Food: Restaurants, US: New York

Restaurants: Mermaid Oyster Bar: Urban beach food in the wintertime

I had expected the Mermaid Oyster Bar, on the edge of Greenwich Village, to look more like a ramshackle fish shack. Instead, it reminded me of an upscale Nantucket restaurant, its white walls covered with pictures of beachy-looking scenes and a specials board announcing the day’s oyster selections.