Nosh, New Eatery at Stirling Square, Opens Saturday

The newest business to open at "The Square" in Greenport will welcome customers for the first time Saturday.

Nosh, the latest new eatery owned by chef Keith Luce to open, will feature house made gelato/ice creams, sandwiches, salads, baked goods, teas and coffees, "as well as all types of other treats," Luce said.

The plan is for Nosh to be open six days a week from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m., and possibly later in the summer.

After purchasing the North Fork Oyster Company – along with several other properties in Stirling Square – in mid-March,  Luce and the rest of his management team have transformed four locations in historic Stirling Square.

They include Main, which is now open for business, and Nosh, opening Saturday, as well as Meet and Prep -- with all four expected to be open by Memorial Day. 

The former North Fork Oyster Co., Luce said, is now called Main Restaurant & Oyster Bar. The café formerly known as the Sweet Spot is now known as Nosh. A previously-vacant space across the way from Nosh, and next to Stirling Yoga, will be Prep. And last but not least, the space on Main Street which briefly housed a skating shop recently will be Meet.

"This is the only walking village on the North Fork, so once we get the whole square kicking, this is going to be its own little culinary destination," Luce said. "It will be like a little village inside a village."

The North Fork Hospitality Holding LLC – which owns the four properties – is a company led by Luce, his wife Marta, Scott and Veronica Hunzinger, and Jason and Kara Graves; the team's collective experience includes expertise in finance, marketing and business development.

"When (Luce) walked me through the Square and described his initial thoughts for the Square, I could envision everything he was describing and saw the tremendous potential of each of the individual locations . . . but also how each location will help support the others," said Scott Hunzinger – whose family was in the food business when he was younger – in an email. "Kind of like a great partnership."

At Prep, Luce is installing a full service carry-away production kitchen. On site, flatbreads, gelato, baked goods, and something Luce has been looking forward to making – his cured meats – will all be made, some to be sold through a take-away window, others at Nosh, which will still provide a café setting.

Meet – which Luce said is hoping to open in June – will serve as a tasting room featuring North Fork wines and beers, as well as a retail outlet for kitchen tools and locally-sourced products.

Luce raised over $51,000 in a Kickstarter campaign earlier this year for the , cured meats house.