Upper West Siders can know what Lower East Siders have always known--the delights of the sea at this uptown edition of The Mermaid Inn.

• With its airy front room, narrow center kitchen and handsomely wainscoted back dining room, the uptown Mermaid Inn is spookily similar to the East Village original.


• It's also packed to the gills with Upper West Siders who've longed for a local spot so simple and satisfying.


• When you bid on this dinner for two, you can expect a seafood menu that has made the journey uptown, too, including an old Mermaid standby, the spaghetti with salad, which comes loaded with clams and mussels in a spicy tomato sauce, made all the better with a peppery arugula crown.