Some 1.5 hours outside of New York City, some 20 minutes from most of the Hamptons, by car, by Hampton Jitney or by Long Island Railroad, you will find the North Fork.... a tiny peninsula accross the Peconic Bay from its famous South Fork, the Hamptons. (click for a Map of the North Fork)
Many New Yorkers call the North Fork their best kept secret: a place to live while working in the City, or a place for a second home and enjoy the good things of life.
The North Fork is surrounded by water, the Long Island Sound on the North, with spectacular homes overlooking the dunes and high bluffs towards Connecticut.
To the South the North Fork encounters the Peconic Bay The Bay's topography is characterized by many creeks and inlets allowing for many waterfront homes with their own (deep water) docks, with access to what many consider the world's nicest fishing grounds for Sea Bass, Fluke and Bluefish; clams and lobsters are plentiful and the burgeoning oyster industry is famous on menues at the best restaurants not just locally, or in the City, but recently even worldwide. And through Shennecock you can reach the Atlantic's best fishing grounds (The Canyon) for sportsfishing and some of the most delicous Tuna - in itself a reason to come visit the North Fork if you like eating fish. To the South, the Bay between the Hamptons and the North Fork is called Peconic Bay, home to many charming and old whaling ports (Orient, Greenport) with its charming whaling villages (Orient and Greenport), and the Tip of the North Fork point into the Atlantic Ocean.
The Long Island Wine Council can provide you with information on all vineyards: lots off family fun at Martha Clara Vineyards, but certainly do not leave the Island without tasting some of the local Champagnes.
I will be atSparkling Point this New Year's eve... a great new vineyard at Hortons Lane and the North Road in Southold, and great members of the Community.And for a serious Beautiful local Merlot: try the Macari Bergen Road Merlot...
The North Fork has succeeded in maintaining its rural, agricultural character, with a life style many modern cisitzens of the World aspire to: eat and drink local foods and wine, and be connected to the soil! We have come far from the days of endless potato farms - the potatoes left are now the finest only! But Satur Farms and Sang Lee Farms show how specialty farming can succeed: they now are purveyors of the finest and most delicious and healthy produce served in top restaurants.
There's lots to do on the North Fork. Check this blog out for current affairs and stuff to do in this great place:
For New Years Eve: The restaurants are providing a great wealth of quality places to be romantic or to see and be seen. The crew of "The Romantics" (Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, Murphy Brown's Candice Bergen and Elijah Wood were seen hanging out in Greenport at FOB and the Frisky Oyster - for the celebrity watchers among you). And some local gossip: Dennis Mc Dermott sold his famous and successful restaurant and one of my favorite places to hang out: the Frisky Oyster in Greenport. New Year's will be his last night, and we wish his chef success after taking over. And the FOB is sold to Noah, the chef of the Seafood Barge. Change is good!
So come be a part of the North Fork and check things out. Stay a while, and let me and Nicholas at Town and Country help you find a place to stay more permanently if you like! We look forward to meeting you and introducing you to our local friends.
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