Honors For B. Smith’s

“We are delighted that customers enjoy dining at B. Smith’s Sag Harbor so much they named it their favorite in not just one, but three categories,� says B. Smith, owner of B. Smith’s Sag Harbor Restaurant

(On the runway and on dining tables—B. Smith has delivered quality for decades).
 
B. Smith’s Sag Harbor Restaurant took top honors in Dan’s Papers “Best of the Best� awards, winning three awards in the magazine’s annual listing of the best places to eat and shop in the Hamptons on Long Island’s east end. 

Readers selected B. Smith’s Restaurant as the Best Waterfront Restaurant, the Best Seafood Restaurant and the Best Lobster Dinner. “We are delighted that customers enjoy dining at B. Smith’s Sag Harbor so much they named it their favorite in not just one, but three categories,� says B. Smith, owner of B. Smith’s Sag Harbor Restaurant as well as B.
 
Smith’s Restaurants in New York and Washington, D.C. “This honor further fuels the excitement that is mounting as we head into our 10th summer season in the Hamptons.� B. Smith’s Sag Harbor Restaurant will celebrate its tenth anniversary in the Hamptons when it opens for the 2007 summer season Mother’s Day weekend. The restaurant, which overlooks the scenic Long Wharf marina, entices celebrities, locals and visitors with a menu featuring fresh seafood and cool cocktails. 

The restaurant offers guests the choice of dining in the casual, but stylish, light-filled dining room or alfresco on the deck.  Many guests also enjoy kicking back on the relaxing deck and watching the sunset while sipping a refreshing cocktail from the specialty drink menu.

The lunch and dinner menus feature a bounty of fresh seafood including Maine lobster served either whole, sandwich style in the Classic Lobster Roll or as a retro 1950’s style Long Wharf Lobster Salad served in the shell.  Among the popular appetizers are the Steamed Gulf Shrimp Dumplings with a sweet Thai chili dipping sauce and B. Smith’s signature Curried Crisped Oysters in a coconut wasabi dressing. Both lunch and dinner menus also offer the Long Wharf Raw Bar Selections featuring a choice or platter of oyster shooters, chilled jumbo shrimp, oysters, little necks, cherrystones and Dungeness crab legs served on ice.

“Although each of my restaurants has its own style and menu reflecting its setting, you will find a few of my favorite Southern recipes at all three locations,� says Smith. At the Sag Harbor restaurant, one of those recipes is Southern Pitt Style BBQ Ribs with B.’s “Sweet Success� Sauce, an entrée so popular it has been on the menu since the restaurant opened.

Desserts are made in-house at B. Smith’s Sag Harbor Restaurant, with favorites including Key Lime Pie, a Chocolate Soufflé served with vanilla ice cream and mixed berries, and B.  Smith’s signature Bourbon Street Bread Pudding served warm with a bourbon cream sauce.

B. Smith’s Sag Harbor Restaurant is open seven days a week during the summer season with dinner beginning nightly at 6 p.m. Lunch is served Monday-Saturday from 12-4 p.m. and on Sundays, a special brunch is offered from 12-4 p.m. Reservations are strongly recommended for the dining room, especially on weekends.

The B. Smith Restaurant Group, formed in May 1998, owns and operates three successful B. Smith’s restaurants in New York, Washington, D.C. and the scenic Long Island Hampton Village of Sag Harbor. Smith’s first restaurant, launched in Manhattan in 1986, was located on 8th Avenue and 47th Street for 13 years. 

For more information on B. Smith, visit www.bsmith.com

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