Montauk’s favorite beachfront restaurant Navy Beach will reopen for the 2015 season. Dubbed a “perfect destination for summer dining” by The New York Times, Navy Beach will reopen on Friday, April 24th at 5pm.  On opening weekend the restaurant will serve dinner Friday through Sunday, as well as weekend lunch.  New this season, Navy Beach will be bringing the “Torpedo” back to Montauk’s Fort Pond Bay, home of the US Naval Torpedo Testing range during the WW2.  The “Torpedo” is a 13-foot, 1967 Vintage Boston Whaler with a custom Spiderman red paint job and will provide launch service for boater guests.  Beginning on Memorial Day weekend, the launch service is a natural addition to service the ever growing yachting community who day trip to Navy Beach.

Montauk’s favorite beachfront restaurant will kick off their sixth season with their signature favorites as well as some new items throughout the menu.  New items include: steamed PEI mussels in a red curry lobster sauce with sherry, cilantro, cashews and crème fraiche; pappardelle with blistered tomatoes, fava beans, shaved parmesan and lemon butter (add shrimp); whole fried local catch with a cabbage slaw, scallion, popcorn shoots, chili threads and kimchi brown butter; and MTK seafood stew with clams, mussels, shrimp, squid, coconut milk, bamboo rice and dende oil.  Additional seasonal items will be added as market-based specials.

As a result of the restaurant’s increasing success as a daytime beach and boater destination and the huge popularity of rosé amongst Navy Beach clientele, the restaurant will be doubling the rosé offerings this season.  The wine list will now feature nearly a dozen new selections from a variety of regions in France, including St. Tropez, Bandol, Burgundy, Corsica and Cotes du Rhone.  New 750 ml bottles will include: Chateau Minuty, Chateau Miraval and Chateau Ramassan, while the large format rosé selection will include the ever-popular magnums of Cep d’Or as well as magnums from Les Voiles de St. Tropez – a partner of the renowned regatta in St. Tropez every fall.

Additional large format selections include: Clos Beylesse, a blue bottled wine from St. Tropez that is hugely popular in the south of France and St. Barth and a jeroboam (3L) of VieVité’s Extraordinaire black label.  The 2015 cocktail list will include a few new “lo-cal” selections such as the Fort Pond Bay, made with rosé, orange vodka, raspberry and cucumber; as well as summer yachting inspired cocktails like the Riva, made with vodka, grapefruit, melon and orange and a new tequila cocktail, the Margablanca, made with silver tequila, white grape, rosemary and lavender.

Fun-filled activities for both locals in the community and seasonal visitors are planned throughout this season. Navy Beach is honored to host its third annual fundraiser for the Navy SEAL Foundation (NSF) with a cocktail party on Saturday, June 13th from 4-6pm. During the 2014 season, the restaurant raised over $20,000 to support the Navy SEAL Foundation and its charitable efforts to provide each service member and their family with the confidence and comfort that their family will be taken care of while on active duty, in the days immediately after a tragedy and in the years to follow.

The restaurant’s popular themed American Summer Riviera Weekend will return on July 25th & 26th, featuring two days of Riviera-inspired revelry filled with rosé, boats in the bay and sun-soakers on the sand clad in Riviera-inspired attire with special guest photographer James Katsipis on-site for the festivities.  Reggae Sundays Sunset Sets will return featuring local favorites Winston Irie and Twister from late June to Labor Day.

As an increasingly popular special events and weddings venue, Navy Beach continues to host rehearsal dinners and weddings throughout the season.  Be sure to check the calendar online at www.navybeach.com/events-calendar/ or call ahead to see when they will be closed for private events.  The full season schedule is as follows:

April 25 – May 10 – Dinner Friday – Sunday; Weekend Lunch
May 14 – 24: Dinner Thursday – Sunday; Weekend Lunch
Closed in the evening for private events May 15 & 22
May 25 – June 11: Dinner Thursday; Lunch & Dinner Friday – Monday
Including Memorial Day Monday May 25
Closed in the evening for private events May 28, 29, 30
June 12 – Labor Day: Lunch & Dinner 7 Days
Closed in the evening for private event June 20

Location: 16 Navy Road, Montauk, www.navybeach.com, 631-668-6868

More about Navy Beach: The brainchild of partners Frank & Kristina Davis, Franklin Ferguson, Leyla Marchetto and Martin Cabrera, Navy Beach splashed on the Montauk restaurant scene in 2010.  Navy Beach is a laid-back, family-friendly waterfront restaurant offering a memorable dining experience for the whole family in a beach setting with casual coastal cuisine and the best sunsets in the Hamptons. The kitchen delivers a high quality fish centric menu with an emphasis on sustainable seafood and local seasonal produce. Navy Beach is all about location, positioned on a 200-foot private beach in Montauk.