Mermaid Oyster Bar Times Square
Seafood restaurant · Midtown West ·
Upscale seafood spot serving oysters, lobster and cocktails
Upscale seafood spot serving oysters, lobster and cocktails
"Every day from 4 to 5:30 p.m., this location of Mermaid Oyster Bar offers happy hour with $8 to $12 drinks, as well as oysters and littlenecks ($2, with a minimum of six). Bigger snacks include salmon tartare, New England clam chowder, and artichoke and spinach dip from $4 to $12." - Melissa McCart
"The large, 550-seat Times Square location at 127 West 43rd Street opened in 2022; for that opening Abrams and Smith teamed up with Jeffrey Bank, CEO of Alicart Restaurant Group (which owns brands including Carmine’s and Virgil’s BBQ), and the New York Post reported they secured $3 million from international investors via the EB-5 program to support the expansion." - Melissa McCart
"A large new Manhattan outpost of the Mermaid Inn launched in Midtown, emphasizing seafood across a broad menu." - Emma Orlow
"The Mermaid Inn touches down in Times Square this week, a few months ahead of schedule. Originally slated to open next spring, the massive seafood restaurant will now open at 127 West 43rd Street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, on December 13, according to Crain’s New York Business. It counts 550 seats in total, spread across a bar, an oyster bar, and a central dining room." - Luke Fortney
"Heading to Times Square, the Mermaid Inn will open its largest location to date at 127 West 43rd Street (between Sixth and Seventh avenues) next spring: a gargantuan 15,500-square-foot space with room for approximately 550 seats. The seafood restaurant, which already has locations in Chelsea, Greenwich Village, and the Upper West Side, is being led by owners Danny Abrams and Cindy Smith in partnership with Jeffrey Bank, CEO of Alicart Restaurant Group; the team has tapped $3 million from international investors for the Times Square expansion after typically self-funding their openings. The announcement, first reported by the New York Post, marks the team’s fourth location (not including the planned East Village reopening) and has been framed as a big win for a neighborhood still slow to bounce back from pandemic-related tourism declines." - Luke Fortney
