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(Bloomberg) -- As the summer season kicks off, most of the big hospitality news in the Hamptons is centered around restaurants. To start with, a new reality show streaming on Discovery +, Serving the Hamptons, chronicles the exploits of the staff at 75 Main, one of the area’s higher-profile restaurants. In venture capital-dining headlines, Heath Freeman, president of Alden Global Capital LLC, is getting ready to launch both Enchanté in Southampton and Sunset Harbor in East Hampton. 

The Hamptons’ drinking spots deserve attention, too. Among the season’s notable new spots are Little Ruby’s at Ruschmeyers in Montauk, where an Australian vibe will inspire easygoing drinks like mezcal-spiked Surfers Paradise, with grapefruit, lime, and mint. Duryea’s is making a splash this summer by adding a beach club to its outpost on Long Island’s North Fork.

At the year-old Mexican hot spot Rita Cantina in East Hampton, there’s a brand new sand pit for outdoor cocktails made by a destination drink maker from a World’s 50 Best Bar. And then there are perennial Hamptons favorites like the Crow’s Nest, which is back for another season of  rum-spiked strawberry punches.

In short, it looks like the Las Vegas-ization of the Hamptons is underway, with day clubs popping up and myriad afternoon imbibing options such as seaside staple Gurney’s and newbie Naia Beach Club, which has its own pool.

Here, are 10 must-visit drinking dens up and down the Hamptons, including the roving staple Moby’s, which will return this summer to its original Amagansett home with Aperol-watermelon spritzes for all.

Little Ruby’s at RuschmeyersThe rehabilitated 1950s boutique hotel and restaurant has been a Montauk fixture for the last decade, notorious for raucous late-night parties. This season, trendy restaurateur Nick Mathers and culinary director Thomas Limare, whose places include Élephante in Santa Monica, Calif., will be importing the kind of food and drinks that make their Aussie-style Manhattan café, Ruby’s, so popular. Cocktails from Julien Calella will feature such fruit-forward libations as Lucky Bay (tequila, watermelon, lime, bittersweet vermouth) and a dynamite Aperol spritz.

Duryea’sThe dockside tables at Duryea’s are some of the Hamptons’ most prime spots, but don’t ignore the buzzy bar inside, where the focus is on beer and seafood-friendly wine with options that go up to 6-liter Methuselahs. At its outpost in Orient on Long Island’s North Fork, Duryea’s will debut a 3,000-square-foot beach club on June 25. Reminiscent of the rosé-soaked, boho-chic beach clubs of islands in Greece, the club will offer shaded clusters of white furniture, ambient electronic beats, and bottle service, with large-format wines (including Duryea’s own private label rosé) plus pitchers of watermelon-ginger margaritas and cucumber-vodka coolers devised by Desmond McClain.

Crow’s NestWith its ultra-chill beach bohemian aesthetic, the Crow’s Nest looks as if it’s been transplanted directly from Tulum. A well-heeled Hamptons crowd packs the place, congregating on the lawn and by fire pits to suck down Celery Spritzes with gin, white vermouth, and lemon. The Dayton’s Ruse, a blend of tequila and grapefruit with chili salt, is also good. The 23-room property has a buzzy restaurant and bar decked out in African textiles and simple wood furniture; it’s all the brainchild of New York hospitality pro Sean MacPherson, the guy behind the reboot of Manhattan’s Chelsea Hotel.

The Surf Lodge This beachy, white-washed boutique hotel has an expansive rear patio overlooking Fort Pond and is best known for its velvet rope and rosé-stained evening parties. The place will be as busy, as usual, with fruit-forward elixirs that include Birds of Paradise (tequila, aloe vera juice, cucumber, mint) and a Ginger Mint Lemonade (vodka, lemon juice, ginger) from in-house mixologist Remi Shobitan. There’s even a dedicated zero-proof mocktail collection in partnership with booze-free retailer Boisson. Note: The tip to avoiding late-night lines is to make a dinner reservation and then stay.

Gurney’sAlthough this seaside property has endured nearly  a century, new management over the past decade has slowly transformed it into a modern coastal hotel known for DJ-fueled parties day and night. With outdoor drinking amply divided among three spaces—the property’s white sand beach club has 500 lounge chairs, a spacious, fire pit-dotted patio seats 50, and the seaside representative of Scarpetta’s expanding lineup has more than two dozen patio tables—there are plenty of passion fruit mojitos and red dragon fruit spritzes.

Moby’sAfter a decade-long stint of popping up at various venues in the summer, Moby’s is back at its original party location: the big white house on Route 27 between East Hampton and Amagansett. Operated by Aussie duo Nick Hatsatouris and Lincoln Pilcher, the team has given the space a face-lift, restoring the building’s original 1810 ceiling and redesigning Moby’s L-shaped main bar with dark-gray granite. This indoor-outdoor venue functions as a perennially packed market-driven restaurant. The bar’s got a handful of well-made cocktails, from spicy passion fruit margaritas to a gin-Aperol-watermelon concoction that you can take with you to the vast, backyard patio. 

The Stephen TalkhouseOver almost 40 years, this unpretentious drinking den and live music venue has hosted 70 members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Almost every weekend night in summertime, a mob will line up outside to access its three bars and indoor-outdoor wiggle room. This is a flip-flops and shorts venue that’s entirely casual by design; bartenders sling vodka sodas as opposed to fancy drams. Still, Talkhouse recently launched a bespoke line of boozy canned seltzers in such flavors as vodka-lime and tequila-grapefruit.

Rita CantinaAn immediate hit last summer, thanks to chef Eric Miller’s locally sourced seafood and what is unquestionably the Hamptons’ best agave-based cocktails. This year, Diego Rivera—who hails from Puerto Rico’s La Factoria, a mainstay of the World’s 50 Best Bars list—will oversee the drinks. These includes such staples as frozen and classic margaritas spiked with ingredients like watermelon and cucumber. A new outdoor patio decked out with sand, white picnic tables, and vintage yellow umbrella will channel the beach vibe. 

Naia Beach ClubFollowing a two-year summer dining takeover of Southampton’s Capri Hotel, Naia owner Michael Pitsinos is adding the Hamptons’ first day-club pool party to the venue. The Naia Beach Club is modeled after pool parties in both Las Vegas and Saint Tropez, full-on with bottle service and European guest DJs. Look for pricey Champagnes like Dom Perignon and Perrier Jouet vintage Belle Epoque and five rosé options. Among the cocktail options, is the Tequila Sunrise, mixed with mezcal and hibiscus. Doors open at 11 a.m.; expect to wait from 15 minutes to an hour for a seat.

Southampton Social ClubKnown for its summer programing, as in rosé-powered, all-day brunches, this popular restaurant and bar has served as a Southampton drinking hub for more than a decade. It also functions as a nightclub, with private cabanas, bottle service, and DJ sets that last into the early morning hours. The property has plenty of standing room, three bars, and a craft cocktail list with bestsellers such as vodka-laced wasabi lemonade and a gin-forward blueberry-lemongrass elixir.

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