New Mystic Seafood Restaurant Mystic Fish Camp Opens in Connecticut | Eater Boston

"A casual, counter-service sibling to Shipwright’s Daughter from 2024 James Beard Best Chef Northeast winner David Standridge, this summer-camp–themed spot next to Mystic’s famous bascule bridge serves 100 percent sustainable, local, wild-caught seafood sourced and landed within 20 to 30 miles. The menu gets playful: the Poor Man’s lobster roll swaps in monkfish poached in green crab oil (from the invasive species Standridge frequently works with), served hot with green crab butter and herbs or cold with lemon mayonnaise; a stoner roll offers a cold mayo-style roll topped with fried clam strips on a milk bun; there’s a classic fried local fish-of-the-day sandwich, a tortilla-crusted version, and a bahn mi with barbecued swordfish, smoked swordfish pate, shoyu-lime mayonnaise, and julienned pickled veggies. Starters include a seafood salad with local squid and seafood of the day in lemon vinaigrette with shaved fennel and celery, plus a tartare bowl with fresh local catch, and sides like mermaid fries, onion rings, and chips. Sandwiches stay under $29 (the bahn mi is $21), and there’s also a burger made with yellowfin tuna or grass-fed beef on a homemade bun for $20. The room leans nostalgic with group-ready wooden picnic tables, a curving standing bar, and a lure-studded epoxy counter; a vending machine dispenses branded T-shirts and knee-socks, and big windows face the Mystic River, with the adjacent park and boat dock serving as an all-season extension of the dining room." - Tanya Edwards