Backstory: The Tank on the Highway in Wainscott

M60 Patton tank displayed at the East Hampton VFW Post 550 in Wainscott
Dan’s Papers

The Highway Restaurant is located on the north side of the Montauk Highway in Wainscott across from Ron Perelman’s massive 57-acre estate. When my dad moved our family out to East Hampton back in the 1950s, there was no restaurant building. There were a private home and barn set back from the highway which,…