Readers Split on What they Want to See Happen to Neptunes

While it had originally planned to purchase the Neptune's Beach Club for $3.2 million with Community Preservation Funds, The Town of Southampton is now looking into the possibility of partnering with a business to possibly re-open it as a restaurant.

Patch asked readers what they thought of the idea and what they'd like to see happen with the property. While some thought a restaurant would be a good idea, others disagreed. The following is a round-up of what they had to say. 

Feel free to keep the conversation going by commenting below. 

ohn langan: Needs to be a business. The North Fork has taken all the tourists and we are left with closed up shops we are the new Ft. Lauderdale. They are crying for the tourists to come back after they chased them away as we have done.

john langan: Free beaches would be another good idea. You don't pay to go to the beach in Florida those parking prices are a rip off.

richard gise: Yea, lets put some more nitrogen into our local waters so we can totally destroy it. Like we don't have enough restaurants in Hampton Bays

Victoria Kingwell. I worked in the WHB Chamber of Commerce office for several years. When tourists would come for information on where they could go to the beach, I did not have much to offer - Cupsogue, which is too far from WHB Village to walk, Dune Deck's restaurant, where people could at least SEE the beach while eating, Neptune's, and the restaurants at Shinnecock. Most of the parking at Shinnecock requires a Town of Southampton pass. Bath & Tennis is the ONLY hotel on the ocean until you get to Napeague, and the remaining hotels are upscale. Remember, in WHB, the Inn on Beach Lane? The Beach Pad? The Howell House? All torn down, with private residences built on the land. We keep deluding ourselves we live in a tourist area, but there are no truly public parks and the beachfront is privately-owned for miles. If Southampton Town takes Neptune's out of the mix, there is a 14-mile gap between the inlets, other than Town of Southampton beaches. The only "tourists" that are welcomed are those that can afford to rent a house for at least a month. Day-trippers? Spend your money in the shops, go to a restaurant, and go home - the beaches aren't for you.

New Guy: The Government has no business getting involved in private business, and should not be competing with private business. It started with conscience point then East Quogue and now this what's next - what a joke.

Nancy: Surf shop, clam shack, seems logical!

pat: Make it a restaurant, we really don't have many places to eat on the water even though we are surrounded by water. We just lost one more Tide Runners.