Mermaid Oyster Bar

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Not quite two years have passed since the original Mermaid Inn in the East Village expanded to the Upper West Side. Now, they're swimming back downtown for the latest addition, Mermaid Oyster Bar, which partners Danny Abrams and Cindy Smith have opened at their old Smith's space on Macdougal. Laurence Edelman, who oversees Mermaid uptown, has created a different menu here, plating up dishes like rock shrimp pasta; a raw bar will feature 16 types of oysters daily. Unlike big sis, this one's got a more industrial look, with exposed pipes and white brick playing off of shiny surfaces. And instead of maritime prints and ephemera, the walls are filled with photographs of beach landscapes and seashore motels. "You'll know you're in a Mermaid Inn, but it'll be different," Edelman says. "Where Mermaid Inn is New England, Massachusetts and Maine, Oyster Bar is the Hamptons and the Jersey Shore."

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