NoFo Favorites is our growing collection of North Fork places we genuinely like, recommend, and think are worth knowing — from restaurants and coffee shops to farm stands, wineries, hotels, markets, and local things to do.
Some are classic visitor stops. Some are small local favorites. Some are places we personally love. All of them help make the North Fork feel like the North Fork.
Restaurants & cafes
18 Bay
18 Bay is now in Jamesport at 370 Manor Lane, after building a following on Shelter Island. It is one of those restaurants people remember because the meal feels personal, seasonal
North Fork Table & Inn
North Fork Table & Inn is one of the best-known restaurants on the North Fork. It sits in Southold, along the Main Road corridor, and has long been part of the conversation when pe
goodfood.
goodfood. is a casual Mattituck spot for empanadas, salads, sandwiches, soups, baked goods, coffee, and takeout. It fits naturally into a North Fork day, whether you are heading to
1943 Pizza Bar
1943 Pizza Bar is a Greenport pizza spot in Stirling Square, upstairs from Brix & Rye.
First and South
First and South is a Greenport restaurant and bar just off the main village stretch, with a lively feel, a welcoming room, and a menu that works for a lot of different kinds of nig
Aldo’s Coffee Company
Aldo’s is one of the classic Greenport stops. It is a coffee shop, roaster, and cafe near the waterfront, and it has the kind of personality that makes it feel different from almos
Bruce & Son
Bruce & Son is a Greenport brunch and daytime restaurant on Main Street, and one of the best places to eat in the village.
Encanto Crepes & Cafe
Encanto Crepes & Cafe is a Greenport cafe on Main Street, with crepes, coffee, and a small-town village feel that makes it easy to work into a walk around town.
Claudio’s
Claudio’s is one of the best-known names in Greenport, and one of the rare restaurants where the history is not just decoration.
Crazy Beans
Crazy Beans is a Greenport breakfast and lunch spot with a fun, casual feel and a menu that works when you want something familiar, filling, and easy before a day around the villag
Noah’s
Noah’s is a Greenport restaurant on Front Street known for seafood, small plates, raw bar items, local ingredients, and a menu that works well for sharing.
The Frisky Oyster
The Frisky Oyster is a Greenport dinner spot on Front Street with seafood, cocktails, a serious wine list, and a room that feels more grown-up than casual.
Ellen’s on Front
Ellen’s on Front is a Greenport restaurant on Front Street with creative food, drinks, and a warm village feel.
Demarchelier Bistro
Demarchelier Bistro brings classic French bistro cooking to Greenport.
Black Llama Bar
Black Llama Bar is a Greenport cocktail bar with music, drinks, and a darker, more late-night feel than many of the village’s daytime and waterfront stops.
Lombardi’s Love Lane Market
Lombardi’s Love Lane Market is a Mattituck Italian market and prepared-foods stop right on Love Lane.
Love Lane Kitchen
Love Lane Kitchen is one of the main food anchors on Love Lane in Mattituck.
Southold Fish Market
Southold Fish Market is one of those places that feels essential if you spend time on the North Fork.
Braun Seafood Co.
Braun Seafood Co. is one of the biggest seafood names on the North Fork.
Wineries, breweries & drinks
Pellegrini Vineyards
Pellegrini Vineyards is a Cutchogue winery with a classic North Fork feel: vines, a tasting room, outdoor space, and a calmer pace than some of the busier weekend stops.
Pindar Vineyards
Pindar Vineyards is one of the best-known wineries on the North Fork, and one of the names that helped shape Long Island wine country.
Sannino Vineyard
Sannino Vineyard is a family-run winery in Cutchogue with a tasting room, vineyard, bed-and-breakfast, and a more personal feel than some of the larger North Fork stops.
Macari Vineyards
Macari Vineyards is one of the North Fork wineries people tend to remember. It has the setting, the scale, and the wine reputation to feel like a true North Fork destination.
Bedell Cellars
Bedell Cellars is one of the North Fork’s signature wineries. It has history, a strong wine reputation, a beautiful Cutchogue setting, and an art-forward feel that makes it stand o
Farm stands, markets & local food
Sang Lee Farms
Sang Lee Farms is a Peconic farm stand and organic farm with produce, prepared foods, pantry items, flowers, herbs, plants, and a strong local following.
Sep’s Farm
Sep’s Farm is an East Marion farm stand with produce, flowers, plants, and a colorful, seasonal feel.
Harbes Family Farm
Harbes Family Farm is one of the biggest family-friendly stops on the North Fork.
Catapano Dairy Farm
Catapano Dairy Farm is a small goat dairy in Peconic with a farm shop, goat cheese, soaps, lotions, and a very memorable cast of goats.
Wickham’s Fruit Farm
Wickham’s Fruit Farm is one of the classic farm stops on the North Fork. It has orchards, seasonal fruit, a farm stand, pick-your-own days, baked goods, and the kind of old North F
Hotels, inns & places to stay
Jedediah Hawkins Inn
Jedediah Hawkins Inn is one of the most distinctive places to stay and eat on the west side of the North Fork.
Blue Iris Bed & Breakfast
Blue Iris Bed & Breakfast is a small inn-style stay in Cutchogue, close to wineries, farm stands, beaches, and the quieter middle stretch of the North Fork.
Sound View Greenport
Sound View Greenport is a waterfront hotel on the Long Island Sound side of Greenport, with rooms that look straight out at the water.
The Halyard
The Halyard is the waterfront restaurant at Sound View Greenport, with one of the best dining views on the North Fork.
American Beech
American Beech is a boutique hotel, restaurant, and bar set in Greenport’s historic Stirling Square.
Things to do
Cross Sound Ferry
Cross Sound Ferry runs from Orient Point to New London, Connecticut, and it is one of the things that makes the far end of the North Fork feel connected to somewhere bigger.
North Fork Arts Center at the Sapan Greenport Theatre
North Fork Arts Center at the Sapan Greenport Theatre is one of the village places that feels important because it gives Greenport something beyond restaurants, shops, and the wate
Tide Hustle
Tide Hustle is a Greenport fishing charter boat offering open-boat and private charter trips from the North Fork.
Greenport Pilates, Yoga & Wellness
Greenport Pilates, Yoga & Wellness is a studio in the heart of Greenport village offering Pilates, yoga, and wellness classes.
How to use this page
Pick one town or stretch of the Fork and build the day around it. Greenport is strongest for walkable restaurants, coffee, bars, theater, and waterfront stops. Mattituck and Cutchogue are strong for Love Lane, wineries, farms, and food to bring back to the house. Southold, Peconic, East Marion, and Orient work best when you want a quieter route with farm stands, beaches, ferry stops, and water nearby.
NoFo Times note
This is not meant to be a complete directory of every business on the North Fork. It is a growing collection of places we think are worth knowing, visiting, eating at, shopping from, staying at, or building a day around.