Dan's Papers - June 5, 2009

The Montauk Yacht Club Resort & Marina will host a weekend-long Roaring '20s style bash in celebration of its new multi-million dollar redesign and revitalization and 80th anniversary. The festivities will begin Friday, June 12 with a Brooklyn Brewery Bash, featuring a traditional BBQ feast for $25 per person, plus beverages. Swinging Saturday, June 13, features a Burger Bash, hosted by celebrity chef and best-selling cookbook author, Katie Lee Joel, family-friendly outdoor activities, lawn games, and a spirited charity potato sack race. Admission is $30 per adult, $15 per child and includes food and beverages. Bootlegger's Happy Hour will take place 5 to 7 p.m. at Barracuda Bar. The Roaring '20s Anniversary Bash kicks off at 8 p.m. with live jazz, dinner and dancing under a waterfront tent and a faux casino. Tickets cost $50 for dinner and $85 for dinner and open bar. The weekend ends Sunday, June 14 with Super Sunday Brunch, featuring Gulf Coast Kitchen specialties from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Price is $25.95 per adult, $12.95 per child, plus drinks. For details and reservations, call 631-668-3100.

The new Blue Sky in Sag Harbor is now open at the former site of Spinnakers. The reasonably priced Mediterranean menu features brick oven pizettes ($11 to $14), salads ($8 to $10), small plates ($8 to $17), and entrées ($10 to $28) with suggested wine pairings. Specialties include: Oven roasted Tuscan bread; Tzakiki lamb chops with cucumber tartare; Grilled prawns tahini with spinach salad; Brick oven roasted chicken Saloniki with preserved lemon sauce; and paella d'España with clams, mussels, shrimp, lobster, chorizo, chicken, orzo and tomato broth. Lunch selections are a modified version of the dinner menu with grilled panini ($10 to $16.50). For reservations call 725-9353.

Jamesport Manor Inn, in Jamesport, introduces a fresh new summer menu. Brunch and lunch items include: Mediterranean Cobb salad with ahi tuna, nicoise olives, goat cheese and shaved fennel; crawfish "mac 'n' cheese" with Tasso ham, fusilli, smoked gouda cream and caramelized bread crumbs; and grilled "BST" with jumbo shrimp, Applewood smoked bacon, roasted tomatoes, local arugula, basil mayo and Parmesan fries. Dinner offerings include: local spring asparagus soup with butter and poached lobster and pea shoots; polenta crusted local fluke, English pea purée, beet risotto and tomato butter; and penne pasta, jumbo shrimp, mussels, oven roasted tomatoes, ricotta salata and fried nicoise olives. Call 631-722-0500 for more details.

Nick & Toni's, in East Hampton, has added new dishes to the summer menu. Appetizers include: spicy coppa with local pea vines, sugar snap peas and lemon ($14); and anise cured salmon with fried chickpeas, shaved fennel and pollen ($16). Entrées include: hand cut tagliatelle with house made guanciale and slivered scallions ($23); and wood roasted pheasant with morels, ramps and Satur Farms baby carrots ($38). Desserts include: strawberry rhubarb gelée with organic strawberries, rhubarb gelée and strawberry yogurt sorbet ($11); and pecan and pine nut tart, honey custard and rhubarb compote ($12). For reservations, call 631-324-3550.

Turtle Crossing, in East Hampton, announces a new employee night every Thursday at the bar, beginning at 5 p.m. Specials include: $3 drafts, $6 frozen margaritas and $6 glasses of house wine. Complimentary bite size snacks will be served at the bar, such as quesadillas, corn fritters and BBQ chicken wings. Call 631-324-7166 for further information.

Harbor Bistro, in East Hampton, introduces a new gift certificate program that gives back to customers. Patrons will receive a complimentary appetizer card with every $50 gift certificate purchase. For example, two cards will be given for a $100 gift certificate purchase, three cards for a $150 purchase, and so on. For more information, call 631-324-7300.