The Springs General Store has been serving folks in the Springs community since 1844. It has always been a general store but back then it was also the post office and the only place to get news during the civil war.
Kristi Hood, a very experienced and gifted Chef and Pastry Chef, is the current owner and head chef. All the food here is homemade from scratch and will thoroughly satisfy whatever hunger from breakfast through dessert.
Outdoor seating is available at one of the multiple picnic tables in the yard or on the porch in a traditional rocker. Springs can save you a trip to town and provide you with most anything from basic household supplies to a custom made scrumptious cake baked by Kristi herself, who caters as well.
In the summer months a snug little farmstand adjacent to the store is chock full of fresh, local produce. Kayak rentals are also available from Spring through the fall if you prefer the scenery of Accabonac Harbor from the water.
Luigi's Italian Specialties offers a wide variety of Italian dishes, including a variety of ravioli, from cheese to pumpkin, and vegetarian and organic options. Catering is also available and phone in orders are accepted. Customers are welcomed to take-out their food, or enjoy at one of Luigi's outdoor tables, weather permitting.
Old Stone Market in Springs, formerly "Marty's" deli, has been in business since 2006. All of its prepared foods are homemade from scratch, including the Greek specialties reflecting the owner's heritage. Catering is available here, as well as a full deli, vegetarian-friendly soup, hot lunches and dinners, and a bakery. You can find groceries, too; Old Stone Market has all your basics covered and then some. There is also outdoor seating available at picnic tables.
Maidstone Market & Deli is located in Maidstone Commons on Three Mile Harbor Road in East Hampton. It is next door to Diamond Communications, and is open seven days a week. It offers a deli service, fresh baked goods and many grocery items. The employees speak Spanish and English.
A one-stop place for errands, Wilson Express Cargo sells packaged foods, women's and men's clothes, jewelry, and even has a salon in the back. The staff speaks Spanish, and Wilson sells phone cards and has video chat available.
Chiquita Latina is a bakery and deli. The bakery makes special occasion cakes to order. You can find Pinatas and gourmet spanish breads. Order from the deli and have a specialty sandwhich made to go.
Damark's Deli was originally founded in 1949 and it's still thriving today. It offers hearty breakfasts as well as fresh-baked donuts, pies and pastries. For your early morning caffeine boost, it serves espresso drinks and features a coffee station from Hampton Coffee Company. For lunch and dinner, there's a mightly list of options including panini, south-of-the-border meals like tacos and burritos as well as steamed mussels, shrimp ceviche and golden-fried seafood. If you have a sweet tooth, stop by its new ice cream counter featuring the family-owned Gifford's Ice Cream brand. If that's not enough, Damark's also has soft-serve ice cream, italian ice, sundaes, banana splits, milkshakes, baked cakes and ice cream cakes for any occasion. Ask about the clam bakes to-go and hot lunch specials too. Outdoor seating is available.
MUN Deli is a deli specializing in Ecuadorean cuisine that opened in the small shopping center next to Wilson Express Cargo on Montauk Highway in East Hampton in 2010. There are a few tables and stools along the window in front and against the wall in the middle of the store. The bilingual staff serves hot and cold lunch specials and made-to-order sandwiches as well as breakfast. The deli also caters buffet-style food at any location.
Also a small grocery store, it sells household items like paper towels, frozen foods and items to stock a pantry. It also sells phone cards and some newspapers.
Villa Italian Specialties, located across the street from the East Hampton Rail Road station, has been a mainstay in East Hampton for more than 20 years. Known for its homemade mozzarella, Italian heros, personal thin crust pizzas, and focaccia sandwiches, Villa also sells prepared meals, homemade sauces and breads.
At Hampton Bagels, all bagels, bialies and other prepared foods are homemade on the premises each day. An old fashioned recipe –learned from the owner's friend, a Jewish Russian immigrant– is used to make the store's bialies, while the "boiling before baking" method is used to prepare the Real NY bagels. Hampton Bagels delivers to delis from Montauk all the way to Moriches, and will even create custom cream cheese flavors.
This local chain has become an East End staple. You will usually find a line at the Newtown Lane location, but The Golden Pear has a lot to offer. From bakery items to hot meals, this non-fast food take out restaurant has something for everybody. The Golden Pear Cafe has a full breakfast, lunch and bakery menu, as well as several catering options. If you are looking for some of your favorite Golden Pear items, visit its Web site to get a hold of some brownies or a cook book.
Twenty-seven years ago, Joe Kaelin, a longtime visitor to the park and owner of other concession stands, got Suffolk County's permission to build a general store at Cedar Point County Park. During the summer, Mr. Kaelin brings his camper down and lives at the campground. His store serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner on the grill. An addition in 2000 allowed room for a few tables for people to sit and eat their egg sandwiches and burgers. A few video games were also added.
The general store also sells camping supplies like propane, condiments, bug spray, bags of ice, sticks for roasting S'mores, and even metal fire pits. Daily newspapers are delivered each morning. Even Cedar Point's residential neighbors in Northwest Woods visit the store for their morning paper and coffee because it is much closer than the center of East Hampton.
On Saturday nights, the store hosts free family movie nights on the lawn outside the store, near the cliff that overlooks the beach and the Cedar Point Lighthouse. Campers just have to bring blankets and chairs to watch. There is also a volleyball court and basketball court right outside its doors.
Goldberg's Famous Bagels started out in the Bronx in 1928, when Izzy Goldberg, who fled from Poland eight years earlier with just a book of his father's recipes, started a small bagel bakery. Years later, his sons, Artie, Al, Jerry, and Marty, expanded into Brooklyn with Goldberg's Famous, and later Bagel Chateau in Manhattan and New Jersey. In 1998, they came to the Hamptons, starting delis in Southampton, and then in East Hampton and Westhampton Beach. They still use the secret bagel recipe, and also offer whole wheat bagels and flagels (flat bagels) of all varieties, in addition to deli meats, sandwiches and smoked fish.
