Amagansett Specialty

A lazy breakfast assembled at home and savored slowly is one of summer’s true pleasures. Order a dozen bagels plus schmear ahead of time (check their site for available times), and freeze what you're not using right away. If you’re hosting brunch, PopUp's sweet and savory schmears, along with their smoked salmon, whitefish salad, and trout roe, are sure to please any crowd.

If you’ve ever returned from Rome with a suitcase devoted entirely to Italianate tabletop accessories and tablecloths, Il Buco Vita is for you. The Il Buco group has expanded beyond Manhattan with a new restaurant in the Hamptons, alongside this café-meets-homeware mecca. Get going with an espresso from the cute café in the store doorway before loading your basket with glasses, trays, and ceramics from Italian producers, plus some classic treasures from John Derian.

Katie Baldwin and Amanda Merrow established their Amagansett farm in 2009. Having reintroduced wheat into the East End, the duo has quite literally reinvented the meaning of “local bread” (stock up on scrumptious pastries and the farm's freshly-milled wheat at their on-site market). Amber Waves has a great CSA plus a sophisticated education program that teaches kids about growing food and honoring the natural environment sustainably. If you’re not in town long enough for the CSA, pick up produce from their farm stand or tuck into farm-to-fork food at the Amber Waves café.

Here, you'll find the best coffees going on the East End, along with a pretty excellent breakfast sandwich. Come early before the lines. There are several outposts of Jack's in the city.

Stuart's provides some of the best seafood in the area, plus a fully stocked pantry of dream ingredients (panko, anchovies, San Marzano tomatoes) and the best pre-made cocktail sauce ever. With some notice, they'll also put together a pretty epic clambake or lobster dinner.

The specialty of this South Fork farm is tomatoes (they grow dozens of varieties) but their corn is pretty outstanding as well. They also offer a great CSA program which can be upgraded to include flowers, fresh bread, and even cheese.

If you're lucky enough to completely relocate to the East End for the summer, Bhumi Farms' CSA box is an easy way to get your hands on some of the best produce local farms have to offer. But if you're a weekends-only person, you can still benefit from their farm stand, which is open every day from 11am to 7pm. Regardless, you won't have to say goodbye to these guys at the end of the summer—Bhumi's fall CSA boxes are delivered in the city.