![]() If you’re looking to rent AirBNB or HomeAway, keep in mind that there is a two-week minimum rental period in place for both the North Fork and the Hamptons. Once you’re in the area, and if luxe is your thing, Family in New York offers customizable and privately guided day trips around The Hamptons, the beaches, and to a variety of wineries scattered throughout the beautiful North Fork. If you’d like to ride out in style, Sourced Adventures offers round-trip transportation to and from Manhattan and a full-day wine tour of the region. If buses aren’t your thing, the LIRR goes out to the North Fork (with a transfer in Ronkonkoma) and stops in popular towns like Southold and Greenport. There is also the Hampton Ambassador that boasts larger seats, reservation access and a variety of refreshments are served while onboard. There are also buses known as the Hampton Jitney that have their own North Fork line and leave directly from several stops in Midtown Manhattan. Renting a car from the New York City area is an easy way of getting out there, and expect around a two to three-hour drive from most spots in New York. The North Fork is a great weekend trip for those living in the tri-state area, especially New York City. See below a highly-curated list of where to eat and drink from Manhattanites turned North Fork locals. Within the last year or so, we’ve witnessed the expansion of the North Fork first-hand, watching some incredible local businesses pop up that are dedicated to quality food and hospitality. Each time a new winery, restaurant or bar opens up, we vow to try it and decide if it was good enough to keep in our local rotation or save for visitors and special events. ![]() We even created a food and drink checklist that we constantly update. Since then, we’ve become North Fork converts. Fast forward to a year later, he proposed to me on an East Marion beach at sunset and a year after that, we were married and bought a weekend home in the town of Southold. I loved it so much that I invited my wine-loving, then-boyfriend out for a weekend, who, if I’m being honest, was skeptical of its charm. This gem of the East End provided everything I was seeking: the aesthetic beauty of wine country with an increasingly heavy-hitting food scene that combined fine dining with casual eats. What I soon came to discover was that it was a wonderful retreat from the city that included wineries, culinary experiences and beach access, the vacation trifecta in my eyes. It wasn’t the Hamptons but it wasn’t New England either. ![]() The allure about this region, I quickly discovered, was enchanting. That summer, when I took on freelance assignments writing about the growing wine scene, I spent a great deal of time all over town. ![]() Several years ago, I rented a beach cottage from a good friend in Orient, a town located on the farthest tip of the North Fork in the East End. ![]()
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