Alba Spiaggia

A whitewashed, sun-bleached dining room where Ligurian coast cooking meets Montauk's dock-fresh catch.

The kitchen treats the Atlantic like a Mediterranean tributary, plating just-landed fluke and monkfish alongside olive oils shipped in from Liguria. Floor-to-ceiling windows frame the dunes, and by 6pm the light turns everything—wine, skin, linen tablecloths—the color of the restaurant's name. Go early for a seat on the patio; the branzino sells out most nights by nine.

Best for: Sunset dinners and long lunches after a beach day