- Dan Rattiner
More Winners: Dan Rattiner’s Non-Traditional Best of the Best Categories
Some top picks left off the list in 2019.
First seen on Dan's Papers - December 14, 2019

This past week, the winners of the 2019 Dan’s Best of the Best, as chosen by you, the readers, were announced. Here’s a few that somehow got left off the list…
BEST LIGHTHOUSE Montauk Lighthouse
BEST WINDMILL Southampton Windmill (because Tennessee Williams lived in it one year)
SECOND BEST WINDMILL Hook Mill at East Hampton (tie) The Windmill at Water Mill (tie)
BEST PUBLIC GOLF COURSE—EAST Montauk Golf Links
BEST PUBLIC GOLF COURSE—WEST Indian Island Golf Course
BEST PRIVATE GOLF COURSE (This information is only available to members of private clubs.)
BEST SUNRISE The Sun
SECOND BEST SUNRISE Alpha Centauri
BEST SAND DUNE The Walking Dunes in Napeague
MOST HISTORIC VILLAGE 17TH CENTURY East Hampton
BEST RAILROAD TRESTLE North Main Street East Hampton
BEST MOON The Moons of Saturn
SECOND BEST MOON The Moon of Earth
BEST WHARF Long Wharf, Sag Harbor
BEST POLAR BEAR PLUNGE Coopers Beach, Southampton
BEST OFF-SEASON EVENT Christmas Everywhere in the Hamptons (tie) HarborFrost in Sag Harbor (tie)
BEST OFF-SEASON INTELLECTUAL EVENT Hamptons International Film Festival
BEST SUMMER EVENT Dan’s Taste of Summer, All of Them (tie) Hampton Classic Horse Show (tie)
BEST SUNSET John Steinbeck Park
BEST MOVIE THEATER Sag Harbor Cinema
BEST TRAFFIC INTERSECTION County Road 39 and North Sea Road
MOST GENEROUS CELEBRITY Alec Baldwin
MOST DISHONEST POND Captain Kidd’s Money Pond, Montauk
BEST FISHING VILLAGE Montauk
MOST HISTORIC VILLAGE 18TH CENTURY Sag Harbor
BEST STATUE Stargazer in Manorville (tie) The Big Duck in Flanders (tie)
SECOND BEST STATUE Me, across from old Lobster Inn, Southampton (tie) Me, next to Audi, Southampton (tie)
BEST VIEW OVER POTATO FIELDS What’s Left of Sagaponack
BEST CURVING MAIN STREET Westhampton Beach
SECOND BEST CURVING MAIN STREET Sag Harbor
BEST BEACH PAVILLION Main Beach, East Hampton
CUTEST BEACH PAVILLION The Quogue Beach Club
BEST ISLAND Gardiners Island
MOST EXCLUSIVE POND Georgica Pond
MOST EXCLUSIVE LAKE Lake Agawam
BEST WAR MEMORIAL Lake Agawam War Memorial (tie) Bridgehampton Founders Monument (tie)
BEST RIVER Peconic River
BEST HELICOPTER PAD Meadow Lane, Southampton
BEST BRIDGE FOR FISHING Sagg Bridge
BEST HISTORIC THEATER Vail Levitt, Riverhead (tie) Suffolk Theater, Riverhead (tie)
BEST AIRPORT IN EAST HAMPTON East Hampton Airport
BEST PUBLIC PARK Lake Agawam in Southampton (tie) Riverwalk in Riverhead (tie)
BEST WATER PARK Splish Splash in Calverton
BEST AQUARIUM Long Island Aquarium
BEST LAKE Lake Montauk (tie) Lake Agawam (tie)
CUTEST SHORT STREET Love Lane, Mattituck
CHICEST SHORT STREET Jobs Lane, Southampton
BEST CANAL Canals of Westhampton Beach (tie) Shinnecock Canal (tie)
BEST CLIFF Camp Hero, Montauk (tie) Shadmoor, Montauk (tie)
BEST DEER North Haven
BEST GIANT YACHT BOAT SLIPS Sag Harbor (tie) Star Island (tie)
BEST RAILROAD STATION Southampton (Because of the Seashells)
BEST COLUMNIST Dan Rattiner (tie) Old Man McGumbus (tie)
SECOND BEST COLUMNIST Oliver Peterson
BEST OCEAN Atlantic
SECOND BEST OCEAN Pacific (tie) Indian (tie)
FOURTH BEST SMALL SUBWAY SYSTEM IN THE NORTHEAST Hamptons Subway
To find all Dan’s Best of the Best 2019 winners, visit DansBOTB.com and DansPapers.com.