City Island Seafood
Crab Shanty ($$)
361 City Island Avenue (at Tier Street)
718-885-1810
The Original Crab Shanty boasts a huge selection of seafood, meat, poultry, and pasta for lunch and dinner until late.
There are many good restaurants on City Island. Other seafood places are City Island Lobster House (slightly upscale), Sammy's Fishbox (very casual, very good), Sea Shore Restaurant & Marina (great views), and Shrimp Box (Latino cuisine and jazz).
The Lobster Box ($$)
34 City Island Avenue
718-885-1952
The Lobster Box is another fabulous seafood place with a menu that expands to meat and poultry. This one has been in business fifty years. It serves about two dozen variations of lobster and almost as many of shrimp. The views of Long Island Sound are great. Open for lunch and dinner until late.
