del Favero’s background on the East End includes stints at Nick & Toni’s and the Maidstone Arms. For the past decade or so, he has been chef de cuisine at Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill in Las Vegas.
Beer and Bed in Montauk
The Montauk Blue hotel is offering a two-night stay special through October that includes a beer tasting at the Montauk Brewing Company. Rates begin at $249 a night.
Chefs Together
The American Culinary Federation’s Eastern Long Island Chefs chapter will host an event on Sept. 28 at the Westhampton Beach Country Club that will raise money for Slow Food’s Edible Garden project and the federation’s Chefs Move to School initiative. Both efforts involve local farmers and chefs in planting, harvesting, and cooking foods from gardens planted at East End schools.
More than two dozen chefs, farmers, and brewers will participate. Among the restaurants to be represented will be Noah’s, Fresh Hamptons, the Plaza Café, and the Jedediah Hawkins Inn. George Hirsch, a chef and TV host on PBS, will be the master of ceremonies.
Tickets are $75 for general admission and $125 for V.I.P. admission, which includes admission to a screening of the documentary “Shellshocked: Saving Oysters to Save Ourselves,” at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center. It will be followed by a reception featuring sparkling wine and oysters.
Tickets may be reserved at acfelichefs.org or be purchased at the door.
At Cafe Max
At Cafe Max in East Hampton, two-for-one entrees are offered daily between 5:30 and 6 p.m. Cafe Max also offers a $22 prix fixe all night Sundays through Thursdays.