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New Paradise Cafe
126 Main Street
Sag Harbor, NY
Tel: 631-725-6080
The owner of Roberts in Water Mill, Long Island has purchased a small charming restaurant behind a bookstore in front. A $25 prix-fixe dinner is served from 5:30-6:30 Sunday to Thursday. The restaurant sits close to Sag Harbor Theater.
The maitre d’ and staff are skilled, pleasant and helpful. Appetizers range from $9 to $14. The vegetarian spring rolls were perfect and the least expensive on the menu. Roast fresh Long Island duckling with walnut – wild rice, tiny French beans, and raspberries was as good as it gets for $26. The duck was without fat and its skin, crispy.
The wines were from local vineyards and $32 a bottle. Desserts varied from their famous dark chocolate sorbet to cakes, cookies and cheese cake.
This addition, north of the Hamptons, offers an excellent fare in a quiet setting which even has a porch for those who like to eat out of doors.
(LA)
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Saracen
108 Montauk Highway
Wainscott, NY 11975
Tel: 631-537-6255
A Tudor house on the water in Wainscott has been the home of many restaurants. For the past few years, an Italian restaurant family from Brooklyn has moved in. It is a warm place with noisy dancing on Friday and Saturday nights.
The chef is outstanding – serving as you sit a large plate of caponata. The appetizers are varied with mussels, shrimp, calamari or squid. The home-made pastas and risotto are varied and outstanding. The tomatoes and fresh mozzarella can’t be beat. Meat or fish dishes are well prepared with perfectly cooked vegetables.
There is a small cover charge, and the wine list is large and moderately expensive. This restaurant is a fine addition to a meager number of very good food shops in the Hamptons.
(LA)
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