The Zeitgeist

It’s Columbus Day weekend, and here in Huntington that means it’s the end of the season at The Shack. The shack is one of those classic road-side eateries that’s so good you make it your business to go back again, and again, year after year after year…

We know the owners of the shack, Kat and Mace, and the fact they have always run their business with a warmth and friendliness to all their customers even though they are slinging more burgers, lobster rolls, fish & chips and beers than you can possibly count, from that impossibly tiny kitchen, on those impossibly hot and sticky summer days has always meant as much to us as the quality of the food. And the food, wow… really, really good food (My personal fave’ is the Fish & Chips, Michelle’s is the linguine w/mussels in Wine & Butter Sauce). From mid-April through October, we’re always at the Shack whenever we can swing it. The fact that it’s the end of the season is bittersweet (this is being written Sunday night, so technically Monday, Columbus Day is the last hurrah — we’ll be there…) — my daughter Sarabeth is always sad, but Kat reminds her every year that 1) its only a few months until April, and 2) its now even a shorter tme until she will be in High School and old enough to spend a few summers working at The Shack (which she’s wanted to do since she was old enough to talk) building some great memories and amidst the Clams and Choas at the “Tavern on the Gravel” known as the shack.

I’m looking forward to when, like every year, in just a few days, Sarabeth will ask me “So, Daddy, how many days until The Shack opens again..?”

Tags: Centerport, Food, Huntington Long Island, Long Island, Roadside Eating, The Shack

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