East Hampton
Newcomers incorporate Rita Cantina, a vibrantly adorned Mexican cafe changing what was Michael’s in Springs. Eric Miller, the chef and an operator, will count on mainly neighborhood ingredients for his interpretations of ceviches, tacos, birrias and wood-roasted fish, 28 Maidstone Park Road (Three Mile Harbor Hog Creek Road), ritacantinahamptons.com. The waterfront EHP Vacation resort and Marina has a new restaurant, Sí Sí, a Mediterranean affair from the chef Dane Sayles, opening May 28, 295 A few Mile Harbor Hog Creek Highway, ehpresort.com. Kissaki, the Japanese cafe that branched out from Manhattan to Drinking water Mill very last summer, has taken in excess of the Zok-kon restaurant and will open up O by Kissaki in June, with sushi, modest plates of crudos and elements very hot off the robata grill, 47 Montauk Highway (Cove Hollow Road), explorekissaki.com.
Amagansett
Donna Lennard, an proprietor of the numerous Il Bucos in Manhattan, is putting the finishing touches on Il Buco al Mare with the chef, Justin Smillie, overseeing the food stuff and Eugenio Plaja as chef de cuisine jogging the kitchen. It will open early up coming month with a menu that suggests seafood but also consists of duck wings with a dry rub, and smoked rooster, 231 Principal Avenue (Conklin Lane), ilbuco.com.
Montauk
La Fin Kitchen and Lounge produced its waterfront debut with rustic, beachy décor and a uncomplicated menu of oysters, fluke crudo, salads, lobster toast, grilled or roasted area fish, a burger, and a toasted quinoa bowl. The chef, James Tchinnis, has Le Cirque on his résumé, 474 West Lake Generate (Town Road), lafinkitchen.com. Kissaki X Fish Cheeks (see East Hampton) is also partnering seasonally with Fish Cheeks in Montauk to open a brief-provide pop-up with sushi and some of the Thai seafood things served at Fish Cheeks, 467 East Lake Generate (Montauk Angler’s Club & Marina), explorekissaki.com.