As I made my first rounds of the summer through Montauk over the weekend, I popped into Cynthia Rowley's boutique to check out the latest designs and say hello. As I was poking around and making conversation I heard an incessant drilling coming from the outdoor side patio of the store. I stepped outside to find four picnic style benches and tables with umbrellas and a tiny bar area set up. Yes ladies and gents, that's not any ol' bar, it's the Momofuku Milk Bar. The shop girl confirmed they will be setting up a pop-up type situation there for the summer. I really can't think of anything more rad.

Oh, and if you are still looking for a summer job, you can work there! More»

After a rough winter, it seemed like this was never going to happen: the new owners of Surf Lodge have finally settled and all citations and violations have been dismissed.

According to Dan's Hamptons, the case was settled earlier this week for $100,000 -- the largest settlement on record for the Town of East Hampton. More»

Welcome to paradise -- aka Montauk. [Photo via Whalebone Creative Instagram]

The second cookbook from Ricky Lauren, author, photographer, artist, and wife of Ralph Lauren, will be released later this month, and it's chock full of the famous family's favorite summertime recipes.

The book, titled The Hamptons, Food, Family, and History, features 130 healthy, fresh, seasonal recipes, broken down into categories by location. In the East Hampton section of the book, for example, are recipes such as mixed berry apple and oat muffins, cold poached salmon, and country chicken chili. Recipes are accompanied by beautiful photographs and sketches, and each of the book's 4 sections (Southampton, Amagansett, East Hampton, and Montauk), are introduced through essays written by the author about the family's connection to that particular town. More»

We've got an update in the never-ending drama over at Montauk's Surf Lodge, but there's still no end in sight.

While lawyers for the Surf Lodge continue trying to reduce the number of violations they're being charged for (they accumulated close to 700 town violations last summer), lawyers focused on one specific violation at a hearing on Tuesday.

According to Patch,

"The East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals heard arguments on Tuesday debating whether a covered wait station at the Surf Lodge qualifies as an expansion of a nonconforming use. More»

Though Montauk is a part of East Hampton, it's always been slightly secluded from the glitz of other East End communities. Things have been changing the past few years though, and the small, sleepy town has been adding more restaurants, bars, and clubs (in a nutshell, more 'city folk'). We've said before that Montauk is the new Southampton, but according to the Wall Street Journal, now that's official.

Montauk is getting its biggest makeover yet this summer, as over 12 small-town businesses have changed owners since last season. More»

Say what? Bottle service at The Nomad, Salman Rushdie is apparently having tons of sex, say fairwell to Bar Basque, scandalous mob ties at Hotel Gansevoort, and much more in today's Nightlife News Round Up!

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UPDATE: We just got off the phone with partner Jamie Mulholland. He tells us this rumor is completely FALSE and that the old Surf Lodge we know and love will be back at it bigger than ever this Summer.

Rumor Patrol: Last night, we received some news from a highly credible source that P.Diddy, yes that P.Diddy, will be taking over the Surf Lodge in Montauk. The mega pop star, known primarily for his raging East Hampton "white" parties would seem to be the complete antithesis of everything that Surf Lodge, and Montauk for that matter, stand for. You know what they say...sometimes you have to reach rock bottom before you can start to see the light.

But the owners are flat out denying it...

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This past weekend the 19th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival was held in East Hampton, where film goers all got a taste of France as they celebrated film. More»