Like many city dwellers, several Manhattan chefs have made their way to the East End this summer—but not for a vacation. Among them is chef Frank DeCarlo of Peasant in Nolita and Bacaro on the Lower East Side. Amidst several new eateries in Greenport’s booming restaurant scene, DeCarlo brings coastal Italian cuisine to his newest venture called Barba Bianca.

“I’ve been cooking Italian cuisine for 40 years, everything from traditional to Italian-American,” said DeCarlo, who has lived and cooked in Puglia, and whose father hails from Naples. In efforts not to compete with what is already available on the North Fork, the chef aimed to embody the experience of visiting a coastal Italian town. “I’m doing stuff that is multi-regional but really focusing on Liguria, Puglia, Veneto and Sardegna; the coastal regions where the food is so diverse.”