Over-the-top Long Island food: $80 pie, $150 grape juice

It's July, which means that Hamptons season is in full swing. Along with it, the over-the-top viral splurges associated with summer in the Hamptons. In previous years, we covered the $97 lobster Cobb at Duryea's and the caviar and cheese vending machine at Cavaniola's in Sag Harbor. For 2026, we found some $80 pies, $150 Popeyes chicken tenders and -- also checking in at $150 -- the most expensive bottle of grape juice you'll ever sip. Get your wallets ready friends, it's go time!

The $80 pie at Jamagansett in Amagansett

136 Main Street, Amagansett

An $80 pie? You read that correctly. A new jam shop in Amagansett is making pies, and wildly expensive ones, at that. While the priciest Briermere Farms’ pies, headline-worthy North Fork pies, clock in at $45 — their fruit pies all hover in $20s — Jamagansett is banking on their version. On a recent trip out east, we tried the one pie they had on hand when we arrived: Chocolate raspberry chess pie.

Truth be told, the pie looked more like someone's first-crack at baking than a serious $80 food item. Where was the braided crust and perfectly smooth raspberry adorned top?  It looked homemade, but in the very worst way. As one of our fellow tasters put it, “you must preface giving anyone this pie with ‘it was $80.’”

Then, came the taste-test. “The anti-Instagram pie. This pie doesn’t how care how you judge it. It shows up and delivers,” said another of our taste testers. Admittedly, the pie was delicious. Rich and deeply chocolatey, raspberry in every bite, “a jelly ring crossed with a flourless chocolate soufflé cake that has cooled down.” The light crust was flaky and buttery, the raspberry seeds snapped between your teeth. But while it was good, the highest bid for another Jamagansett pie topped out at… $40. Pro-tip: Go for the jam, which comes in a variety of flavors and a more palatable $20 per jar. More info: jamagansett.com

The $150 chicken tender tower at Surf Lodge in Montauk

183 Edgemere St., Montauk

Popeyes and The Surf Lodge, the collab we never expected. Debuting a "Chicken Tender Tower" for The Surf Lodge's summer concert series, it consists of Popeyes white meat tenders, alongside “a flight of Popeyes dipping sauces,” according to a press release. The cost? A mere (wink, wink…) $150. Of course, there’s a limited-edition co-branded merch collection to pair alongside, available in the hotel and restaurant’s shop.

Available through Labor Day weekend, this is a first time pop-up type collaboration for the Popeyes brand. The Surf Lodge, which opened in 2006 and is also a hotel, hosts a live concert series each summer, and regularly collaborates with artists including John Legend, Jimmy Buffet, Willie Nelson, Wyclef Jean, Rüfüs du Sol, and more, The $150 tower is designed for groups and tables of up to 10, but guests not looking to shell out that much for fast food, can also enjoy chicken tender boxes, starting at $40 for two. Yes, it also includes the dipping sauces. More info: 631-483-5045, thesurflodge.com

$150 grape juice at Farm and Forage

36 Hampton Rd., Southampton

In the Japanese town of Karuizawa, a summer retreat favored by diplomats, scholars, artists, and the Japanese Imperial Family, is Akaneya Coffee, a coffee house established in 1970. Here, grape juice is one of their specialities. And not just any grape juice, but one that received recognition in a blind tasting organized by wine professionals, sommeliers, and wine merchants of the highest levels.

The grapes, which are harvested when have the highest sugar content, are juiced by hand. Crafted from 100% red Concord grape juice, highly regarded for its rich and natural sweetness, lingering finish reminiscent of fine wine, and complex aroma, Jonathan Bernard’s Farm and Forage, a specialty shop in Southampton — home of last season’s viral, also Japanese, musk melon, which can fetch as much as $400 per melon — sells the $150 bottle that is beloved for its “non-alcoholic experience that closely resembles the enjoyment of a fine wine.” More info: 631-204-5185, farmandforagemarket.com