Foodstuffs: Seasonal Openings: Navy Beach Montauk

27 East April 21, 2024

Navy Beach Montauk welcomes in the 15th season on Friday, April 26, at 5 p.m. The beachfront restaurant located on a 200-foot stretch of beach on Fort Pond Bay, offers beachfront outdoor dining as well as indoor dining. For the 2024 season, reservations for dining will be available via Resy or by calling the restaurant up to two weeks in advance, walk ins are also welcome for both lunch and dinner. Yachting clientele will be happy to hear that the beachfront restaurant’s popular “Torpedo” service will be back this season offering a launch running weekends from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day.

Navy Beach will roll out some new menu items this season including: steak tartare, shrimp ceviche, lobster hand rolls, moules-frites and tuna crudo nicoise. Also offered are more vegetarian friendly and health-conscious options this season such as: chopped Asian chicken salad, ratatouille pasta, roasted Moroccan carrots, grilled broccolini and back on the menu will be the popular Buddha bowl and the grilled artichoke. On the beverage front look for new options in the no alcohol category including Hop Water, a Hoppy Seltzer with adaptogens and nootropics, as well as the return of the no alcohol versions of the Painkiller and Ginger Thomas. Navy Beach’s popular Sunset Margarita made with fresh watermelon juice and green chile liqueur will be back while new cocktails to the lineup will include a Rum Old Fashioned and a Reposado Pamplemousse Margarita.

Entertainment is back at Navy Beach this season with a regular lineup of DJs on Fridays throughout July and August featuring DJ CK Beats and Spin Diesel. Look for live local music on Saturdays such as Rum Punch Mafia and up and comer Lina Maxine. Navy Beach will continue to support the Navy SEAL Foundation with its 12th annual dine + donate program from Memorial Day through Labor Day, with $1 added to each dining check. Guests will also be able to donate additional funds to the organization. Since beginning to fundraise for the organization in 2013, the restaurant has raised over $190,000 for the Navy SEAL Foundation. In addition, the restaurant’s local East Hampton High School scholarship program continues for a fourth year which will award four $500 scholarships to 2024 graduates.

Navy Beach will be open on weekends through mid-May aside from special events. The restaurant will be open seven days starting June 14. Visit navybeach.com to view the compete calendar for private event closing dates.

Navy Beach is at 16 Navy Road in Montauk. For information, visit navybeach.com or call 631-668-6868.