02/28/2026
Since The Lin Beach House opened in 2018, its irreverent personality has been gently evolving. But with the recent installation of chef Meg Huylo as the Greenport spot’s new culinary director, sustenance is taking center stage.
Huylo, who has worked in the private sector as a personal and events chef, brings her brand of fresh, Mediterranean-influenced culinary creativity to Lin House, and so far it seems a perfect fit years in the making.
“I like to do a more creative project every few years – Lin House is inspiring and just wildly fun,” says Huylo.
Since opening, Lin House has functioned as an inn, a salon of sorts to showcase co-owner/distiller Leslie Merinoff’s sip-outside-the-box spirits and liqueurs she makes for her company Matchbook Distilling, and as the consistent site of chef Taylor Knapp’s locavore pop-up, PawPaw, who will continue to host his monthly dinners here.
At nearly a decade old, though, Merinoff is morphing the concept into something more bespoke and immersive.
“We’re moving away from operating as a traditional inn to create full-property private weekends designed as an immersion into the food, landscape, water, and agricultural culture of the North Fork”..
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