![]() Displays and exhibts include a large O-gauge model train layout. The Museum has recently moved it's location to the historic railroad station that Teddy Roosevelt used to travel back and forth from Sagamore Hill to New York and on to Washington DC. The Oyster Bay Railroad Museum is dedicated to preserving the rich legacy of Long Island's railroad history. The mission of Raynham Hall Museum is to enable visitors to the nearly 300-year-old Townsend family home in Oyster Bay to experience what it meant to be prominent merchants and heroic patriots, and to become engaged in the worlds of espionage, domestic life and the decorative arts.ģ0 W. Having shed most of its surrounding property around the turn of the twentieth century, the house’s final transformation came in the 1940s with the removal of the Victorian elements from the front part of the house, which was then restored back to its original Colonial appearance, but retaining the Victorian rear addition. Purchased by Robert’s father Samuel around 1740 and expanded from a two-over-two farmhouse into a four-over-four town house whose land extended down to the bay and for acres all around, the Townsend family homestead was named Raynham Hall by Samuel’s grandson, Solomon, when he renovated it according to the Victorian taste of his own time, in the mid-19th century. Home of George Washington’s intelligence operative, Robert Townsend, Raynham Hall is a time capsule of Long Island life in the 18th and 19th centuries. We are here to simply maintain and augment the collection and share it with the motorcycling community.ġ01 Audrey Ave, Oyster Bay (516) 922-3300 The perfect shop was found where we could do all of the things mentioned plus share the collection with the public.Ģ0th Century Cycles does not sell or maintain bikes outside of the collection. As the collection grew it became apparent that in order to properly build, store and service the 75+ bikes in the collection a larger, more accommodating facility was needed. The shop, as it stands today, was born out of necessity: the need for space. Since, in his opinion, he believes that vintage motorcycles look better and, since he also is aware that modern motorcycles tend to work better, all of the bikes in the collection have been transformed in one way or another into rideable, practical machines with a nod toward the past. Located right next door to the Bahr Gallery, 20th Century Cycles is the culmination of Billy Joel's love of motorcycles and his passion for motorcycle design. Check the website for details and to book your special evening.Ģ Spring Street, Oyster Bay (516) 624-2411 Chef Jesse Schenker executes his menu from an open kitchen surrounded by a chef's counter and serves up to ten guests per seating. FOUR offers a uniquely immersive dining experience of 12 to 15 courses, lasting approximately 2.5 hours. It is a uniquely immersive and interactive dining experience where the rules, boundaries and norms of typical dining do not apply. This is without question the hottest restaurant in town, maybe on all of Long Island! Reservations a must.įOUR is a 10-seat chef's counter housed in a restored shingle Cottage, where the first floor has been transformed into an exhibition style kitchen with aesthetic homage to Scandinavian design. ![]() The Iron Chef winner was named one of the country’s best young chefs by both Forbes and Details magazines. This is Jesse’s third restaurant, following Gander and Recette in New York City. Located almost directly across the street from The Bahr, this is the hot new restaurant by wunderchef Jesse Schenker.
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