Ruschmeyer's

The fish camp at 161 Second House Road opened in 1952 on the northwest edge of Fort Pond and spent the next seven decades changing hands, becoming an artist enclave, a nightlife venue, and a beloved Montauk institution. Bridgeton — the boutique group behind Marram — acquired and relaunched it in June 2025 with nineteen cabins redesigned by Brian Smith and Whitney Clark as artist bungalows rather than hotel rooms: Isamu Noguchi lanterns, Donald Judd-inspired desks, Bauhaus tubular steel loungers, Parachute linens, ceilings painted an energising green. The communal lawn runs down to Fort Pond, dotted with fire pits and mature trees. Chef Jordan Heissenberger — previously at Buvette, Rucola, Apollonia — runs the grill. Ditch Plains is a ten-minute ride east. Ruschmeyer's is what the fish camp always was, reconsidered by people who understood why it mattered.