New Yorkers consider the Hamptons the Empire State’s biggest ripoff, a new survey says. Over 40% of approximately 5,000 polled New Yorkers think the Hamptons is the attraction that’s least worth the price, followed by the Empire State Building (31%) and the Statue of Liberty (14%), according to a Casino.org study. Almost half of those … Read more
Whatever you do, don’t offer them a kiddie menu. All over the Hamptons and Manhattan, tweens and teens are going out to posh restaurants on their own. They’re running up high checks ordering uni and steaks — and sometimes trying to sneak in a pricey bottle of vino — then plunking down mommy and daddy’s … Read more
For the last decade, celebs and tourists have flocked to Marie Eiffel’s eponymous French market on Shelter Island for croissants, baguettes and Marseille-style bouillabaisse. Charlotte Gainsbourg and Jessica Chastain visited, and Christy Brinkley raved about it on social media after enjoying tarte tatin and pommes frites al fresco in 2020. But, now, former employees are … Read more
Kylie Cawley, a 26-year-old who lives in Soho and works in advertising, used to love taking the Hampton Jitney to her family’s place in Southampton nearly every weekend in the summer. “It was such a fun experience. The crowd was great,” she told The Post. “On one trip, the girl I was sitting next to … Read more
Being a Sackler is not what it used to be. Prior to 2019, when a slew of lawsuits maintaining that the billionaire clan had profited from the opioid crisis that the family’s Purdue Pharma allegedly helped create, the Sacklers were everywhere: Socializing at galas, swanning around the Hamptons, dropping big bucks on a wing at the … Read more
Is avoiding Hamptons traffic worth spending thousands? An upscale hotel has put together a package that will helicopter guests out to East Hampton before choppering them back to the Big Apple “just in time to experience Manhattan’s nightlife.” The James, a swanky NoMad stay, offers this non-refundable getaway with a two-night minimum. An advertised Jimmy … Read more
Some of Kylian Mbappé’s biggest supporters have a message for Kim Kardashian. Fans of the Paris Saint-Germain star recently flooded the Skims founder’s Instagram page, where she posted a photo of the duo from Michael Rubin’s starry Fourth of July bash, and urged her to steer clear of the 24-year-old amid a so-called “curse.” “Stay … Read more
Eugenie Bouchard is far away for Wimbledon — but still wearing white. Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, the Canadian tennis pro — who lost a Wimbledon qualifying match last week — recapped her star-studded evening at Michael Rubin’s annual white party in the Hamptons over the holiday weekend. “Michael did it again! Hottest party of the … Read more
We’ve hit guac bottom. A Hamptons market and restaurant has gone viral thanks to a video of a modestly sized, ridiculously priced container of guacamole. A tasty little tub of the avocado dip retailed for $29.51 at the Seafood Shop in Wainscott — a hot spot that’s attracted celebrities like Martha Stewart, Jimmy Buffett and … Read more
Easy, breezy Baja California is where Los Angelenos go to play. But for New Yorkers, getting there was hardly hassle-free. That is until JetBlue added its daily year-round flight from JFK to Los Cabos International Airport two years ago. Since then, tristaters make up 5% of the famed peninsula’s visitors, up from fewer than 1% … Read more
When staff frantically chew their fingernails as they begin the eight-week preparation for the season that kicks off on Memorial Day weekend at Montauk’s Surf Lodge, owner Jayma Cardoso bursts into full-throated, genuine laughter. “I’m like, ‘Guys, it’ll be fine. We closed the deal on the property six weeks before opening,’” the Brazilian native says. … Read more
A host of gourmands — including a DJ-chef, a slate of Kittch cooks and an eleventh-generation Hamptons family — are welcoming guests with mouth-watering menus at our picks for the best new restaurants in the Hamptons for 2023. From a buzzy bistro to a frozen-dessert favorite, these six standouts are the destinations to eat, drink and be seen this summer on … Read more
It’s not easy to score a share or an Airbnb in the Hamptons; most towns require a two-week minimum for a short-term stay and are already booked out by May. Worry not: Seven newly opened or refreshed retreats offer entrée into just the right scene, steps from the shore. Owned and operated by the Daunt … Read more
Some of the Big Apple’s top chefs are packing their knives and toques to open new restaurants in the Hamptons as the summer season unofficially kicks off this Memorial Day Weekend. Star chef Laurent Tourondel – who created the BLT Steak chain, although he is no longer involved in it, along with L’Amico, Skirt Steak and … Read more
Some of the Big Apple’s top chefs are packing their knives and toques to open new restaurants in the Hamptons as the summer season unofficially kicks off this Memorial Day Weekend. Star chef Laurent Tourondel – who created the BLT Steak chain, although he is no longer involved in it, along with L’Amico, Skirt Steak and … Read more
The mom-and-pop shops that used to pepper East End hamlets are now few and far between, as global and West Coast brands open shiny new boutiques in the area. But a slew of fabulous pop-ups are still waving the entrepreneurial flag. Here’s a peak at this summer’s most exciting openings — from new East Hampton digs … Read more
Sunny Hostin has spent the last 20 summers soaking up rays in Sag Harbor Hills, where she rents a home. (“I hope the owner will sell it to me one day,” she tells Alexa. “I am patient.”) It’s not unusual for neighbors like fellow “The View” host Joy Behar to show up on the front … Read more
There’s something special about New York City just before dawn, says Lauren Cohan. “It’s a different kind of beauty, empty and desolate. You get the romance of your own relationship with the city.” Cohan’s new Manhattan-set show is bathed in that sort of ambient desolation — except it’s less due to the hour, and more … Read more
In the summer of 1998, Ken Hilderbrandt was contemplating buying a bigger boat — or a beachfront trailer on a wave-swept bluff in Montauk overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. “There was a [for-sale] sign on the window, rotted off,” Hilderbrandt, 85, told The Post, recalling the dilapidated trailer sitting on a 1,972-square-foot lot of land within … Read more
On the eastern end of Long Island, New York, lies a trove of art venues and a rich cultural scene to explore at leisure. You can find works in lush gardens and meadows, on manicured lawns, around ponds with waterlilies, by marshy creeks, and in historic Hamptons buildings. The list of galleries and arts centers … Read more