Hideaways
Silver Sands, Panoramica, Old Mill Inn, Elizaville Diner, Soho townhouses, art for under $10K, Insa, Na Kim, best North Fork restaurants, MORE
GETAWAYS • North Fork
What’s new and notable on the North Fork as the summer 2025 season kicks off.
→ GREENPORT: Silver Sands is the hotel equivalent of a perfectly restored Ford Bronco. Built in the ’50s and renovated by a couple with exceptional taste, it’s now the North Fork’s most stylish beachside hideaway. And the team has just expanded its standout food and beverage program, with the debut of nautical-themed dive bar The Boathouse at Eddie’s (above). Housed in a nearly century-old restored boathouse, it joins the property’s impressive culinary lineup (arguably, the best food on the North Fork): Nookies, a compact diner with old-school flair, and laid-back, beachside staple Eddie’s Oyster Bar, known for its wood-fired pizza and fresh seafood, all helmed by former Four Horsemen chef Finn O’Hara.
During the summer, The Boathouse will act as a covered extension of Eddie’s. But once the restaurant shuts down for the season, it’ll stay open with a dartboard, board games, Narragansett tallboys, neat pours of Yamazaki 12, and a shuck-your-own oyster program. Eddie’s, Fri-Sun 12-830p, extended hours coming 06/25, reserve.
→ PECONIC: The team behind Greenport’s staple seafood shack Little Creek Oysters has introduced Panoramica, a retro-futuristic café and market straight out of The Jetsons. Housed inside an 1850s-era building, complete with a midcentury jukebox and a theremin above the bathroom sink, the space spans about 1000 square feet with seating for around 20, inside and out. Expect espresso-based beverages including a coffee soda spiked with a double shot of espresso, some tonic, and topped off with house-made lemonade, plus savory and sweet paninis and open faced toasts like the Goog (with goat cheese, prosciutto, and pistachios). Wed-Sun, 8a-4p.
→ MATTITUCK: With a fresh coat of lipstick-red paint, the 200-plus-year-old Old Mill Inn — a Mattituck institution overlooking the creek — has reopened following a restoration led by Anthony Martignetti, the Manhattan restaurateur behind The East Pole and Pizza Beach. With both indoor and outdoor seating, the revamped inn now serves a tight American bistro menu heavy on local seafood and peak-season produce, led by Mattituck-rooted chef Kyle Bloomer. He’s serving raw and cooked oyster preps, a Gruyère-laced double stack burger, and draft negronis for all. Wed-Fri 4-9p (bar open until 10p), Sat-Sun 12-9p (bar open until 10p). –Kat Odell
GETAWAYS LINKS: In NYC, Waldorf Astoria sets September reopening (no really) • Checking in and checking up on the always-stylish Bedford Post Inn • The 68 dishes to try this summer in Portland, ME • The story behind the house in Mountainhead.
GETAWAYS • Upstate
Diners, to go
Late last month, the iconic Elizaville Diner hit the real estate market for $1.2M, joining the Red Hook Diner ($1.1M) on the current Houlihan Lawrence roster. In recent years, the Elizaville Diner went from a Bard student haunt to a movie and TV set no longer serving food at all. Since moving to the region last year, I’ve stumbled upon a number of these phantom diners, shiny, vacant, and retro in more ways than one.
Just the other day, on the way to the Camptown Pool, I noticed for the first time a new, empty diner, brought in from elsewhere and planted on Leeds’ Main St. Excited by the prospect of the pancake-to-pool pipeline, I was disappointed when the bartender at nearby Hemlock informed me that it wouldn’t be a diner at all, but some kind of antiques and tchotchkes shop instead (we’ll update you when we know more).
I’m hoping these Hudson Valley slippery-red-leather-boothed icons find owners excited to put some grease back on the grill and avoid the temptation of Hollywood reinvention (or its juice bar appetites). If you’ve been thinking about opening a diner, consider yourself on the clock. –Sylvie Florman
REAL ESTATE • First Mover
Three for-sale townhouses in Soho that came to market in the last 10 days.
→ 198 6th Ave (Soho, above) • 7BR/6.1BA, 6750 SF mixed-use building • Ask: $7.9M • 25’-wide 1831 townhouse, currently configured with ground floor office/apt, workshop loft, guest suite, 3 apartments • Days on market: 7 • Monthly tax: $4611 • Agents: Paul Murphy & Edward Svec, Compass.
→ 61 Sullivan St (Soho) • 5BR/6BA, 5500 SF mixed-use building • Ask: $9.5M • renovated 5-unit building with 1st-floor commercial opportunity • Days on market: 9 • Monthly tax: $3769 • Agent: Eli Deitsch, EXR.
→ 203 Prince St (Soho) • 6BR/3.1BA, 4224 SF mixed-use building • Ask: $11.95M • 24.5’-wide merchant house on National Register • Days on market: 9 • Monthly tax: $2497 • Agent: Richard Orenstein, Brown Harris.
REAL ESTATE LINKS: Hamptons summer rentals down 30% • In Times Square, The Torch resumes construction at 740 8th Ave • A castle for East Williamsburg.
CULTURE & LEISURE • Art Galleries
Under $10K in NYC
The only safe way to invest in art? Buy what you love. To that end, If I had ten grand burning a hole in my pocket, here’s what I’d buy this week from three exhibitions I saw on the Lower East Side:
SHEREE HOVSEPIAN (above): Hovsepian, whose work is in the Guggenheim and Art Institute of Chicago collections, is best known for her sculptural photography: nearly abstracted black-and-white images of her sister, often partially obscured by fabric or string in exceptional walnut frames. Here, her photos, assemblages, and even paintings on photos are shown in conjunction with large-scale sculpture. The unique works run between $24,000 and $42,000 (the sculptures are $85,000 each), but editions of her engrossing photographs are price between $6,000 and $18,000.
