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News for Foodies 05.28.20

Thu, 05/28/2020 - 07:12

Farm Fresh

Share the Harvest Farm will open its farm stand on Long Lane in East Hampton today and offer $65 boxes of produce for pickup on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Orders must be placed by noon the day prior to pickup. Delivery between Amagansett and Wainscott is available on Fridays for $5 more. The boxes will contain about 12 pounds of produce such as cauliflower, Swiss chard, radishes, cabbage, green beans, scallions, mesclun, baby spinach, bok choy, carrots, leeks, onions, and beets. Orders can be placed and paid for in advance on the farm’s website. 

Vicki’s Veggies farm stand in Amagansett has implemented a new shopping protocol. Customers are asked to wear masks and remain in their cars while Vicki Littman, the owner, and her family members retrieve items for them. The stand, which offers produce, baked goods and cheeses, is open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.  

On Shelter Island

Fans of the late, great Conca D’Oro pizzeria and Italian eatery in Sag Harbor will be happy to know that Frank Venesina, who owned the place with his parents, Lina and Tony Venesina, has opened a new pizzeria just a ferry ride away. Shelter Island Slice at 3 North Ferry Road will be open from noon to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and Sunday and until 10 on Friday and Saturday. Orders can be called in for pickup to 631-749-9292.

Bridgehampton Treats

The Bridgehampton Inn is offering takeout dinner Thursdays through Sundays, and cocktails Fridays and Saturdays. The food menu features entrees such as pan-roasted chicken steak with couscous salad and yogurt sauce for $39, and pan-seared striped bass with grilled vegetable ratatouille for $44. The cocktails cost $24 for two, and include a drink featuring Sagaponacka potato vodka and ginjo sake mixed with cucumber, mint tisane, green tea, lime, and strawberry. Orders can be placed by calling the restaurant between 9 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. (7 p.m. for cocktails), and picked up in front of the inn between 4 and 8 p.m. (7 p.m. for cocktails). A full menu is on the inn’s website. 

L and W Market in Bridgehampton has a Korean taco platter for two for $60 on Tuesdays. For the filling, there is a choice of chicken adobo, crispy pork belly, or salmon yakitori, and the meal comes with avocado salsa verde, radishes, charred scallions, black bean ssam sauce, kimchi, sesame seeds, pico de gallo, crema, onion escabeche, cilantro, yellow sriracha mayo, and warm tortillas. Orders can be placed on the market’s website by Monday at 6 p.m., and picked up next door at Almond between 5 and 6 p.m. on Tuesday. 

Make at Home Kits

Highway Restaurant and Bar in East Hampton is offering make-at-home meals and cocktail kits to go. A cheeseburger kit that feeds four is $58 and comes with four patties, Swiss and cheddar cheese, buns, lettuce, tomato, onion, ketchup, spicy aioli, coleslaw, and chocolate chip cookies. A $75 spaghetti and meatballs dinner for four includes two pounds of pasta, eight meatballs, tomato sauce, Parmesan cheese, fresh basil, Caesar salad, and biscotti. A $75 beef taco dinner that feeds 10 to 12 includes ground beef, shredded cheese, taco spice blend, tortillas, pico de gallo, avocado, shredded lettuce, and chocolate chip cookies. A $44 cocktail kit for three comes with a choice of ingredients for a drink with tequila, mezcal, Lillet, lime juice, spicy agave, and jalape§o, one with gin, Aperol, St. Germain elderflower liqueur, lime juice and twists, or one with bourbon, ginger syrup, lemon juice and twists. Orders can be placed by phone or on the restaurant’s website, and pickup is between 5 and 9 p.m. 

Nick and Toni’s in East Hampton has a $45 chicken parmigiana dinner special for two available for curbside pickup between 5 and 9 p.m. through Sunday. The entree comes with a pea shoots and trevisano salad, and focaccia with rosemary and sea salt. The restaurant is also offering Cosmopolitan cocktails with Meyer lemon-infused vodka, Cointreau, Flag Hill cranberry liqueur, and fresh lime juice. They are $20 for two, and $32 for two to three. Orders can be placed on the restaurant’s website or by calling after 1 p.m.

Family Style From Page

Page at 63 Main in Sag Harbor has family-size servings of pasta and side dishes for takeout and curbside pickup. Gemelli pasta with sausage and broccoli rabe is $65 for an order that feeds four, and $120 for one that feeds eight. Garganelli Bolognese for four is $70, and $130 for eight. Side dishes, which feed two to three, include garlic mashed potatoes for $10, Parmesan truffle fries for $10, steamed broccoli for $12, and mac and cheese for $14. Orders can be placed by calling the restaurant between 3:30 and 8:30 p.m., and picked up about 30 minutes later. 

In Montauk

Scarpetta Beach, the restaurant at Gurney’s Resort in Montauk, is offering a to-go menu of appetizers, pasta dishes, and entrees. The main dishes include seared scallops with corn purée, purple Peruvian potatoes, tomato confit, and morel mushrooms for $35, and lavender glazed duck with roasted root vegetables, caramelized cipollini onions, and duck jus for $36. Orders can be placed by calling the restaurant between 5:30 and 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and between 5:30 and 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

 

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