Laura Donnelly, whose restaurant résumé runs the gamut from pastry chef to table busser, watches the reality show "Serving the Hamptons" so you don't have to.

The Ditch Witch food truck, Duryea's Orient Point, the Backyard at Sole East, and Balsam Farm Stand are reopening, plus wine specials at Wolffer, luxury afloat on the North Fork, and Jason Weiner alfresco.

It isn't technically even summer yet, but Montauk is already bustling with activity.