Hamptons Dining Dish: Post-Holiday Eats and Treats
Fresh Hamptons in Bridgehampton serves happy hour every day from 4 to 6 p.m. Guests can enjoy half-priced bar food, house pours, tap beer and house wines. Select menu items, subject to change, include: crisp baked kale chips with olive oil and sea salt; steamed organic edamame with sea salt; local grass-fed beef sliders on a brioche bun with pickle and ketchup; local organic buffalo-spicy chicken wings with celery sticks and bleu cheese; crisp fried calamari with red pepper and green herb aioli; and organic whole-wheat pizza. 631-537-4700. freshhamptons.com.
Harbor Grill in East Hampton hosts 2-for-1 “steak night” every Wednesday. The special includes the choice of an 8-ounce filet mignon or a 12-ounce strip steak served with whipped potatoes and vegetables, and a choice of soup or a small house salad to start. The 2-for-1 deal includes the two-course dinner for two people for $36. 631-604-5290. facebook.com/harborgrill.
Smitty’s All-American Grill in Riverhead hosts “pizza night” every Tuesday featuring large brick oven pies for $10 and classic brick oven pies for $6. Selection, subject to change, includes: the classic, whole-milk mozzarella, San Marzano tomatoes and sea salt; the bianco, imported mozzarella, Fontina, Asiago, Grana Padana and roasted garlic; the buffalo chicken, grilled chicken, buffalo sauce, whole-milk mozzarella, blue cheese and scallions; and the funghi, fresh goat cheese, oyster mushrooms, sweet onions and white truffle oil. 631-998-4232. smittysallamericangrill.com.
aMano Osteria and Wine Bar in Mattituck is serving dinner daily beginning at 5 p.m. and serving lunch on Saturday and Sunday beginning at noon. Select menu items include: pan-roasted cauliflower with pine nuts and Pecorino; pan-seared crab cake with tomato, basil, petite herb salad and ‘popcorn’ glaze; slowly simmered meatballs with ricotta, tomato and basil; whole-roasted branzino with garlic-scented spinach, extra virgin olive oil and lemon jam; seared local dayboat scallops with melted tomato, garlic, smashed North Fork potatoes and truffle vinaigrette; and braised lamb shank with pancetta-scallion potato mash, greens beans and red wine glaze. 631-298-4800. amanorestaurant.com.
Every gourmand knows that the best eggs are local. Production tends to slack in the winter months but “the girls” at Dale & Bette’s Farm, immediately next to Bay Burger on the Sag Harbor-Bridgehampton Turnpike, are as busy as ever. What’s easier to make than eggs? Open daily “farmers’ hours,” dawn to dusk.