Sam's Pizzeria, an East Hampton establishment beloved for its thin-crust pizza and its Draconian "for the love of God shut your kids up" policy, has put its Newtown Lane space on the market for sale or lease. The 3,110 square foot building includes a 91-seat restaurant and bar, a 400 square-foot retail space, Read More
"Holy crap, it's Martha Stewart!" gasped Precious star Gabourey Sidibe at the premiere of the The Big C hosted by The Cinema Society & Showtime at Donna Karan's East Hampton cove-front home on Saturday, Aug. 7. "I like knowing how to make things out of pine cones," she said, explaining her awe.
Ms. Sidibe, Read More
Two security guards flanked the doorway of Eric Firestone's newly opened gallery on East Hampton's chic retail row Newtown Lane. Inside, at the opening of "Warhol: From Dylan to Duchamp," black-and-white photographs of Andy Warhol and his many muses lined the walls from floor to ceiling. Young male waiters squiring silver trays of Champagne Read More
According to The East Hampton Star local business was so good this Memorial Day Weekend that one "anonymous" Hamptons bartender ran out of Citron vodka and had to scramble to three different liquor stores before finally falling upon one bottle left in stock.
As East End revelers prepare for the second weekend of "the Read More
On Saturday, Aug. 8, East Hampton's Main Street was packed with people making their way to the Fifth Annual Authors Night at the East Hampton Library. So long was the line of parked cars that one of the presenting authors, Allen Planz, an elderly poet and charter captain, sprawled himself out on the sidewalk, shoe Read More
As Manhattanites pack up their cars and zoom east on Friday, July 3, they will find Hamptons streets rather spiffed up, despite dire economic predictions.
According to real estate broker Faith Hope Consolo's retail newsletter, a branch of Michael Kors has opened at 55 Main Street in East Hampton this season. A couple of doors down, Read More
Impresario Mike Satsky has what he calls a "LeBron James attitude" when it comes to his Lily Pond nightclub in East Hampton.
"Our product and what we bring to the table we feel is extremely valuable and we feel like we’re the only ones doing it, even though there are other people in the business, just Read More
Montauk, N.Y.—Despite overcast skies and evening temperatures dipping into the lower 60s, Memorial Day weekend marked the first exodus of the season to the Hamptons.
The stores along Main Street in East Hampton were servicing finicky shoppers; the brunch patrons at Surf Lodge on Sunday morning, May 24, recommended chef Sam Talbot's "Oh. My. God." apple Read More
“I do not own it, Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn own it, yes, yes, we must be very clear about that!” exclaimed Frances Hayward, the silver-haired animal-rights activist and philanthropist who has rented the famous Grey Gardens mansion in East Hampton for twelve years now.
Ms. Hayward was arriving at the Ziegfeld Read More
It’s been a rough summer in the Hamptons. Last weekend, a bouncer was beaten to death by a patron at Southampton Publick House—the village’s first murder in over twenty years. Now, the New York Post is reporting an apparent murder-suicide in East Read More
Weak in the knees over the competition for lucrative Hamptons real-estate ads? Here, at the corner of 54th Street and Lexington, is a fallen soldier: a box for Dan's Papers, the beloved and batty Hamptons weekly. Although it's not exactly involved in the drama between The East Hampton Star and the budding East Hampton Read More
TEDDY: I woke up last Sunday in a dorm room in Harvard's Dunster House, logged into facebook.com and noticed a recently published photo album entitled, "Austen and Tito's Wedding!!! Location: East Hampton." It wasn't the first album of this nature I'd encountered. I contemplated waking up my lady friend, who is Harvard class of Read More
"Hey, Azi, I nominate the following for Coolest Political Fundraiser. If not, then at least Coolest Political Fundraiser Invite."
In that spirit, check out these pictures on The Jeff Pulver blog (via JustHillary) of the Read More
DR. SELMAN: Good to see you. What’s up? HILLY: Nothing. DR. SELMAN: Last time you were here, Hilly was about to go to Rome. HILLY: It was fun! It wasn’t anything like when we went to Rome, because George wasn’t there and I was with work people, and the first couple nights we were actually Read More