→ Visit: Uffner & Liu (Lower East Side) • 170 Suffolk St • Tue-Sat 10a-6p, through 06/21.
MARIJA OLŠAUSKAITĖ: My first time in this tiny, clean space was a lesson in minimalism and objet trouvé. While the sparse exhibition includes some original handmade works by the artist, it’s the found objects that are the real find. Each work consists of two ovoid pieces of colored glass, mounted to the wall. It sounds simplistic, but the glass comes from the Red Sunrise Factory, a Lithuanian stained glass factory that closed over 30 years ago. And after sourcing unused shards from former employees of the factory, Olšauskaitė sanded, grinded, and shaped them into oneiric thought bubbles that change as the light does. $7,000 each.
→ Visit: Abri Mars (Lower East Side) • 53A Stanton St • Wed-Sat 12-6p, through 07/15.
ALEKSANDAR DUREVCEVIC: An intellectual artist, Duravcevic has created an exhibition that seems one-dimensional, then disparate, but in a moment’s walk around the gallery, it snaps together as impressively coherent. The artist works in a variety of media: painting on paper, panel, and linen, as well as chemically treated steel and cast bronze. The smallest paintings on panel — subtle iridescent meditations on light — are stunning. They’ve sold well, but some remain available. They’re $11,000 each, but in this climate, you can (and should) ask for a small discount and hit the mark. –Charlie Davidson
→ Visit: Totah (Lower East Side) • 183 Stanton St • Tue-Sat 11a-6p, through 06/28.
CULTURE & LEISURE • Ladies & Gentlemen…
The Weeknd with Playboi Carti & Mike Dean • MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford) • Fri @ 7p • section 113, $329 per (lowest avail, $67)
Red Sox v Yankees • Yankee Stadium (Bronx) • Fri @ 705p • section 115, $332 per (lowest avail, $52)
Tony Awards • Radio City Music Hall (Theater District) • Sun @ 630p • mezzanine 3, $1091 per
CULTURE & LEISURE LINKS: Pollinator pathway in Madison Square Park ‘equal parts living sculpture and ephemeral design experience’ • Washington Park Market panel artist used AI as ‘muse to access my subconscious’ • Counterpoint: Adrien Brody’s art is horrendous.
CULTURE & LEISURE • Friday Routine
Picture perfect
NA KIM • artist and creative director • The Paris Review and Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Neighborhood you work: Clinton Hill
Neighborhood you live in: Fort Greene
It’s Friday afternoon, how are you rolling into the weekend?
Friday afternoons are dedicated to my painting practice. Usually around 6p I’ll wrap up at the studio, walk my dog, and head home to sort myself out. I’m a bit shy, so it’s unlikely that you’ll find me at a big party. Instead, I’ll usually choose a place to have dinner with a close friend or two. This Friday, I was craving Korean, so my friend Matt and I went to Insa in Gowanus and shared Korean BBQ, fried chicken wings, and non-alcoholic beers.
Any restaurant plans?
I don’t frequent bars, but I’m a big advocate of sitting at the bar of a restaurant. At least once a week (sometimes twice!), I dine alone at my favorite neighborhood restaurant, Roman’s. Most often, I go on Sunday evenings and order one gin/vodka martini with a twist, a glass of white wine, a half portion of their “lettuces,” a single arancini, and a half order of pasta (or the bavette if I’m feeling gluttonous). If a friend joins, we’ll also get the chocolate sorbetto.
How about a little leisure or culture?
I have a pretty hectic weekday work schedule between the Paris Review and FSG, so Saturdays are the days I reserve to catch up on all the shows around town. Otherwise, it’s a dedicated studio day. Most recently, I spent my Sunday visiting The Met to see the Caspar David Friedrich exhibit.
Any weekend getaways?
A couple of friends and I just spent three nights at Rockhouse in Jamaica. The hotel is sequestered away on the cliffs of Negril, and located close to their sister hotel The Skylark, which you stop by if you prefer a sandy beach. If you have time, and you’re a morning person, I highly recommend popping by Barney’s Botanical Garden (around 10 minutes from the hotel), where you can feed hummingbirds by hand. Pretty magical.
What was your last great vacation?
Last fall, for my birthday, I took myself to Paris and had the time of my life. It's the perfect city to visit alone. I had nothing scheduled aside from a couple of sessions at my favorite spa, Maison Suisen, and for the rest of the time just walked around, saw art, and did whatever I wanted. For one week, I stayed at an apartment tucked away behind (the gallery) Perrotin. The 3rd arrondissement might feel a bit touristy, but I like its proximity to the Seine and the easy access to the galleries of Paris.
My Paris shopping favorites:
Charvin Arts has a great selection of paint — I usually buy a dozen tubes to bring back home.
I love stopping by Charvet to pick up a shirt (this time I got two shirts and a silk scarf). If you can, schedule a visit ahead of time to get a shirt custom tailored.
Officine Universelle Buly is a good shop to pick up small gifts. They have great soaps and fragrances, but I personally love their toothbrushes and combs, which you can also get monogrammed.
On Saturdays, I like to visit the Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen. I try to arrive early, and generally spend two hours there. It’s a great place to source vintage linens, French workwear, silverware, you name it.
GETAWAYS • The Nines
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Duryea’s (Orient Point), offshoot of Hamptons favorite, boat arrival for max effect