Hours: Lunch and dinner seven days
Appetizers: $6 to $15
Entrees: $20 to $36
Wines by the glass: $5-9
Reservations requested.

Bobby van's was a Bridgehampton hot spot long before most stars in the East End restaurant galaxy appeared, and it probably will remain one long after others lose their luster.

In the days when Bobby ran the place and played for friends around the grand piano,. it was a hanout for the literary crowd
—Truman Capote, James Jones, and Willie Morris were among regulars—and while the old dark-wood ambiance and the famous writers are long gone, the place still has plenty of atmosphere, whether you're there for the late night scene, a coctail hour martini (top notch, say fans), or leisurely lunch on a summer afternoon. And another paino player comes and goes.

The room is as light and airy as any outdoor eatery and a main attraction is that the whole front facade facade folds open in summer, offering excellent people-watching and fresh air. Ceiling fans toss the breezes and conversation about, and a long skylight brings the bright day inside.

We were there at lunch. but a dinner you might try Thai shrimp taco, beef carpaccio, or grilled calamari salad for appetizers. At dinner there is always a good selection of fresh fish and great steaks. Also dinner there is always a good selection of fresh fish and great steaks. Also on the dinner menu were monkfish with lobster risotto and curry vinaigrette a mushroom-crusted rack of lamb. For desert, how about a chocolate fondant cake with creme anglaise.

Best Picks At Lunch.
Appetizers: Artichoke falafel expertly balanced between hot harissa and a cool mint yogurt dressing.

Entrees: Sirloin chili topped with cheddar cheese. Grilled chicken salad with roasted red peppers and blue cheese. Salmon salad with goat cheese.

Hours: Dinner seven days and Sunday brunch.Music on weekend nights.
Appetizers: $6 to $11
Entrees: $16 to $26
Wines by the glass: Mainly $6 or 7
Reservations recomended on weekends.

Bridges is known for its Sunday gospel brunches, where mountains of fried chicken and collard greens, blackened catfish, and other soul foods are downed to the accompaniment of foot-stomping choirs from all over eastern Long Island. On weekend evenings, the stage is taken over by jazz or rhythm and blues bands. If you're going for the music and dancing, it starts at 7.

Just because music is the restaurant's selling point, that doesn't mean music lovers aren't well fed. The menu, with Hampton staples such as rare tuna, crab cakes, duck, mussels. and steak, is fairly priced and includes the occasional surprise.

The decor is airy white and blue with funky aluminum chairs; the staff, hip and friendly. Bridges has an excellent and reasonably priced wine list, including many that are local.

Best Picks At Lunch.
Appetizers: Salads are large and of fresh, interesting ingredients. Spanakopita (Greek spinage pie) is comforting. The winners: Mussels steamed with chorizo, garlic, tomato, and thyme. Spicy black bean and chorizo soup.
Entrees: Maryland crabs cakes. Trout with crisp Asain tahini soy noodles. The winner: Braised lamb shank; it was spoon tender and swimming in rich wine gravy.
Desserts: Bread pudding. Pineapple upside-down cake.

Hours: Dinner seven days and Sunday Brunch
Appetizers: $8 to $12.50
Entrees: $18 to $30
Wines by the glass: $6 to $8
Reservations recommended.

The two chefs have been operating on the East End both summer and winter for years and have built up a well-deserved reputations. The menu prices are on the high side. but the food is so good you are willing to forgive them. As to the service. it was impeccable. You can also eat at the bar.

Best Picks
Appetizers: Mussel and saffron soup. Quail with foie gras. Green lentel salad with roasted beets, mache, and toasted walnuts was slightly astringent and rustic. Heirloom tomato salad with red onoins and balsamic vinegar.
Entrees: Local stripped bass. The salmon was wonderfully moist and full odf flavor. Lamb shank. Liver and mashed potatoes—both exceptional. The winner. Loup de mer (European Stripped Bass), served with whole roasted artichokes and potatoes and pickled radish.

Breakfast, lunch. and dinner seven days until 10 p.m. Popular breakfast spot serving general diner food, sandwhiches, salads, etc,. rangong from $4 to $9.95.
No liquor license.

Hours: Dinner seven days.
Appetizers: $7 to $12
Entrees: $18 to $30
Wines by the glass: $6 to $8
Reservations recommended.

There's a new and very good chef at 95 School street who has rescued the restaurant from the temporary doldrums it was in previously. That was the first happy surprise. The second was tha the acoustics have been adressed to some extent, and it is less noisy than in the past years.

There are two dining rooms, divided by a pleasant bar. The dining room on the right is prettier and quieter, which you might remember when making a reservation.

I have a theory that if the bread is good, the omens are good for the meal. The excellent bread at 95 School Street bore out my theory. It was followed by a salad that must have had Ceaser Cardini weeping tears for joy in his Tijuana grave. But if you have the ceaser salad, that means that you'll have to miss out on the antipasto plate—delicate prosciutto, the sweetest red peppers. a first class breseola (air-dried beef thinly siced)and possibly the best mozzarella I've ever tasted.

Best Picks
Appetizers: Apart from those mentioned, the endive, frisee,and warm goat cheese salad and the arugula salad shaved with parmesan.
Entrees: Calf's Liver with mashed potatoes and balsamic onions. Ianocono's free range chicken.
Desserts Banana Tatin — enough to make you melt on the floor in a pool of camalized bliss. Petit pot au chocolat—just sweet enough to bring out the full chocolate flavor.

Hours: Lunch and dinner seven days until midnight.
Appetizers: $4 to $10
Entrees: $12 to $25
Wines by the glass: An extensive list
No reservations.

World pie is an upmarket pizza joint. It's pizza a la Hamptons, Chic pizza for models and arbitageurs, pizza any which way and then some. There is more to choose from the menu but pizza is the reason to go there. It's made in a wood fired oven, has a great, light crust, every imaginable topping from Asain duck with goat's cheese to tandori chicken with mango chutney, The one pasta dish ordered was on fairly shakey ground.

The extra selling point is that you get to eat your pizza in comfort at attractive tables with a reasonable noise level.

Best Picks
Appetizers: Homemade garlic bread. Baked clams. Fried calamari. Spicy rare tuna with sesame noodles and seaweed. Ceaser salad. Coconut shrimp with mesculin, spun beets, pineapple, and shiitake mushrooms. The winner: Huge, fat mussels
Entrees: Pizza, from a simple tomato, basil and mozzarella to a fancy roast pork, bacon and pineapple.
Desserts Tiramasu. Italian cheesecake made with ricotta was very distinctive. Chocolate nazarine made with mascarpone cheese wrapped in marzipan, and covered with chocolate delicious.