The ramen at Stirling Sake has a following. (Credit: David Benthal)
When Stirling Sake opened at the corner of Center and Main streets in Greenport in 2015, its namesake Japanese rice wine was at the heart of the restaurant. It offered more than 15 varieties from Japanese sake breweries, served in tasting flights and paired with authentic Japanese small bites like sushi and gyoza. (more…)
Chef Michi Rythem in the Stirling Sake kitchen during the July NoFo Champloo event. (Credit: Estefany Molina)
Nestled into the southwest corner of Center and Main streets in Greenport is Stirling Sake, a sake tasting room serving up authentic Japanese fare.
Chef-owner Yuki Mori has created a space that is grounded in Japanese tradition and conviviality, but there’s still room for some commingling of other cultures.
That is where NoFo Champloo — a concept that marries Japanese tradition with the North Fork way of life — comes into play. (more…)
Pick up a bottle of Sparkling Point Brut on your next visit to Stirling Sake in Greenport. (Credit: David Benthal photos)
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Blame the millennials, Instagram and wine and food subscription services, but experiential dining is now at the head of the table.
The Long Island restaurant scene has become more creative — putting a greater emphasis on shareable conversation-starting tapas, local ingredients and plating dishes so artistically they look almost too good to eat. (more…)
Jazmin Carrillo donates supplies to a student in December. (Credit: David Benthal)
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Local vegetable flat bread pizza, a vegan dish from Bistro 72, gets the thumbs up from us. (Credit: Vera Chinese)
Getting a good meal is nearly effortless on the North Fork, where inventive menus abound and local ingredients proliferate. It’s decidedly more complicated to find suitable — not to mention tasty — fare if you are a vegan.
And while someone who doesn’t eat animal products (aside from meat, that includes eggs and dairy) can never go wrong by ordering a salad, vegans deserve options. (more…)
Stirling Sake owner and sake sommelier Yuki Mori behind the bar at his Greenport restaurant. (Credit: Vera Chinese)
The North Fork is a place where the refrain “drink local” is often heard, but at one new Greenport restaurant, the focus is on a beverage that’s anything but.
Sake sommelier Yuki Mori, formerly general manager of the Manhattan restaurant Decibel, has brought authentic Japanese cuisine to the village with the opening of Stirling Sake in September.
Although the restaurant offers a full menu of Japanese items, like Yokohama gyoza and seaweed salad, the star of the show is Japanese rice wine.
“It’s all about the sake here,” said marketing director Rick Takemoto. “Our cuisine is to pair with sake.” (more…)