Open, Part 5: The Shagwong Tavern
A Montauk institution. Always warm and friendly. A favorite with locals and visitors a like. A fantastic collection of historic Montauk Photos. And of course, open year-round.
OPEN, part 4: Pearls for Valentine’s Day
The Montauk Shellfish Company grows something very special out here: Montauk Pearls! A Montauk Pearl is an oyster that’s raised to market size in the warm, nutrient rich waters of Lake Montauk, and then taken out to Block Island Sound for an “ocean finish”. I love it when people see a smart way to put…
OPEN, Part 3: The Montauk IGA
During the summer I simply won’t go into the IGA in the late afternoon. Everyone’s come off the beach, realized they need stuff for dinner, and BOOM! Enough people for three suburban supermarkets packed into our little five isle IGA. It’s no one’s fault. Hungry people gotta eat. Even still, it’s A LOT of people…
OPEN, part 2: The Montauket
There’s no place in Montauk that’s more relaxed, or more relaxing than mid-Summer at sundown at the Montauket. Except maybe a winter sundown. Quiet, cozy, beautiful.
OPEN, part 1
There is nothing sweeter than summer in Montauk, and Montauk is rightly renowned as a summer resort community. But the backbone of Summer Montauk is year-round Montauk. We have a fishing fleet that works through the winter; a pre-K through eighth grade school that educates about 250 students. A handful of hotels stay open through…