The largest hotelier in the Hamptons plans to unveil its latest acquisition — Gurney’s Star Island Resort & Marina — this May, following a $13 million revamp.
The space, formerly known as the Montauk Yacht Club, operates four restaurants and the East End’s biggest marina, which boasts 232 slips and can accommodate megayachts.
The flagship restaurant, Showfish, will be run by Executive Chef Jeremy Blustein, formerly of Almond, in Bridgehampton, who is overseeing the resort’s four restaurants and food and beverage program.
Showfish is a 5500-square-foot eatery that seats 180 people. There’s also two private dining rooms seating 16 people each.
Showfish’s menu features seafood caught daily from within a 20-mile radius, along with a lobster aquarium and a “vegetable butchery” featuring local produce.
Non-seafood items will include steak and roasted pig. Brunches will feature a raw bar with freshly shucked clams and oysters, mixed seafood, lobster boils and clambakes.
In addition, Gurney’s Star Island will have The Pool Club, with an outdoor bar and deck seating 80 people overlooking the marina and Il Forno, a grab and go menu with 30 outdoor seats.
Gurney’s Resorts, owned by George Filopoulos’ Metrovest Equities and Lloyd Goldman’s BLDG Management, now owns 55 acres of prime East End waterfront.
In addition to Gurney’s Star Island, there’s Gurney’s Montauk Resort & Seawater Spa, which brought a St. Tropez-style vibe to Montauk. In addition to shuttle service between the two resorts, guests will also be able to charter yachts, a seaplane or a helicopter to take them to Gurney’s Newport Resort & Marina.
Sushi by Bou is opening another micro location — this time, in NoMad.
The tiny eatery, just 225 square feet, will have eight seats.
Sushi by Bou NoMad opens in Hotel 32/32 Monday. It’s in addition to Sushi by Bou Suite 1001 in an unmarked room on the hotel’s 10th floor, with a four-seat sushi counter and adjacent terrace bar.
The New York concept, from Michael Sinensky and Erika London of Simple Venue, maximizes and reinvents “underutilized” spaces, like hotel concierge desks — by transforming them into sushi bars.
The interior of Sushi by Bou NoMad
Sushi by Bou in NoMad will feature a 30-minute omakase for $50, including 10 pieces of nigiri, like its signature “surf and turf” Wagyuni.
The hotel, at 32 East 32nd St., also features Lost Hours, a cocktail lounge in the hotel lobby.
As the Mediterranean diet sweeps Manhattan, an Upper West Side restaurateur is opening his second Turkish-Mediterranean local eatery.
Huseyin Ozer, of Bodrum, is launching Leyla, with his partner, Berna Erbilgin Gundogdu, and Executive Chef Met Kaba, next month.
“Leyla combines Turkish rustic haute cuisine with Mediterranean twists,” Ozer tells Side Dish.
The 1300-square-foot restaurant at 108 W. 74th St. seats 46 people in the dining room and eight people at the end.
Main dishes feature erishte — Turkish pasta, cubed lamb, sumac cumin, and brown butter yogurt sauce; frekeh risotto; and lamb shank with porcini orzo risotto.
