For some visitors, the East End of Long Island is a place to inhale fresh air on weekends before blowing off steam, shelling out $1500 for a daybed on the beach in Montauk, or vying for an on-air cameo by dining at 75 Main during the shooting of the 4th season of the HBO Max show But, for many residents, the area is hallowed ground, physically just a couple of hours from New York, but spiritually worlds away from the cacophonous urban center with its crime and grit. This is why Hamptonites have never allowed their enclave to be accessed by anything greater than a two-lane road. The Hamptons, for them, is the antidote to a city that never sleeps.
So, when New York private night spot Zero Bond, which has played host to the city’s mayor, Eric Adams, as well as Elon Musk, Taylor Swift, Tom Brady and Kim Kardashian, announced its intention to take over East Hampton village’s quaint 18th century Hedges Inn, the news unleashed a major backlash. It’s a particularly bucolic area, just a stone’s throw from the homes of Steven Spielberg and Martha Stewart. In a slew of town meetings, led by the village mayor, locals tried to put the kibosh on Zero Bond, and in May, they succeeded in instituting an 11 p.
m. curfew for all of the town’s (this particular property had been zoned for a 10 p.m.
curfew for some time), effectively blocking the club, at least for this season. Zero Bond owner Scott Sartiano, was not to be entirely deterred, quickly pivoted, announcing this week that he w.
