EAST END EATS
The Summer of Outdoor Dining DINING OUTSIDE CAN BE AN EXERCISE IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, TOO BY HANNAH SELINGER
A LURE CHOWDER HOUSE & OYSTER-IA
lobster roll with a tarragon-based aioli; and a
With a sprawling patio that
some of the options.
roasted half chicken with cipollini onions are just
backs up to a marina, practically nothing says summer like A
CLAUDIO’S WATERFRONT
Lure Chowder House & Oyster-
The century-old Claudio’s is now open for the
ia, in Southold. Lauded chef
season, serving up seafood and fun in Greenport.
Tom Schaudel is responsible
The best view, of course, is right on the water. Food
for the smart, seafood-heavy
is casual (think lobster rolls, steamers, burgers, and
menu
features
fish tacos), and the water is visible from all sides;
regularly changing selections,
Claudio’s is basically a peninsula, jutting out on a
like
macadamia-coconut
pier from the Greenport dock. Al fresco dining after
crusted flounder, pan-seared
a spring without restaurants surely doesn’t get better
yellowfin
shrimp
than this. There is, after all, no finer backdrop than
bucatini with heirloom cherry
the bright blue horizon, especially at sunset. In this
tomatoes. Online menus change
restaurant, there is not a bad seat in the house.
here,
which
tuna,
and
frequently, so make sure to check for updated additions. American Beech
D
AMERICAN BEECH The intimate patio at American Beech, also in Greenport, might make you feel like you’re on
JEDEDIAH HAWKINS
Nantucket rather than in Greenport. The décor
exactly as it was in the summer of 2019,
This boutique hotel is surrounded by 22 acres of
is all nautical whites and grays, with shiplap and
but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy it for
gardens, which guests can enjoy on their visit.
lantern lighting amplified by the natural outdoor
what it is. This summer is the summer of outdoor
During the day, the restaurant is offering seating
elements. The cozy summer environment is not the
appreciation — of truly seeing the forest (or, as it
on its lovely lawn, which offers a picture-perfect
best part, though; the food is. Fluke crudo, served
were, the beach) for the trees. The North Fork is
view of the farm. By night, guests can dine on the
with cherry puree and pickled fennel, on a recent
home to some of the most architecturally interesting
reservations-only patio. The space is evocative of
menu was superlative, but so was the local charred
restaurant interiors on all of Long Island, but eating
dining in the middle of an old English garden. The
asparagus, bathed in gribiche and made piquant
inside of restaurants is so last year. Still, you don’t have
fresh, produce-focused menu offers something
by pickled onion.
to search the inside to find architectural design that’s
for everyone: mussels with
worthy of a visit. These four North Fork restaurants
a lemongrass and coconut
prove that landscape architecture is just as important
broth; grilled branzino with
as interior design. Check them out this summer, while
wilted kale and cauliflower
the season of outdoor dining is upon us.
rice; a New England-style
“The intimate patio at American Beech, also in Greenport, might make you feel like you’re on Nantucket rather than in Greenport” 16
N O R T H F O R K R E A L E S TAT E S H O W C A S E . C O M
Claudio’s Waterfront
Photo: Jake Rajs
ining in the summer of 2020 may not be