Almond (www.almondrestaurant.com) at 1 Ocean Road in Bridgehampton offers its third monthly “Artists & Writers Night” next Wednesday, January 9. The evening will be themed around Frank O’Hara’s Lunch Poems and Larre’s the traditional French bistro where O’Hara and other writers and poets gathered. A family style three-course menu created by executive chef Jason Weiner [...]

The 1770 House (www.1770house.com) on Main Street in East Hampton has named former Della Femina executive chef Michael Rozzi as its new chef. A third generation East Ender, Rozzi worked under chef Kevin Penner and James Carpenter at Della Femina starting in 1996, and was appointed executive chef of Della Femina in 2004. That restaurant [...]

Wineries on Long Island’s East End have completed the 2012 harvest, and their wines are now safe in tanks and barrels, with the initial post-harvest phases of winemaking complete. Merliance, formerly the Long Island Merlot Alliance, has compiled an overview of the harvest for merlot and other Bordeaux varietals commonly used in the red blends [...]

Bruce Buschel’s Bridgehampton restaurant, Southfork Kitchen, has been listed with Town & Country Real Estate for $3.85 million bringing into question the fate of the two-year-old eatery, which focused its menu on local, sustainable vegetables and seafood, cheese and wine. According to Town & Country Real Estate’s web listing, the Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Turnpike property is [...]

By Emily J. Weitz   The scent on a Christmas tree lot is unmistakable. It conjures up memories of holidays past with the fresh smell of pine needles, brought in from all over the country to be adopted and adorned for the holidays. But when you make that trip, and you get out in a [...]

The Division Street, Sag Harbor building that houses Espresso Italian Market in Sag Harbor is back on the market, returning to Town & Country Real Estate (www.1townandcountry.com) with a $2.275 million listing, down from $3.6 million when the property was first listed in 2009. The property features a 1,000 square-foot café with 20 seats. According [...]

In mid-November, Saunders & Associates (www.hamptonsrealestate.com), with offices in Bridgehampton and Southampton, announced that broker Louise Linden achieved a sale for a 3.9-acre property on Sagg Pond in Sagaponack Village for $18 million. The deal is one of the highest prices paid for a non-oceanfront parcel that is four-acres or less on the North and [...]

Home décor and design fashion lovers are the target of INstore at LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton, which offers an array of holiday gift ideas at their new museum store. The store has also launched extended hours to encourage gift shopping and all items are available online as well, and will include items like Grow [...]

Earlier this month, the board of directors of Sotheby’s (www.sothebyshomes.com) declared an accelerated first and second quarter of 2013 cash dividend totaling $0.20 per share of outstanding common stock. This $0.10 per share per quarter dividend reflects a 25-percent increase from the previous quarterly dividend of $0.08 per share. This accelerated dividend is intended by [...]

By Emily J. Weitz   It’s not a gym, even though when you peer through the expansive glass windows it might look like one. It’s not a physical therapy office, even though when you walk through the basic exercises that start with super-conscious movement, it might feel like one. “Neurokinetic Therapy (NKT) is unique,” says [...]