The Hamptons · South Fork West End

Southampton

The oldest English settlement in New York, Coopers Beach, and the first real Hamptons village heading east from the Shinnecock Canal.

Southampton is the first proper Hamptons village eastbound, which shapes its weekend rhythm. Coopers Beach, Job's Lane shopping, and a dining scene that spans old-guard steakhouses to newer farm-driven rooms. The Shinnecock Nation sits just west of the village and operates cannabis retail under tribal sovereignty, which makes the Southampton cannabis conversation different from the rest of the East End. For visitors 21+, the weekend template runs through beach-house consumption, sunset hour on a deck, and low-dose edibles timed before a village dinner reservation.