"The fact that The Mermaid Inn’s UWS location is just a seven-minute walk from the northwest tip of Central Park feels like divine intervention. If restaurants were deities, Mermaid Inn would be some kind of all-knowing, all-loving, being that could make all your wildest seafood and alcohol dreams come true. In addition to oysters, lobster rolls, and crab cakes, this seafood spot offers to-go drinks like margaritas to martinis every day." - nikko duren