Long Island has a storied history around potatoes. At the peak of potato production, 70,000 acres of the crop were grown by over 1,000 different farmers on LI. Though a significant amount of the land used to grow potatoes has been given over to new...
Long Island’s East End is famous for its picture-perfect wine country, local distilleries and beer microbreweries. Getting here from Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens is a breeze on the LIRR, Hampton Jitney or L.I.E. (Long Island Expressway) and usually takes only around 2 hours. Our many...
Live music, local tastings, dining on our patio and sipping your favorite cocktails are all part of Summer Fun Days at Hotel Indigo! Every Sunday beginning on June 26th join us for free live music and outdoor fun from 4:00 to 7:00PM. Featuring names like Amy...
It wasn’t long ago that you may have had to ask what a ‘microbrewery’ or ‘craft beer’ even is. As craft beer proliferates into a phenomenon that drinkers celebrate year-round instead of just on special occasions, we present the three East End breweries that are...
T’was a rainy May night in Riverhead when hundreds descended upon Hotel Indigo for the second annual East End Craft Beer Festival. We had so much fun dancing to the sounds of Miles to Dayton and tasting our favorite Long Island brews. In addition to...
Drawing inspiration from musicians like Neko Case and Laura Marling, Cassandra House is Long Island’s very own modern day female singer/songwriter. We love welcoming Cassie to the stage of the Indigo Ballroom and we’d like to share a little more about her behind the scenes. Girl...
Spring has popped up in the East End and we couldn’t be more excited. The sights, sounds, and smells of the North Fork are in bloom for the first time and there are so many things you can do to indulge your senses. Here are...
