East End Business Book: NoFo Restaurant Opens for 62nd Spring

Our East End Report, a wrap-up of the week's news from Greenport to Riverhead to Montauk, recaps each Patch site's most compelling story. Below, we bring your our weekly business wrap-up, so you're in the know on which businesses are coming and going in the area. 

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NORTH FORK

Independent bookstore chain   in Mattituck on Saturday morning.

Welcomed by local radio station WEHM, raffle gifts courtesy of East End businesses, free snacks from , and hordes of customers enjoying the beautiful weather, co-owner Charline Spektor finally opened her doors in an area she's been eyeing for five years.

WESTHAMPTON-HAMPTON BAYS

After a long-haul selling real estate in the Hamptons and in New York City, Hampton Bays resident Beth Bongar decided enough was enough. She wanted to spend the rest of her life, doing something that she loved — making people laugh.

She said she thought about going back to clowning — she spent many years as a clown in the Big Apple Circus and working private parties. But, she remembered why she left clowning in the first place — once, at a party, a child said, "Hey man, I didn't know clowns are old."

She needed a new plan. That's when she thought about laughing Yoga.

Bongar, who calls herself the Laughing Diva, soon obtained her certification as a laughing yoga instructor and launched her business, Laughing Yoga, NYC. 

SOUTHAMPTON

 has released a new brew — and this one will stick around all year.

Publick House has several seasonal stouts and saisons that come and go, but the restaurant and brewery says the new Southampton Burton IPA will be available year round at bars, restaurants and beverage retailers.

The brewhaus describes Burton IPA as a tribute to the original English-style India pale ales, with a gravity of 15 percent and alcohol by volume of 6.5 percent.

EAST HAMPTON

 in East Hampton Village opened just in time for Easter weekend.

Owner Peter Ambrose opened the doors at the  space on Wednesday, and already the customer flow has been steady. "Business is good already," he said on Friday afternoon, after the lunch rush.

There's certainly plenty to chose from at the seafood market. Ambrose sells fresh fish, mainly from a fleet of fishing boats in Montauk, owned by Gerald Herlihy and Butch Payne. There's plenty of marinades, oils, and seasoning for sale, too. Samples of grilled sea scallops were available for customers.

RIVERHEAD

The Modern Snack Bar, located on Route 25 in Aquebogue, opened Tuesday for its 62nd season, and owners Otto and John Wittmeier are thrilled to welcome back generations of diners to the eatery, owned by the same family for all 62 years.