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How to Eat and Drink This Summer at Rockaway Beach

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By the Beach (67th Street on the Surf Beach and at the Riis Park Beach Bazaar; every weekend)

If you like coconuts and possess a certain hipster spirit, By the Beach is the drink stand for you. Rockaway natives and brothers Dylan and Ryan Sirgiovanni and their childhood friend Mikey Reen ship in fresh coconuts from Thailand and super-chill them until it’s time to hit the beach. Then they shave them down, stamp a distinctive palm logo on the side, and sell them to you from their no-frills chrome cart for your drinking pleasure. Grab a straw and take one for a stroll in the sand. Can't beat it. (Knowles)
Samuel Zide

Samuel Zide

There are lots of ways to work up an appetite at Rockaway Beach. Just getting there on the weekend — either driving or taking the A train — is enough to make somebody hungry, never mind the swimming, running, beach soccer, or Zen-like application of SPF 50. Even just lying on a towel on the sand for an hour or two might give you a hankering for a piña colada or a cheeseburger. Here are the eleven best places to eat and drink at Rockaway Beach, which appears on the way to a full recovery after Hurricane Sandy in 2012.