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News for Foodies 11.13.25

Tue, 11/11/2025 - 11:53
The new happy hour menu at Rowdy Hall in Amagansett includes halloumi with pretzel bites.
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Rowdy Happy Hour

Rowdy Hall in Amagansett has a new happy hour menu that will be available Monday through Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. at the bar only. Drink specials are prosecco for $8, Hugo spritz, $12, rosé, $6, martini, $10, Almatitan Blanco and tonic, $10, and $7 for a half-pint of Guinness and a shot of Bushmills.

Oysters on the half shell are $1.50 each, clams on the half shell, 75 cents each, jumbo shrimp cocktail, $2 each, clams casino with a toasted baguette, $8, pretzel bites with beer cheese, $8, pistachio-crusted halloumi with hot honey, $12, and warm artichoke spinach dip with pita, $8.

Prix Fixe at Gigi’s

Gigi’s restaurant at Gurney’s in Montauk has launched a new three-course prix fixe menu for $65 and available on Sundays through Thursdays until March 12.

The appetizer courses are a seasonal soup, giant shrimp scampi with green garlic and scampi butter, Caesar salad, and burrata with peaches, honey-glazed figs, pickled butternut squash balsamic, and pomegranate salsa.

Entrees are Faroe Island salmon with butternut squash purée, brussels sprouts, almonds, and pomegranate sauce; filet mignon with rosemary potato hash, charred broccolini, and red wine sauce; roasted organic chicken with lemon fingerling potatoes, fall vegetables, and romesco sauce, and rigatoni alla vodka with stracciatella, basil, and smoked bacon.

Desserts are chocolate mousse cake, salted caramel budino, and beignets.

Golden Pear’s Combo Lunches

The Golden Pear in Southampton and East Hampton is now offering combination lunches consisting of a choice of soup, warm panini, and a beverage for $20.

The sandwich options include roasted turkey, brie with herbs, honey mustard, lettuce, and tomato on warm French bread; curried chicken salad, greens, and tomato on a whole grain roll; grilled chicken breast, Jack cheese, balsamic dressing, lettuce, and tomato on rustic sourdough bread; fresh mozzarella, tomato, red onion, basil pesto, and balsamic glaze on a rustic sourdough roll, and grilled chicken breast with Jack cheese, caramelized onion, avocado, and chipotle dressing on a rustic sourdough roll.

South Fork Somm: New York Winemakers Champion Cab Franc

A new wine movement called Cab Franc Forward is taking hold in New York. Co-founded by two Long Islanders, Gabriella Macari and Max Rohn, its mission is to make great wine while declaring cabernet franc the state’s premier grape.

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Silver Spoon Specialties on Race Lane has four workshops coming up, on grazing, making fresh mozzarella, hors d’oeuvres, and Italian cuisine.

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Jeff Ragovin Charts a New Path

In his award-winning video series, "Bounty Uncharted," Jeff Ragovin takes people deep-sea fishing, then brings them and their catch to his house in Springs for a group meal.

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Special Menus for a Special Day

Among the restaurants with prix fixe menus or a la carte specials for Valentine's Day are the 1770 House, Nick and Toni's, Fresno, Almond, Elaia Estiatorio, and the Ram's Head Inn.

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