HISTORY IN THE MAKING
THE 1770 HOUSE IS CELEBRATING ITS 15TH ANNIVERSARY, WHILE CHEF MICHAEL ROZZI HAS BEEN COOKING ON MAIN STREET FOR 20 YEARS!
The 1770 House is ready for its 15th summer!
As 1770 House, the East Hampton inn and restaurant, celebrates 15 years in its current incarnation, charming mysteries still abound. “We don’t know why it’s called that,” says Richard Barons, senior curator of the East Hampton Historical Society. “The house was most probably built in the 1750s.” Owners Ben and Bonnie Krupinski, who grew up in the area, fell in love with its memories. “It all started as a real estate acquisition,” said Krupinski, a builder who specializes in luxury homes, “but I am a history buff.” So when he uncovered a mysterious bulge in a wall and found a bottle hiding a message dating from 1873 detailing that year’s renovation, he framed both.
Most bottles, however, reside in the cellar, where restaurant manager and wine director Michael Cohen attends to a collection of about 2,500 specimens, representing more than 250 wines. “My heart lives in France and