"He's out," said a source close to the involved parties who asked not to be named. "He had until the weekend to clear his things out."
But faced with ordinances that essentially prevented a private club from operating in the historic district, Sartiano opened instead a restaurant in the space... He then tried to win in the court of popular opinion by inviting locals to dine, and it worked, kind of... People who ate at the restaurant felt Sartiano was being bullied.
"It's a joke that some of these people are Maidstone Club members [a private golf club] who now don't want a private social club," said one person who frequented the restaurant... But the wine-and-dine campaign didn't work with everyone. Certainly not with the neighbors, many of whom are members of families with generational history in the Hamptons.
When Sartiano invited Mayor Larsen to come in for dinner, and repeatedly asked for a meeting to talk about the restaurant's future... Larsen declined.
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