Long Island's North Fork Foodie Tour returns for 2026

When the North Fork Foodie Tour began in 2007, the bounty of the region it highlighted was largely unknown — even to Long Islanders. Now the towns of Riverhead and Southold are known throughout the tristate area for their agricultural and culinary treasures. But the tour, organized by North Fork Reform Synagogue, may still be the best way to explore at your own pace.

You’ll have access to 19 venues when the tour comes Sept. 13. It will also include  the opportunity to meet the farmers, winemakers, brewers and chefs responsible for some of Long Island’s most celebrated foods. Ticket holders ($35 each) can chart their own course for the day, using the map they receive as a guide to take advantage of special tours and demos planned for the day.

New to the 2026 tour are Peeko Oysters, headquartered in the charming waterside hamlet of New Suffolk; Lenz Winery of Peconic, a North Fork pioneer established in 1978; Zafferano, a no-till farm in Mattituck that grows, among its vegetables and medicinal herbs, the prized spice saffron.

Returning participants include two establishments that have been on the tour since the beginning: Lavender by the Bay in Calverton, Long Island’s best-smelling farm, and Catapano Dairy Farm, known for its goats and cheese.

Other tour veterans include:

• Red Barn Farm in Baiting Hollow, where you can meet and learn about Andean alpacas
• Pendleton’s Harvest Moon Farm in Riverhead, which raises Katahdin and Dorper sheep
• 1760 Homestead Farm in Riverhead, offering raw honey, free-range eggs, heirloom produce and Concord grape pie
• Golden Acres Organic Farm of Jamesport, formerly Golden Earthworm and continuing a commitment to certified organic produce and berries
• Mattituck Mushrooms, growing shiitake, king trumpet, pioppino, lions mane, maitake and oyster mushrooms
• Disset Chocolates of Cutchogue, where Ursula XVII creates North Fork-inspired confections
• Castello di Borghese Vineyard in Cutchogue, successor to the region’s first winery, Hargrave Vineyard (est. 1973)
• 8 Hands in Cutchogue, raising sheep, pigs and chickens (and making delicious cured meats therefrom)
• KK’s The Farm in Southold, our only biodynamic farm; Farrm Wines of Calverton, Long Island's first certified organic / biodynamic winery
• Sweet Woodland Farm of Southold, growing medicinal and culinary herbs; Greenport Harbor Brewing Company in Peconic
• Matchbook Distilling Co. in Greenport, producer of bespoke spirits

The tour's headquarters is Peconic Land Trust's Charnews Farm in Southold where speakers featured throughout the day will include Tommy Bruno (Long Island Beekeeping), Laurie McBride (Long Island Farm Bureau), Chris Romano (North Fork Garlic Company), Harrison Tobi (Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Marine Program) and Rachel Lattarulo (The Crumb and Kettle granola).