Get ready for elevated pub grub and excellent local brews on Westhampton Beach’s Main Street. Brian Sckipp and John Salvaggio, owners of Westhampton Beach Brewing in the Gabreski Airport industrial park, are opening a restaurant in town, right in time for spring 2026.
The old friends and business partners, who have owned and operated Westhampton Beach Brewing since 2016, are taking over the space that formerly housed Daphne’s at 115 Main Street and launching Westhampton Beach Brew & Grill.
It’s not their first foray into the restaurant arena — last April, they opened their first Westhampton Beach Brew & Grill in Manorville, extending their brand more deeply into casual, family-friendly sit-down dining.
“We’re lucky enough to work with a great manager for both locations, Vinny Greico, and what we’ve learned from him about the food and restaurant industry is absolutely invaluable,” says Sckipp.
The new space will offer Westhampton Beach locals and visitors a new, welcome dining option to the walkable main drag in town, with both open-air and indoor seating.
“It will be a full menu streamlined to make sure it’s family-friendly and that there’s something for everyone,” says Salvaggio.
That includes things like local fish and chips, their renowned Bavarian pretzels made popular at their Grabesky Airport-based tap room and a burger menu with meat sourced from Justin’s Chop Shop, a special blend made just for Westhampton Beach Brewing. But while you can certainly get faves like wings and burgers, you can expect date night-worthy dishes, too.
“We’re going to surprise people with some of our higher-end dishes,” says Sckipp. “My favorite is the Peruvian-inspired half chicken.” There will also be flavorful flat breads, steak options, a bone-in grilled pork chop and other specialties.
Fans can also expect a full bar with eight Westhampton Beach brews on tap at all times, plus four or five of their popular canned beers on the menu as well.
The duo signed their long-term lease just before the Christmas holiday at the end of December, and will be working on updating the kitchen and seating spaces. “We’ll be taking this time to really redo the kitchen and back area to get it to work and align with what we want to serve there,” says Sckipp. “It’s a small kitchen — about half the size of what we have in Manorville — and we want to get similar high-quality equipment in the new space.”
With the help of built-in heat lamps, they’ll be able to extend the seasons to the outdoor areas of the space, with have about 30 seats in the front and room for more on the 1,400 square foot patio out back, in addition to the 40 seats inside.
A planned-for opening date in March is currently on the docket — hopefully, they say, to coordinate with the popular annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in Westhampton Beach.
