By Joanne Pilgrim
(11/24/2009)
Thanksgiving Out
Those who have discovered this week that the Thanksgiving holiday has sneaked up on them, with no plans having been made, might like to know that the Shagwong restaurant, on Montauk’s Main Street, will be open and serving Thanksgiving dinner from 3 to 9 p.m. Family-style takeout meals will also be available.
Blue Sky Mediterranean Lounge has also announced that it will be open on Thanksgiving. The Main Street, Sag Harbor, eatery will serve brunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and dinner from 2 to 8 p.m. The restaurant will offer a three-course traditional turkey dinner for $32 per person, half-price for children. Specials will also be offered for those not in the turkey mood.
Blue Sky will continue to offer a $24.95 prix fixe through the end of December. The menu will change several times a week and include a choice from among four appetizers, four entrees, and three desserts. The special will be available all night Sunday through Friday, and until 6 p.m. on Saturday.
Waterside Takeout
Down at the Montauk docks, Waterside Takeout opens daily at 6 a.m. and serves breakfast and lunch. Orders are being taken for holiday pies.
Smorgasbord and Drinks
On Wednesday at c/o the Maidstone on Main Street in East Hampton Village, a free smorgasbord is served along with drinks from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The drink special at the Swedish-owned restaurant and inn, for $5, is a Stockholmopolitan.
Rugosa Is Where?
Rugosa restaurant, as many foodies who have become fans of the relatively new addition to the dining scene know, is in East Hampton by the Veterans of Foreign Wars post, and not in Sag Harbor, as was mistakenly said in this column last week. The restaurant is closed each Wednesday but serves dinner on the other days — except for this week, when it will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.
Rowdy Hall Readers Club
Rowdy Readers, a book club based at Rowdy Hall in East Hampton, is reconvening for the winter season. The focus this year will be on 19th-century works by European and American authors such as Anton Chekhov, Henry James, Herman Melville, Edith Wharton, T.S. Eliot, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Club members will be able to purchase the selections from BookHampton for a 15-percent discount.
The group meets at the restaurant every Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. for an hourlong discussion — and lunch, for those who choose to buy it. The selection to be discussed at the first meeting, on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, will be Chekhov’s story “The Lady With the Dog.”