You’ll feel like you’re walking on the bottom of the ocean when you visit the Long Island Aquarium and Exhibition Center in Riverhead, NY!
The Long Island Aquarium and Exhibition Center is a unique and expansive aquarium unlike any other you will ever visit. Amazing, interactive experiences found nowhere else are offered on a daily basis. These include such opportunities as a Behind-the-Scenes Tour, Interactive Salt Marsh, a Submarine Simulator, and hundreds of exhibits.
No visit to the North Fork would be complete without seeing at least one of the many romantic and historic Long Island lighthouses here. Horton Point Lighthouse, located near Southold, NY, is just such an iconic light.
Visitors are more than welcome and the building also houses a small but wonderful nautical museum.
North Fork Long Island golf courses run the gamut from 9-hole to 18-hole, par 3 to par 73. One thing is for sure – if you’ve come to the North Fork to golf, you’ll have a wide variety of courses to choose from!
Here on Long Island’s North Fork, golf is a year-round sport, provided there’s no snow on the ground and the weather is cooperating. Most visitors to our shores wait for mid-April, however, after all the seasonal courses reopen, and keep at it through September.
Don’t miss the schooner America in Greenport this summer – June 8th through the 10th, 2016 – as this beautiful tall ship, a replica of the schooner responsible for America’s Cup tradition, visits ports along the East Coast!
The original America was a 19th-century racing yacht made famous by besting all her British competitors during the August 22nd, 1851, One Hundred Sovereign Cup regatta around the Isle of Wight. America, representing the New York Yacht Club, passed the Royal Yacht in first position to win the 53 mile race by 18 minutes.
Locally crafted wine, beer, and hard cider paired with dishes from only the best local restaurants – Long Island’s second annual Taste the East End promises all of this and more – Sunday, May 29th 2016 at the Long Island Aquarium!
What a great way to kick off your summer: sampling only the best, local and regional craft food and drink from Long Island’s East End. Each item expertly created and paired for an unforgettable evening of reveling in your senses. Taste the East End 2016 is promising even more of the same of what it delivered at its highly successful, inaugural event in 2015.
The 2016 Long Island Fleece and Fiber Fair – May 14th and 15th, 12pm to 4pm at the Hallockville Museum Farm in Riverhead, NY – is an annual festival celebrating the diversity of Long Island’s fiber arts with workshops, demonstrations, vendors, and more!
The Long Island Fleece and Fiber Fair is a wonderful opportunity to discover local artisans and unique gifts as well as how they craft their creations. Whether you’re a casual fan of fiber arts or a craftsperson in your own right, you will not want to miss these two fun-filled days of exhibitions, sales, demonstrations, and hands-on learning.
Arbor View House Bed and Breakfast is located on Long Island’s North Fork – Wine Country. As such, we’re the perfect home base for a Long Island Wine Country bike tour.
Long Island’s North Fork is bicycle-friendly, with typically low traffic and beautiful vistas between destinations. Enjoying a Long Island Wine Country bike tour is a healthy, popular, and rewarding way to have a day of exploration and discovery during your Long Island getaway.
Depending on how many of the North Fork’s vineyards you’d like to visit, how much time you intend to spend at them, and your level of biking energy, a person could tour the entire North Fork in one day, with minimal stoops, or spend a week or more leisurely visiting every vineyard open for touring.
Long Island’s Greenport Village is always good for a getaway – whether it’s for an afternoon or for a week. Beyond the simple attraction of being located on Long Island, Greenport Village is smack dab in the middle of Long Island Wine Country. It would be very easy to spend a weekend just visiting vineyards – and you’d very likely still not get to them all!
Craft beer has taken the nation by storm and Long Island’s North Fork is no exception with fresh, locally brewed beer and opportunities to enjoy Long Island craft brewery tours!
Long Island is bursting at the seams with great craft beer breweries and brewpubs – Suffolk County has over 20 craft breweries/brewpubs alone! – and this translates into a chance to enjoy Long Island craft brewery tours and craft beer tastings!
One of the things we’re most commonly asked about by guests of our Long Island B&B is which are the North Fork’s best restaurants? It’s a hard question to answer: Long Island’s North Fork is speckled with great places to eat in a wide range of styles, and choices, often with an emphasis on fresh, local seafood and wines.
Choosing just a handful of restaurants from the many excellent, Long Island dining establishments wasn’t easy. We used the results from a recent, independent, online poll of the top 10 North Fork’s restaurants, and posted them here, alphabetically, for easy perusal.
Of course, any “best of” list is bound to be controversial. If you don’t see your favorite here, console yourself with the knowledge that there simply isn’t room enough to list every great restaurant on Long Island’s North Fork – and that’s a wonderful thing all in itself!
The North Fork’s Best Restaurants
American Beech – 300 Main Street, Greenport
americanbeech.com
Casual, contemporary dining featuring local coastal fare, a popular, outdoor Beech Bar, patio with couches and fire pit, as well as indoor dining.
Erik’s Breakfast & Lunch – 43715 County Road 48, Southold
http://www.eriksinsouthold.com
Classic, American-style cuisine in a casual environment. Treat yourself to a meal on their outdoor patio – and it is said the pastrami hash is to die for.
The Frisky Oyster – 27 Front St, Greenport
thefriskyoyster.com
Imaginative cuisine in a sophisticated, metropolitan atmosphere. Each new, daily menu showcases only the most exceptional of local ingredients, along with a wine list featuring both local and international offerings.
Little Creek Oyster Farm & Market – 37 Front Street, Row Off Front Street, Greenport
northforkoysters.com
Shuck your own fresh, sustainably grown and harvested, Peconic Bay oysters at one of the waterfront picnic tables – or enjoy oysters on the halfshell, light snacks, beer and wine.
Love Lane Kitchen – 240 Love Ln, Mattituck
lovelanekitchen.com
Upscale, American comfort dishes made fresh and served in a quaint and casual setting with beer, wine, and house-roasted coffee. The lobster roll is to die for.
Lucharito’s – 119 Main Street, Greenport
www.lucharitos.com
An eclectic, modern, and funky luchador themed, Baja-style taqueria & bar serving authentic tacos, nachos, burritos, homemade hot sauce and their famous margaritas.
Noah’s – 136 Front St, Greenport
www.chefnoahs.com
Serving seafood inspired, small plates with an emphasis on fresh, seasonal ingredients from the Long Island’s local farmers, fishermen, artisans and wineries.
North Fork Table – 57225 Main Rd, Southold
www.northforktableandinn.com
Progressive American meals sourced from local, seasonal produce, Peconic Bay seafood, North Fork artesian cheeses, as well as Long Island and other national and international wines.
Southold Fish Market – 64755 Route 25 Southold, Southold
www.facebook.com/southoldfishmarket
Serving the best and freshest local seafood on the North Fork with a full service fish market and an array of menu items for dine-in and take-out.
Sterlington Deli – 3 Sterlington Commons, Greenport
www.sterlingtondeli.net
Fresh, traditional deli classics – from breakfast sandwiches and platters to hearty lunch specials – 7 days a week from the Schultz family.
As you can see, Long Island’s North Fork is a culinary crossroads, offering a wide-variety of delicious dining alternatives featuring lots of fresh, locally-sourced foods. Treat yourself to a Long Island getaway and enjoy the bounty of Peconic Bay!
The Best North Fork Lodging
Arbor View House Bed and Breakfast is proud to be a part of Long Island’s North Fork community. Locally owned and operated, Arbor View House Bed and Breakfast offers three-course, gourmet breakfasts, incredibly comfortable rooms, on-site spa services, and have garnered numerous awards and notices. Make us your Greenport Village headquarters!