Throughout my life living here on the East End, I had heard of fishing stations but I was never really sure of what they actually were.
That was until I learned about Silly Lily in East Moriches, a fishing station and marina that’s been around since the 1930s and is still in business today.
A fishing station, for those waiting on bated breath (see what I did there?), as the name would suggest, is a place that provides visitors with all the needs one may have for a day of fishing, from the boat to the bait to a place to clean your catch. While Silly Lily certainly checks all the boxes for angling, owners Jay Scott and Steve Chiros have designed their business to offer all amenities associated with a day on the water, but with a warm, nostalgic nod to recreational activities from the past while additionally providing their guests with a top notch food truck serving up some serious seaside eats.
(Photos by Doug Young)
I think Elaine DiGiacomo — co-owner of Stone Creek Inn in East Quogue who along with her husband, Christian Mir, provides Silly Lily with the food they serve out of said food truck, aptly dubbed Lily’s Seaside — put it best: “That’s what everything looked like back then. Obviously, I have a fine-dining restaurant, and I love everything that the Hamptons is about, but I would love to see more of these kinds of casual places make it,” she says. “It’s just very reminiscent of what used to be out here. And it speaks to the access to the water we should all be able to enjoy.”
Read my story, Netted in Nostalgia at Silly Lily, and see how an old-school day on the water helps to feed your soul.
