Zach Braff loves his Oysters

I finished up my seafood fest of a weekend with a dinner with mommy and Melissa at the 10 week old Mermaid Oyster Bar. The third restaurant of it's kind, however this one has a much smaller menu focusing on oysters and other shellfish. I don't eat oysters because they're too slimy and you don't even taste them when you dunk them in cocktail sauce, however my sister and mom ordered a dozen - half from the west coast and half from the east. They even had oysters from Mystic, CT where I was this weekend but they were out so we don't even know if they were good of not. I started off dinner with a shrimp cocktail and a wedge salad. The salad was already chopped in a bowl served with the usual, blue cheese, bacon, tomatoes. It didn't come with blue cheese or ranch dressing but a home made Russian one which was new to me but very tasty. The shrimp were a good size and I got four of them when it said it came with three on the menu. There was a yummy sounding pasta on the menu also that was served with rock shrimp and crab in a spicy tomato sauce, but I'm afraid if I keep this terrible eating up, my clothes will start to get tight.



Next my mom and sister got the blue plate special that usually ends at 7:00 pm but for you insiders I'll let you in on a little secret. On Mondays, they have the special all night. $20 for their lobster roll, fries and a beer. The lobster roll on the menu is $26, so you're getting a great deal.
I got the mussels which was a huge portion even though I asked for the smaller one. They were very big mussels in a yummy white wine garlic sauce. The menu says the mussels are roasted so that kind of threw me off but they looked and tasted like normal steamed ones.
The lobster roll is the same as the other Mermaid restaurants which I've had before but I don't remember the fries being so good. They were seasoned and skinny and cripsy and were even better when dipped in my mussels sauce!



Besides the great food, the best part of our meal was the people watching. The restaurant is kind of small and there were lots of people waiting for their table at the bar. I was lucky enough to be able to stare at everyone who walked in last night and was super excited when I saw Zach Braff! I haven't had a celeb sighting in quite a while so it was great. He's a lot taller than expected for all the Scrub fans out there and he is a part investor in the Oyster Bar because he's friends with the chef, Laurence Edelman. They probably went to Hebrew school together.

Mermaid Oyster Bar was a great new addition to the Greenwich Village area. Decent prices since you're dealing with seafood and an up and coming bar scene for sure. If you're in the area in the mood for oysters and maybe a Zach Braff sighting, this is your spot!

Side note: I know that I've been very bad with posting pictures but I will get back in the swing of things, I promise!