
The Whales Tale opens in Hampton Bays

The deck at The Whales Tale in Hampton Bays seats 60 and overlooks the Shinnecock Canal. Credit: Newsday/Melissa Azofeifa
After 16 years in Northport, The Whales Tale is making a splashy debut out east. The restaurant opened in Hampton Bays June 3 at the former Tully’s Fish Market and Snack Shack.
Hampton Bays was the "next best place," after Northport for a new outpost, longtime manager Ann Marie Fenza said.
"When we came out and looked at it, the location kind of reminded us exactly of what we had already — we just felt ‘why not,’ " she said. The new space is more than double the size of the Northport site, with indoor seating for 106 and space for another 60 on a deck overlooking an inlet.
The Northport restaurant opened in 2009 in the Brittania Marina and is owned by Sosh Andriano and Brian Autz.

The tuna BLT with fries at The Whales Tale in Hampton Bays. Credit: Newsday/Melissa Azofeifa
The Hampton Bays location offers the same menu of crowd-pleasing comfort food, with starters including mussels ($15), elote con queso or corn with cheese ($13) guacamole ($7) and loaded street fries ($10). Mains include sandwiches like a tuna BLT ($21.95) and rice bowls (from $16). Cocktails include a watermelon mojito ($15) made with rum, lime juice, watermelon, simple syrup and mint. A grab-and-go market offers tacos, lobster rolls, ice cream, smoothies and coffee.
Said Fenza, "We do what we do and do it well instead of complicating it."
The Whales Tale, 78 Foster Ave., Hampton Bays, 631-253-8717, thewhalestalenorthport.com. Open 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., Friday and Saturday.
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