"I got so tired of hearing that there's nothing to do in Southampton in the offseason," Ian Duke, co-owner of Union, told Southforker on October 29. He said it while explaining why Union Burger Bar left 40 Bowden Square and reopened inside Southampton Social Club at 256 Elm St.
This November, the Village has events on two schedules. One is a weekly bar calendar, which now sits steps from the train station. The other is a run of cultural dates spread among Pond Lane, Jobs Lane, Meeting House Lane and Windmill Lane. On Saturday, November 28, both schedules land on the same evening.
Elm Street now has something on every week
Union opened at its new address on Thursday, October 8. Its welcome party started with a 5:30 p.m. happy hour, and the band Slingshot played at 6:30, according to Dan's Papers. Duke told Dan's Papers that the move came out of a lease negotiation at Bowden Square, and Southforker quoted him on the same point: "We tried to negotiate. We couldn't get to a number."
Southampton Social Club has run for 16 years as an upscale restaurant, bar and event space during the summer months. Southforker reports that it will keep that role in peak season, while Union takes the lead in the same building through the winter. Union's own site describes the setup as Union operating "inside Southampton Social Club for the fall and winter season."
Union serves lunch and dinner daily. The menu keeps Burger Bar's specialty burgers, sandwiches and pub fare. At dinner it adds filet mignon, butternut squash ravioli and maple grain mustard salmon, plus a hand-rolled sushi program carried over from Social Club.
Duke described the weekly lineup to Southforker this way:
- Wednesdays: trivia
- Fridays: bingo, followed by live music
- Saturdays: live music
- Occasional nights: DJs, bourbon dinners and wine dinners
Union's posted calendar for mid-November lists Moxie Poe at 9 p.m. on Friday, November 13, and Trailer & The Hitch at 9 p.m. on Saturday, November 14.
Restaurant Week is the first full test
Fall Long Island Restaurant Week is in its 20th year, and it runs through Sunday, November 8. Southforker's roundup lists two Southampton Village participants, and both are offering the same pricing:
| Restaurant | Address | Lunch | Dinner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shippy's | 36 Windmill Lane | $25, two courses | $48, three courses |
| Union | 256 Elm St. | $25, two courses | $48, three courses |
Shippy's has a German menu. Southforker's line on it is "boost your Bavarian intake." One scheduling note from Southforker: some participants skip the prix fixe on Saturday night, and those that offer it stop serving it by 7 p.m.
Shippy's on Windmill Lane matters later in the month too. Windmill Lane is also home to the Village police building and court, which are part of the November 28 program below.
The cultural schedule runs along Pond, Jobs and Meeting House Lanes
The second schedule belongs to the Village's museums and stages, plus the Parrish Art Museum just outside the Village in Water Mill. It begins with a civic date and adds weekend programs as the month goes on.
| Date | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Wed., Nov. 11 | Veterans Day Parade | Southampton Village |
| Sat., Nov. 14, 5–6 p.m. | "Unearthing Point Breeze," the first talk in the museum's Distinguished Lecture Series | Southampton History Museum, 17 Meeting House Lane |
| Sat., Nov. 14 | William Merritt Chase and Walter Granville-Smith: American Impressionists of the East End opens | Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill |
| Fri., Nov. 20, 3 p.m. | Curator-led tour of Abstract Expressionism: The East End, 1940 to Today | Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill |
| Nov. 20–Dec. 13 | Boots on the Ground Theater's A Colonial Christmas | Southampton Cultural Center, 25 Pond Lane |
| Sat., Nov. 21 | Member opening and panel for the Chase and Granville-Smith exhibition | Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill |
| Sat., Nov. 28, noon–5 p.m. | East End Collected9 | Southampton Arts Center, 25 Jobs Lane |
The Village posted its Veterans Day Parade flyer on October 28.
At the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, the Chase and Granville-Smith show runs through March 21, 2027. The Abstract Expressionism exhibition has been open since September 26 and continues through February 14, 2027. That means both shows will still be up after the holidays.
The Arts Center's grounds at 25 Jobs Lane have changed this year. In the Village's Fall 2026 newsletter, the mayor called the new garden, with its fountains and amphitheater, "a tremendous hit." He also thanked Alina and John Paulson for funding the transformation of that Village-owned property. East End Collected9 continues there with an artist tour on Saturday, December 5, from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 28, in order
On the Saturday after Thanksgiving, events across the Village line up into a single afternoon and evening. Here is the sequence, based on the Village newsletter, the event listing at Agawam Park and Union's calendar:
- Noon to 5 p.m. East End Collected9 is open at Southampton Arts Center, 25 Jobs Lane.
- Before the parade. The Village holds a ceremony for the 25th anniversary of the "new" police building on Windmill Lane, which also houses the Village Court. The police moved there from the upper floors of Village Hall.
- 4:30 p.m., at dusk. The Parade of Lights features decorated vehicles from the Village's volunteer Fire and EMS departments.
- 5:30 p.m. The tree lighting takes place in Agawam Park, 51 Pond Lane, with holiday songs by Southampton High School's Voices of Southampton, known as VOSH. Fireworks and a stroll past the Village's decorated holiday windows follow.
- 7:45 p.m. Union holds its Village Christmas Tree Lighting event with the Mixed Vibes Band at 256 Elm St.
The Village newsletter asks residents to "mark your calendars for both events," meaning the anniversary ceremony and the parade with the tree lighting. Union's 7:45 p.m. start comes after the fireworks, so the evening ends on Elm Street.
The same streets have work scheduled this fall
Several Village projects in the Fall 2026 newsletter fall on the blocks that host this calendar. The newsletter describes them as fall work and gives no specific construction dates:
- World War I Monument. Repairs and restoration begin this fall, after a Request for Proposal process to choose a contractor.
- Agawam Park. Electrical lines will be laid under the park for a proposed algae harvester and solar array. This is the same park where the tree is lit on November 28.
- Walkway north of Hildreth's. The new pedestrian easement will be paved in brick in place of uneven asphalt. The goal is a better connection between the parking lots and the shops, following a recommendation in the Village's Comprehensive Plan.
- Former Southampton Press site, Windmill Lane. The Village co-owns the site with the Town and will soon demolish its 6,000-square-foot office building. A new dog park will go on that lot, next to the Rogers Memorial Library.
Fall leaf pickup in the Village runs from November 2 through December 28, overlapping the full holiday calendar.
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