Amalfi at Claudio’s debuts on Long Island with handmade pasta focus

Claudio’s Restaurant reopened Thursday, July 9, as Amalfi at Claudio’s at the Greenport marina, turning one of the North Fork’s most familiar waterfront rooms into a coastal Italian dining spot with handmade pasta at the center. The opening had been expected earlier in the summer, but the delay pushed the debut into peak season, when the marina and the surrounding dock-and-dine crowd are at their busiest.

The new concept is the North Fork sister to Amalfi in Hampton Bays and leans hard into Italy’s Amalfi Coast for its direction. Seafood, handmade pastas and classic southern Italian cooking now define the menu, giving the restaurant a clearer identity than a standard Italian relaunch. Salvatore Biundo summed up the aim this way: “With Amalfi at Claudio’s, we wanted to create the feeling of escaping to the Italian coast without leaving the North Fork.”

That shift matters because Claudio’s has spent years in motion. Manuel Claudio opened Claudio’s Tavern in 1870, and the property became known as the oldest family-run restaurant in the United States until it was sold in 2018. Since then, the Greenport complex has moved through renovations and concept changes, including 2025’s reimagining of Claudio’s Tavern & Grill as Charlie Boy, a New York City-style Italian restaurant.

The latest reset continued into this season. Claudio’s Waterfront reopened in spring 2026 with changes, and last year’s Charlie Boy and Common Country East concepts did not return. Against that backdrop, Amalfi at Claudio’s feels less like a cosmetic update than a new bid to define what the property is now: a seasonal destination with a more deliberate food identity and a stronger Italian through line.

The marina setting still does a lot of the work. Claudio’s Greenport marina can accommodate boats up to 120 feet and offers private parking, two details that keep the site in the mix for summer traffic well beyond Greenport Village. With Amalfi at Claudio’s now in place, the old waterfront address has a fresher pitch, one that trades nostalgia alone for seafood, pasta and a clearer sense of occasion.