The Most Classic Restaurants In NYC - New York - The Infatuation

"Randazzo’s Clam Bar got its start as a fish market on the Lower East Side in 1920 before relocating to Sheepshead Bay in the ’30s. Eventually, the family started selling fried calamari in addition to fresh seafood, and the Randazzo’s Clam Bar of today was born. This place shines in the summer, and they’re justly famous for that fried calamari, which is served with a homemade marinara sauce. All the raw bar options are good too, and you can practically toss your empty shells right into the water. Fried calamari with hot or medium sauce, baked clams, raw clams, shrimp fra diavolo" - molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, will hartman, bryan kim, sonal shah