With Memorial Day weekend, the season of shortened Fridays and beach weekends is officially here—and a slew of restaurants, bars, and hotels in the Hamptons are open. This year affairs might be more low-key than in years past, but there are still plenty of glossy new places on the east end. Here's a list of venues for events, lodging, and dining this season:
1. Formerly known as the Maidstone Arms, c/o the Maidstone hotel was recently purchased and renovated by Scandinavian hotel group c/o Hotels. Reopened last Tuesday, the 19-room property has a new restaurant, known as the Living Room, a lounge area furnished with chairs upholstered in Swedish design patterns, and refurbished rooms filled with Scandinavian antiques. The restaurant can be booked for private events, but there are also three cottages, separate from the main site, that are available for meetings and other functions.
2. Another spot that spent the winter under renovation is the Southampton Racquet Club, a tennis club that sits on 18 acres in Southampton. Not only can members and non-members book courts for group lessons, there are also several grassy areas for outdoor events. Particularly secluded (and tentable) is the area around the club's private beach beside Little Fish Pond.
3. Lily Pond, the 4,000-square-foot bar and lounge that opened last summer, got a partial makeover. And on holiday Sundays, 1OAK owners Scott Sartiano and Richie Akiva will spice up the nightlife at the East Hampton joint by bringing out turntable jockeys including DJs Jus Ske and Lee Kalt to spin tunes.
4. Adjacent to Lily Pond is the Kobe Beach Club's replacement, Philippe East Hampton. The restaurant, an outpost of Philippe Chow's contemporary Chinese eatery on East 60th Street, has a total of 175 seats, 110 of those on the terrace. Chef Chow is also available to cater private events throughout the East End.
5. About four miles to the west is Georgica Restaurant and Lounge, where modern American dishes are served up by Robert Hesse and Seth Levine, former contestants on chef Gordon Ramsay's reality show Hell's Kitchen. Overseeing the venue in the evening—when it turns from a restaurant into a club—is Matt Levine, who owns the Eldridge on the Lower East Side and is currently replacing the Hotel on Rivington's lobby-level restaurant with Levant East.
6. The Harbor Club is another nightlife spot with music from Manhattan-based DJs. The Bridgehampton site, which debuted on Friday and is open Friday nights and after 3 p.m. on Sundays, has 3,000 square feet inside and 2,500 square feet outdoors.
7. Closer to the bay is Blue Sky Restaurant, which serves Mediterranean dishes from the same chef who worked the kitchens of Grappa and Ristorante Capri in Wainscott
Still on the horizon: the Amagansett outpost of Upper East Side Italian eatery Mezzaluna; the Blue Parrot, reopening after four years; and Sparkling Pointe, a North Fork vineyard and winery expected to open in September.
Correction: The original version of this story included incorrect information regarding the owners of the Harbor Club.
