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There is a grocery store, a deli counter (someone was ordering fresh mozzarella), a bakery, newspapers, toiletries, nice looking fruit, cards and cold drinks. I like this friendly store and I liked Lali immediately. It’s open 7 days a week, form 5:30 a.m. until 10 p.m. So if you crave a sandwich at 9 at night or just got into town for vacation and need something, go see Lali at Four Oaks. Tell her I’ll be back for another iced Irish coffee. Summer wouldn’t be summer without a trip to Greenport. Salamander’s General Store on First Street is a must stop. Claudia Helinski, the proprietor for 12 years, has done a fine job. My friend, Judy, enjoyed spending part of her birthday there last weekend. The banana blueberry teacake (looks like a giant muffin), nicely packaged, was a melt in your mouth affair.
(We had ours with wine later.) There is summer tableware and pretty oilcloth by the yard. That just screams “old mercantile,” doesn’t it? And to fill your picnic basket, there’s the Famous and Fabulous Fried Chicken. Or go glam and get the Shrimp and Crab Pasta with lemon yogurt dill sauce. Bring home din-
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ner. There are chicken pot pies Mrs. Olson would be proud of and broccoli cheddar quiche any real man would love. Beets and goat cheese with orange vinegarette anyone? Wow. Cool sandwiches and Hot Stuff. Okay so there’s no newspapers or shampoo here, but there is a family feel and friendly folk. They will feed you and chat. For instance, when asked how they came upon the name, Helinski said, “we went down the line of beachy names, ocean names, and stopped at S.” Salamander stuck. The store is small and cozy. Take your food outside and cop a squat and think of sailors coming home from sea long ago on those old whaling ships in the harbor. Maybe you are a mermaid come on land to see how the other half lives. Seaweed gets old after awhile—a girl likes a good fish taco with a side of sweet potato fries. The quintessential general store is Sagaponack General Store on Sagg Main Street, known as The Sagg Store. The Thayers are the present proprietors. “We’ve had it for 14 years, we are third-century owners,” Karen Thayer said. Tom Hildreth bought it in 1898, Uncle Merrell Hildreth ran it, and then it became the Thayers. Karen’s children, Kasey and Meredith, are fifth generation general store workers. Kasey does 75% of the cooking. Meredith, all the baking, “Sagg spreads,”hummus, as well as the paintings, and jewelry, and Sagaponack photography cards for sale, in the store. Stepping into the first room, you get the feel of the past right away, despite the renovation fvie years ago. “A little TLC was needed for the building,” Thayer said. But the
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