There’s a big dining room — sometimes given over to karaoke contests — but persevere beyond that to one of the city’s loveliest outdoor decks, which looks across the water at houses on stilts. Read more.
The restaurant has turned toward fried fast food in the last decade, but still has a lighthouse. In addition to lobster rolls, it’s a good place for raw clams and oysters. Read more.
Has a waterside wooden deck with a view of pleasure boats at their moorings. The thing to get is a bucket of fresh blue crabs steamed in Old Bay. Along with it comes a wooden mallet and plastic bib. Read more.
A Turkish restaurant right on the water — with a roasted sea bass or mess of fried fresh anchovies, best eaten on the screened-in porch. Read more.
An elegant Greek seafood spot where a whole flame-roasted flounder, enough for two or three people and likely locally caught, will set you back $30. Read more.
Order anything with clams, including fried clams, baked stuffed clams, spaghetti with white or red clam sauce, and, of course, New England or Manhattan clam chowder. Read more.
Yes, the hot dogs taste great with the smell of brine in your nostril, but don’t overlook the clam offerings, which include fried clams and raw clams on the half shell, at bargain prices. Read more.
It boasts patios at different levels, several bars featuring beer and mixed drinks, and a menu heavy on seafood. Crab claws, shrimp cocktails, and raw oysters are all specialties. Read more.
sells Baja-style tacos (pick fish, chorizo, or tofu) heaped with slaw and squiggled with crema, plus quesadillas, guac and chips, and the stray breakfast taco. Read more.
Peddling burgers, cheese fries, soft-serve ice cream, and alcoholic beverages right on the boardwalk with stunning views of the ocean. Read more.
This swinging spot, is open to the wee hours, serving up raw bar selections, baked stuffed clams, fried calamari, and steamed scungilli (conch). Read more.
It makes a great bike destination, and the lobster roll, blackened salmon, and shrimp brochettes are better than they need to be, and cheaper, too. Read more.
Elevated and built out of rusticated stone like a Transylvanian castle, is the West 79th Street Boat Basin Café, overlooking a marina. Read more.
Perches a pebble’s throw from sprawling South Beach. After consuming your meal, which might include a whole grilled branzino or fried calamari, take a stroll along the boardwalk. Read more.
A strip-mall palace of inexpensive seafood. The menu skews Sicilian with a splendid octopus salad dotted with black olives, a range of chowders, and lobster in several permutations Read more.
Offers views of Arthur Kill and the oil tanks on the Jersey side of the tidal strait from its front porch. The usual German fare includes baked oysters, smoked fish, and salmon poached in weissbier. Read more.
Has prices tacked up on placards around the ceiling, and bargain-basement fish, clams, oysters, and frogs legs, all fried and served with french fries and washed down with milkshakes. Read more.
