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        <title><![CDATA[NYC restaurants doing delivery to Hamptons amid coronavirus pandemic]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New York City restaurants are pulling out all the stops to survive the pandemic, including <strong>launching deliveries</strong> 90 miles away to the Hamptons.</p><p>Restaurants from American bistro The Smith to Michelin-starred Carbone have been making the trek to Long Island’s East End in an effort to serve customers who fled the city during the coronavirus pandemic.</p><p>The Smith launched its Friday-only Hampton delivery service two weeks ago — with crisp $9 fries, to boot. The trick is to cook them halfway and provide the customer with detailed instructions —&nbsp;as well as a deep fry thermometer and oil — for finishing them.</p><p>“Who wants to eat soggy fries?” quips Jeff Lefcourt, founder and chief executive of Corner Table Restaurants’ The Smith.</p><p>Other to-go items, which get transported in a refrigerated truck, include signature $12 roast Brussels sprouts and $19 mac and cheese — both of which are meant to be heated before eating. The restaurant also offers raw foods, like fish and meat, that can be cooked at home with house condiments&nbsp;like peppercorn steak sauce, chimichuri and lemon aioli.</p><p>Its $38 burger kit, for example, features four short-rib grill-ready brisket patties, along with an assortment of accoutrements like bacon shallot jam, crispy onions, American cheese, Smith burger sauce, habanero pickles, little gem lettuce and potato buns.</p><p>The Smith’s specialty cocktails, like cucumber margaritas, also are on the menu.</p><p>Delivery is free for all orders over $250. Otherwise, it costs $19.99. The service could continue after the pandemic ends if demand is strong enough, Lefcourt said.</p><p>Last month, Greenwich Village celebrity magnet Carbone, known for its old-school classics like spicy rigatoni and veal parmigiana, <strong>launched a delivery service</strong> to the Hamptons in the form of a box that cost $500, which served three meals for a family of four, depending “on how much you eat,” the source said.</p><p>The boxes were different every week, with a combination of house-made pastas. signature sauces and dressing. Dishes to reheat included porcini, veal lasagna and chicken scarpariello.</p><p>They were prepared at the Italian restaurant and driven to a central, “convenient” location in the Hamptons where customers came to pick them up without contact. The eatery offered just 100 boxes and buyers had to commit to four weeks.</p><p>The popular service ended last week, however, to make room for Carbone’s next Hampton’s experiment: a new pop-up that <strong>opens this Wednesday</strong> (see sidebar).</p><p>“The four-week home delivery was a fun way to engage our customers out East until we opened the pop-up, which we are opening because so many of our customers are currently living out East, and we want to be there to serve them,” a Carbone source said.</p><p>Of course, experienced New Yorkers like Carlos Carvajal know you can get anything delivered to the Hamptons — restaurant takeout included — if you have your order delivered to the Jitney instead of an apartment.</p><p>The Jitney, which still offers bus service to the Hamptons, delivers packages for between $35 and $55, depending on the size.</p><p>Carvajal, a lawyer in the city’s fashion and nightlife space, recently used the Jitney for a large order from Sarge’s Delicatessen &amp; Diner on Manhattan’s Third Avenue to Southampton, where he’s been under quarantine with his wife and in-laws.</p><p>“Surprisingly, there are no Jewish delis in the Hamptons,” Carvajal said.</p><p>They ordered $250 worth of “the usual suspects” — pastrami, corned beef, matzo ball soup and knishes — and he picked it up three hours later. “It wasn’t piping hot, but it was really good and a great change of pace for out there.”</p>]]></content:encoded>
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