The first Golden Pear Cafe opened November 12, 1987 at 99 Main Street in Southampton, New York. Keith E. Davis, founder and president, had realized his dream of opening his own high quality gourmet cafe. Since that time, the company has opened Golden Pear Cafes in villages throughout the Hamptons on the Eastern End of Long Island's South Fork. East Hampton opened in 1991, Bridgehampton in 1996, and Stony Brook in 1998.