Sage Soaked

Before Hurricane Irene arrived, staff at City Point’s Sage restaurant battened down all the hatches. They nonetheless came back to the waterfront bar to find waves lapping in the dining room and a corner of their deck beached 100 yards away.

The restaurant’s ocean view deck was ripped apart in the hurricane that tore through town Sunday morning. In cracking up the deck, Irene also punched out a waterfront window, letting the Long Island Sound in to have its way with Sage’s first floor.

On Wednesday afternoon, Molly Bentley was overseeing some work at the restaurant, which was still without power.

She pointed to the smashed window (pictured) where Irene broke in. The whole first floor was soaked, she said. The destroyed carpet had already been removed.

She pointed out the window, where half the deck had been ripped up by the storm.

Bentley said she was shocked when she walked into the restaurant to see the damage.

With no power, Sage has had to throw out a lot of food, she said. Clams, oysters, lobsters and steaks all went into the trash. ​“We were geared up for a busy week.”

“It’s sad, but we’re making the best of it,” she said. Now when the restaurant re-opens it will be with a ​“newly renovated” dining room, she said.

Sage is insured for the damage and for the lost business, she said.

Outside, Bruce Mazy, another manager, pointed out the damage to the deck, and where a piece of it wound up when the storm cleared — a football field away.