The 22 Best Seafood Restaurants In NYC - New York - The Infatuation

"There are a lot of places to eat raw seafood in NYC, but not many of them are so close to the water that you could eat a raw clam and then throw your shell into the sea. Except for Randazzo’s, a Sheepshead Bay staple that’s been open since 1932. It shines in the summer after a long day at Brighton Beach when you are too sunburnt and too sandy to do anything except eat, but we’ve also visited in February to slurp clams and pretend we are in Florida. They’re famous for their fried calamari, which is served with homemade marinara sauce, but a visit to Randazzo’s isn’t complete without a full spread—think dozens of raw bivalves, and big platters of seafood pasta." - bryan kim, willa moore, molly fitzpatrick, will hartman