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Southampton
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Long association with the smart set has left
SOUTHAMPTON
unashamedly upper class. Its streets are lined with galleries and clothing and jewelry stores, but the nearby beaches are superb. The
visitor center
at 76 Main St (Mon-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat & Sun 11am-4pm; tel 631/283-0402,
) has lists of
B&Bs
, such as the
Mainstay
, 579 Hill St (tel 631/283-4375; $100-130). You can get marvelous fresh seafood in a number of
restaurants
, notably
Barrister's
at 36 Main St (tel 631/283-6206) and the venerable
Southampton Publick House
at 40 Bowden Square (tel 631/283-2800), which operated during Prohibition as "Mrs Cavanaugh's Speakeasy." Relatively casual
nightspots
like
Southampton Tavern
on Tuckahoe Lane nestle next to impossibly upscale clubs, like
Jet East
on North Sea Road where super-rich regulars shell out hundreds of dollars to reserve Saturday night tables. The latest addition to the velvet-roped ranks of chic bars is
Conscience Point
, nearby on North Sea Road. It's owned by the same team as
Jet East
and features much the same crowd. Other useful information
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