Where to Get Your Seafood Fix this Summer
It’s a happy season for us, because our number one favorite food group, seafood, is front and center. Which is why we’re showcasing our favorite new places for chowing down on shellfish this summer, from the “pescatarian” Gloria, where red meat doesn’t have any role on the menu, to Simply Hooked, an upscale oasis of fish and chips…
Gloria
Hell’s Kitchen’s Gloria has bragging rights as NYC’s first “pescatarian” restaurant (though it certainly won’t be the last!). A fitting concept for a former Le Bernardin chef (Diego Garcia), the menu focuses solely on seafood from the Eastern Seaboard, resulting in dishes like Jonah Crab with kohlrabi, Skate Wings with tomatillo, Scallops over sea beans and Black Bass Tartare.
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Focused on the underwater bounty of the Long Island coast, this East Village resto has taken a page out of Gloria’s book, serving direct from the Atlantic catches like Fluke with plums, Montauk Pearl Oysters, Beer Battered Baby Octopus and Live Diver Scallops spritzed with meyer lemon.
Read MoreSeamore’s
Michael Chernow’s Seamore’s has fast settled into Chelsea, seemingly already a neighborhood favorite. There’s bowls of Clam Chowder bathed in coconut milk, Blackened Fish Sandwiches and a Catch of the Day sauced with miso brown butter or lemongrass aji, and — extra credit! — a rum bar named Fishbone situated on the lower level.
Read MoreSimply Hooked
This is the place to be in NYC when it comes to fish and chips, alternately inspired by the culinary traditions of Ireland and the Basque region of France. Choose from Atlantic Pollock, Boston Mackerel, Wild Blue Catfish and Spiny Dogfish, coated with options like organic stout and squid ink tempura or dill and lime panko, and paired with smoked mayo, tartar or sage sauce.
Read MoreOceana Poke
The luxurious shellfish haven, Oceana, is keeping things casual at its very own poke outpost, offering mix-and-match bowls of Yellowfin Tuna, Salmon, Octopus, Swordfish, Scallops and Shrimp, tossed with citrus, cilantro, seaweed, shallots and more.
Read MoreSushi by Bou
The great David Bouhadana (Sushi Dojo) has finally resurfaced and is keeping up his affordable sushi streak with this new omakase counter at Gansevoort Market, with $50 progressions of skillfully sliced Snapper, Hamachi, Akami, Toro, Uni, Unagi and Botan Shrimp.
Read MoreFulton Landing Seafood Co.
Brooklyn’s ginormous new DeKalb Market Hall counts Fulton Landing Seafood Co. (and an adjoining sustainable fish market) as one of its exciting vendors — look for updated coastal classics like Grilled Octopus Rolls, Fried Lobster and grilled or fried Gulf Shrimp, Line-Caught Tuna, Striped Bass or West Coast Halibut, with tots and carrot slaw.
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All Hands
Directly overhanging the East River, the Williamsburg Bridge-adjacent All Hands is helmed by Northern Spy Food Co.’s executive chef. So you can bet the under-the-sea offerings are wholly sustainable; think Carolina White Shrimp dipped in yuzu kosho cocktail sauce, Albacore Tuna Pastrami piled on buckwheat blini and Maryland Crabcakes deposited in shellfish bisque.
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