Business & Tech
East End Business Book: Kid Launches Clothing Co., Crab Shack Coming
Also this week, a four-property project in Greenport plans its opening, a hand-crafted boat gets its permits and more.
SOUTHAMPTON
Report of Barrister's Sale to 75 Main Owner Retracted
An unsourced one-line item in New York Post's "Side Dish" column published online April 21 reported that the owner of 75 Main restaurant in Southampton Village was poised to take over another Main Street restaurant, Barrister's — but now the Post has issued a retraction.
The item began with "we hear," but did not say where the Post heard the rumor from. Though it stated that 75 Main's Zach Erdem was in talks with Barrister's, a correction was published on nypost.com April 29 saying that Barrister’s owner Michael Ferran is "not in talks to sell the eatery or any other asset to Zach Erdem."
WESTHAMPTON-HAMPTON BAYS
10-Year-Old Launches Clothing Company
While most boys his age are out playing on the monkey bars, Tommy Wilkie, a ten-year-old from Hampton Bays, who attends Our Lady of the Hamptons, is set to launch is own clothing company, selling his designs in local shops.
It all started two years ago, when his mom, Kerri Wilkie, said her son asked for a pair of scissors to cut up a sweatshirt. While at first, she didn't want to hand over the shears, she gave in.
RIVERHEAD
Joe's Crab Shack Aiming for Early June Opening
After just under two months into demolishing the interior of the former Boulder Creek, management at Joe's Crab Shack on Route 58 is shooting for a June 4 grand opening date.
The 9,500-square-foot restaurant, located just next to TGIFriday's, is under heavy construction at the moment with a push over the next few weeks to finish up a complete renovation inside.
NORTH FORK
Stirling Square Project Aiming for Memorial Day Opening
After purchasing the North Fork Oyster Company – along with several other properties in Stirling Square – in mid-March, chef Keith Luce and the rest of his management team are aiming for a Memorial Day opening for most of the operations.
EAST HAMPTON
Hand-Crafted Vessel Meets Norway & South Pacific in Montauk
It isn't too often that Montauk, Norway, and Polynesia find themselves in the same sentence. But Capt. David Ryan has brought the three together in the form of a hand-crafted 38-foot catamaran – the Mon-Tiki – which received its official Certificate of Operation last Friday from the U.S. Coast Guard.
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