Sagaponack Supper Club
The chef, Trevor Lombaer, and his wife, the designer Sutathip Aiemsaard, who ran a Thai food truck, Warung Roadside, for the past two years in Brooklyn, are now in the Hamptons. They were hoping to open a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Brooklyn this year, but for now it’s on hold. So they are cooking Thai and Indian food for takeout and delivery in the kitchen of the newly reopened Old Stove Pub on Montauk Highway. Dishes like chilled corn salad, skirt steak skewers, chicken satay with peanut sauce, prawns with cashews and peppers, crisp-edged short rib biryani, chicken tikka masala and spicy pork stir fry are prepared Friday through Sunday evenings. They expect to continue into October. On Tuesday evenings, there is a set menu ($85) served at well-spaced tables on the restaurant’s front lawn.
Old Stove Pub, 3516 Montauk Highway (Sagg Road), Sagaponack, N.Y., 631-296-8553, warungroadside.com/sagaponacksupperclub.
Orienta
The restaurateur Antoine Blech closed his Upper East Side restaurant Orienta in 2000. Now he’s reopening a version of it in Greenwich, Conn. It was French-Vietnamese, as is the new one. His son, Adrien, is the chef. For now, it’s takeout-only but will begin serving dinner inside and out soon. (Wednesday)
55 Lewis Street (Greenwich Avenue), 203-489-3394, orientarestaurant.com.
Supernatural Lake
La Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels, which owns bars in Paris, London and New York, has opened a resort in the Finger Lakes. Supernatural Lake, in Interlaken, N.Y., on Cayuga Lake, will be open until the end of October. There’s a wine bar and restaurant where dinner is served Thursday through Monday (pig roast on Fridays), four well-equipped cottages for rent (starting at $410 per night, including breakfast) and an area for socially distant live music performances with combos from New York City and the nearby Smith Center for the Arts. Finger Lakes wines and rieslings, along with bottles from Burgundy and Champagne, are poured.
7930 County Road 153, Interlaken, N.Y., 815-450-1977, supernaturallake.com.
Closed
TAK Room
The list of restaurant closings resulting from Covid-19 keeps growing. Small but highly regarded places, like the Fat Radish and Porsena, and pedigreed restaurants, including Augustine from Keith McNally and Uncle Boons, have no plans to reopen. The Cupping Room Cafe in SoHo is gone after decades in business. A significant loss is TAK Room, Thomas Keller’s new, grandly plush homage to continental cuisine at Hudson Yards. His Bouchon Bakery there and in Rockefeller Center have also shuttered.
Chefs on the Move
Ben Chekroun
The longtime manager of Le Bernardin, a welcoming presence at the dining room entrance, is leaving after 27 years. He is joining Bluepoint Hospitality, a company with a varied portfolio of restaurants, from high-end to casual, in Easton, Md., where he will be general manager overseeing all food and beverages. Eric Ripert, the chef and a partner in Le Bernardin, said Mr. Chekroun was leaving on good terms. His replacement is Tomi Dzelalija, who has been at the restaurant for 20 years. Mr. Ripert said he hoped Le Bernardin could reopen in early September. It is not able to provide outdoor seating.
Georgette Farkas
The chef and restaurateur, who closed her Rotisserie Georgette on the Upper East Side, is now the culinary ambassador for Great Performances, a major catering company.