(Photo: Courtesy of Cavaniola's)

Rare is the East End joint that greets its customers with a full roast suckling pig—an eighteen-pounder, snout and all. But Michael and Tracey Cavaniola do things a little differently. Their eponymous cheese shop gained a wine cellar last year, and they’ve now expanded into takeout with an emphasis on homemade local fare: fresh fish, imaginative salads, and, of course, a killer mac and cheese. Michael admits he got a couple of complaints about the pig but adds that “one of them came from a guy who’d ordered a soppressata sandwich. So, you know …” (89 Division St., Sag Harbor; 631-725-8100).

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