Burger War To End All Burger Wars Brewing in Sag Harbor

As we head into mid-June there is a bloody burger battle to end all ground meat wars brewing in Sag Harbor.

Bay Burger must be marshaling its strength to take on the invaders from the west.

First, opening as soon as this weekend is La Maison, a new French bistro resurrecting the former JLX space, which lay criminally fallow all season last summer. It’s in a great location at the end of Main St. right on the bay, and the interior, which the team from Trata who have taken over the place barely touched, is one of the few things that Ed “Jean Luc” Kleefield ever got right. Currently planned for lunch only is their American Imperial Kobe Burger, which may seem like a battleship facing a dingy when it faces off with Bay Burger, but we’ve yet to see this monster.

And coming in from further west is chef Laurent Touroundel who has been doing the chef’s equivalent of house hunting in the Hamptons. His LT Burger in the Harbor is slated to open in late June or early July. It’s a big month for former Jean Luc places, as LT takes over the space formerly housing JL’s Mumbo Gumbo monstrosity and more recently, his Grappa. It’ll be nice to have a genuine Frenchman in the space. Touroundel has split from his BLT Restaurant Group to work on side projects, so this will not be a BLT Burger, but a separate and independent burger boite from LT.

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