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Food Item: Seafood - Places to GO
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1. Marea
I adore seafood and have high expectations of the quality and preparation that allows seafood to be best appreciated. So it was with much anticipation and some trepidation that I tried Marea's creations.
Marea is located just south of the Maine…More »
2. Pearl Oyster Bar
New York, NY 10014
(212) 691-8211
It seems everywhere you look these days in food media, there are best-of lists: best donuts, best meatballs, best fried chicken, best cheap eats, and so on. Highly subjective but useful for the food obsessed, who need ever more ways to categorize…More »
3. Le Bernardin
New York, NY 10019
(212) 554-1515
Category:
Seafood
Neighbourhoods: Midtown West, Theater District
** 4.5 stars **
Le Bernardin is consistently and universally hailed as one of the best fine dining restaurants in New York City. As a steadfast seafood fan, I hoped for a transcendent food experience in the class of Marea, my favorite fine dining…More »
4. Red Hook Lobster Pound
Finally visited the Lobster Pound's store, on a relatively quiet stretch of Van Brunt. Easily accessible by car but not so much by public transportation. They're regulars at Brooklyn street fairs, where I've had their lobster rolls multiple times.…More »
5. Luke's Lobster
Tiny East Village location with only a small U-shape counter of high-stool seating so take-out will be the way to go. Various lobster and catching paraphernalia all about, and a cool, huge chalkboard menu hangs over the ordering counter.
This is my…More »
6. Prima
This lovely place is currently a hidden, neighborhood gem. Opened just 3 months ago, Prima serves up coffee during the day but in the evenings, it combines a well-prepared seafood menu with cocktails courtesy of Summit Bar.
Small and cozy, warm and…More »
7. The John Dory Oyster Bar
New York, NY 10001
(212) 792-9000
Category:
Seafood
Neighbourhoods: Midtown West, Flatiron
John Dory was a pre-dinner stop just to sample. Based on that, I will be back to try a great deal more. Nice corner location on Broadway with floor to ceiling windows, flooding the high-ceiling space with natural light. There's a bar down the…More »
8. Maison Premiere
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(347) 335-0446
Categories:
Seafood,
Wine Bars,
American (Traditional)
Neighbourhood: Williamsburg - South Side
The designers outdid themselves with the decor here; this aspect is worth coming to admire alone. The look is deliberately (but successfully) salvaged and worn, starting with the unadorned exterior with no sign. Past one of the multiple wooden…More »
9. Aquagrill
A Greenwich Village stalwart for seafood, I'm surprised I never made a trip sooner. Its actually quite small, with a buzzing bar scene up front and maybe 15 small tables beyond that. Reservations are a must, it seems really popular with an…More »
10. Esca
New York, NY 10036
(212) 564-7272
Category:
Italian
Neighbourhoods: Hell's Kitchen, Midtown West, Theater District
Came for dinner recently. The service from door to table and throughout dinner was friendly and considerate. The dining area is separated into smaller rooms, creating a more intimate setting, with decor spare, classy, and warm.
Specialty here is…More »
11. Ed's Lobster Bar
New York, NY 10012
(212) 343-3236
So back for more, this time with a friend. Also slipped in right before the dinner rush hour, when it got fairly packed (although no line out the door) on a Saturday evening. Got the oyster sampler this time, and was again rewarded with wonderfully…More »
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8/14/2010
Came across Ed's incidentally on a Saturday afternoon while wandering the neighborhood and… Read more »
12. Live Seafood
Flushing, NY 11354
Categories:
Seafood,
Food Stands,
Chinese
Neighbourhoods: Downtown Flushing, Flushing
This place is always hopping, with tanks of live lobsters to attract the customers who are being assaulted by all the sights and smells that New World Mall's food court has to offer. They offer live lobsters and crabs, pulled out and dispatched when…More »
13. Lure Fishbar
Came for Restaurant Week dinner, ordering the $35 prix fix (and trying most of it with my group) along with several other items off the regular menu. Lure Fishbar is located in the middle of Soho, a large subterranean space that seems completely…More »
14. Brooklyn Fish Camp
Visited twice, would consider this place a good choice if you're in the mood for seafood. Always an impressive selection of different types of fish and shellfish, including specials on a blackboard. Most are simply prepared, which makes sense to…More »
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