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News for Foodies 12.11.25

Tue, 12/09/2025 - 12:41
Nick and Toni’s restaurant will celebrate Hanukkah with a la carte specials.
Kelsey Roden

Prix Fixe at Cittanuova

Cittanuova restaurant in East Hampton has launched a winter prix fixe, with two courses priced at $42, three courses at $49. It is offered Sunday through Thursday, except for holiday weekends.

The appetizers include “grandma’s meatballs” with grilled Tuscan bread, or burrata with tomato confit. Two main courses are chicken Milanese with honey balsamic vinaigrette and orecchiette pasta with sausage and broccoli rabe. Classic tiramisu and vanilla cheesecake are two dessert options.

Hanukkah Specials

Nick and Toni’s in East Hampton will celebrate Hanukkah on Sunday and Monday with a la carte specials. The first course is potato latkes with house-cured salmon and crème fraîche. The special entree is a braised lamb shank with Long Island cheese pumpkin, apricots, and brussels sprouts leaves. Raspberry jelly-filled doughnuts are a traditional Hanukkah dessert.

Rowdy Hall in Amagansett will offer a la carte Hanukkah specials from Sunday through Tuesday. Rowdy’s potato latkes will be served with Halsey apple sauce, sour cream, and chives. The main course is red wine-braised beef short rib with sweet potato puree and roasted turnips. Dessert is chocolate babka with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce.

The regular a la carte menu will be available at both restaurants.

Art of Eating to Go

Art of Eating in Bridgehampton has devised a holiday catering-to-go menu that is now available for preorders.

A selection of menu items includes pigs in a blanket served with horseradish mustard; corn and lobster chowder “stuffed with lobster”; slow-roasted bone-in Berkshire ham, with honey thyme pear glaze; turkey breast confit served with giblet gravy; roasted organic salmon with barbecue peach glaze and red onion marmalade, and chocolate ganache soufflé cake, flourless and gluten free.

Orders for Christmas must be placed by Friday, Dec. 19, for pickup on Dec. 24, and orders for New Year’s Eve must be placed by Dec. 28 for pickup on Dec. 31. Orders can be made on the website or by calling 631-267-2411.

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