The full Long Island guide. $6 a month.
Free emails get you the weekly highlights. Insider gets you the whole Island — the full event calendar, the full restaurant directory, every-town cheat sheets, and a vote in Best of LI 2026.
Everything the free Briefing leaves out.
The full weekly events guide.
Every event on the Island. Filter by town, date, free, kid-friendly. Save your favorites and build a weekend you can come back to.
See preview →Cheat sheets for every town.
What locals know but Google doesn't. Where to park, when not to go, who closes early. Refreshed every month.
Sample town →All 124 town hubs.
Pick your block. Get events, restaurants, good news, and the cheat sheet tuned to that ZIP. Nassau, Suffolk, North Fork, Hamptons.
Browse towns →Vote in Best of LI 2026.
14 categories. One vote per category. See the runner-ups in real time, not just the #1. Pizza, bagels, brunch, lobster roll, and ten more.
See the ballot →The full restaurant directory.
Every spot on the Island, searchable by cuisine, town, and walk-in odds. Plus the full Eat Beat review archive going back to 2024.
See preview →Save favorites & plan your weekend.
Mark events, restaurants, and stories. Build a Saturday itinerary in one tap. Share it with a friend. Come back to it later.
Try Insider →What's in each.
| Feature | Free Briefing $0 / forever |
★ Insider $6 / month |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly Briefing email · every Thursday | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3–5 top events each weekend | ✓ | ✓ |
| All good-news stories · unlimited | ✓ | ✓ |
| One restaurant pick a week | ✓ | ✓ |
| This week's #1 in Best of LI | ✓ | ✓ |
| The full weekly events calendar (240+ a week) | — | ✓ |
| The full restaurant directory (824 spots) | — | ✓ |
| Cheat sheets · every town, every month | — | ✓ |
| All 124 town hubs | — | ✓ |
| Vote in Best of LI · 14 categories | — | ✓ |
| See top 5 in each category, not just #1 | — | ✓ |
| Save favorites & build weekend plans | — | ✓ |
| Read every story · no paywalls | — | ✓ |
Insider, in their words.
Pick a plan. Try Insider free for a week.
- 3–5 top events each weekend
- Every good-news story
- One restaurant pick a week
- This week's #1 in Best of LI
- The full weekly events guide
- Cheat sheets · every town
- All 124 town hubs
- Vote in Best of LI 2026 + see the top 5
- The full restaurant directory
- Save favorites & weekend plans
- Read every story, no paywalls
Questions Long Islanders ask.
Yes. One click in your account settings. We bill month-to-month or annually — you pick. Prorate any unused time on refund.
Yes, forever-free. The Thursday Briefing — 5 events, all the good news, a restaurant pick, this week's Best of LI #1 — will always be free. We make that commitment because the good news has to reach as many neighbors as possible.
Annual saves you 33% — works out to $4/month. Same access, billed once. You can switch between plans anytime.
No. We don't have ads, we don't sell lists, we don't run an algorithm. Insider revenue is how we pay our reporters. That's the whole business model.
Not yet. We're focused on great editorial and a great guide right now. If that changes, you'll hear it from us first.
Six staff reporters and ten contributors, all Long Island residents. Our editor lives in Babylon. Our eat-beat lead is in Greenport. We hire local.
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