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Went to the Mermaid Inn last night (low 2nd avenue.) Good crowd for late Monday night. I really like the room. Service was excellent - extremely competent, but also relaxed. The much anticipated $10 mark up on all wine turns out to not be as great as I was (for no real reason) expecting. While the list is very nice, it's also very inexpensive. This is fine, but I had dreams of $50 bottles for $60. It's more like $16 bottles for $26.
Just me and MB so we didn't try everything. Had the fish cowder (hope you like bacon) and the fried oysters to start. Both good, although it's hard to eat fried oysters around the corner from Prune and not think of their most excellent version. And then a very nice fish sandwich (perfect bun) and a sardine app for mains, with a generous side of lobster mashed potatoes (big chunks, yum.)
I'll definitely go back, and won't be surprised if it finds a permanent spot in the rotation. Still, none of the things we ate were a best of kind experience. Great addition to the neighborhood though.