East End Business Book: New Brewing Company and Diner Open

Here is a round-up of top business stories on the East End this week. 

RIVERHEAD

Crooked Ladder Celebrates Grand Opening

It's official: After months of anticipation, the brand-new Crooked Ladder Brewing Co. celebrated its grand opening over the weekend. 

Digger's owner Steve Wirth has been working on opening the microbrewery in downtown Riverhead over the past months, and this weekend, the Crooked Ladder Brewing Co. officially launched.

NORTH FORK

New Diner Opens Doors In Southold

Greenport resident Ethel Quillin celebrated her 91st birthday with her sister Bev Lehr on Friday with a lunch at the brand-new Six Three One eatery, which opened on Thursday. 

The pair were some of the first customers to head to the brand-new diner, opened by Archie and Pat Dellaportas at the site of the former JD Steakhouse on Route 25 in Southold.

WESTHAMPTON-HAMPTON BAYS

Now Serving: The Hampton Lady

Nestled next to the Shinnecock fishing docks is a new restaurant that features panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean and Shinnecock Bay - it's called the Hampton Lady.

The Dune Road restaurant is owned by James Foley, who also owns the Hamptons Lady fishing charter, and his brother John.

The eatery officially opened in early July and serves up simple, fresh fish delights.

SOUTHAMPTON

RadioShack Opens 'Concept Store' in Southampton

After closing for renovations back on July 8, the Southampton Village RadioShack reopened Saturday, debuting a new look and feel as the chain's third U.S. "concept store."

The store is designed to offer a more fun and interactive experience and be clean and easy to navigate, said Michael DeFazio, the senior vice president of store concepts for RadioShack Corporation. 

"The look is very different than any RadioShack you've seen before," he said.

EAST HAMPTON

Amagansett Applied Arts To Move into Golden Eagle Space

Artist Elizabeth Dow will moveAmagansett Applied Arts from Amagansett to 14 Gingerbread Lane in East Hampton, the current location of the Golden Eagle art supply shop, which is leaving Sept. 30. 

The move has been “controversial," Dow said, in part because, “The Golden Eagle wasn’t aware their landlord was looking for a new renter.” In early July, the Golden Eagle, which was founded in 1954, announced its landlord wasn't renewing its lease.

Dow is also being forced to move. The Applied Arts building on Indian Wells Highway will be sold off on Oct. 31, Dow said. She said she was offered the Gingerbread Lane location through her building’s listing broker, Lee Minetree, of Saunders Realty, and was unaware that the Golden Eagle’s owners had not been informed of the changing situation.