From the brothers who brought you floating favorites Grand Banks and Pilot, and waterfront mainstays Island Oyster and Drift In comes an unsurprisingly nautical new hot spot that's, well, surprisingly landlocked in Tribeca.
In the words of the restaurateurs themselves, "Holywater is the bar we've always wanted to go to."
An ode to the New Orleans saloons of their youth, the subterranean spot is covered with maritime art, furniture and decorative objects - from buoys hung off picture frames to a floating hammerhead shark.
Enter through the porthole door on the corner of Reade and West Broadway, make your way downstairs, and you'll have landed in an antiqued sailor's oasis.
On the menu? Carbone alum Sam Gasner has chosen a heavy focus on oysters, clams, crustaceans and three different level seafood towers, alongside creative dishes like Crawfish Étouffée, Seared dayboat-scallops with sweet-corn succotash, Lobster Frites and a dry-aged Angus burger topped with smoked cheddar, layonaisse, griddled leeks and green peppercorn aïoli on toasted challah.
To drink? Well, the Purple Jesus (vodka, Kool-Aid, High Life and lime) is quite the crowd pleaser. As is the Mezcal Hurricane (Mezcal, passion fruit, hibiscus, mint and lime).
The general consensus? Come with a crew, arrive thirsty and stay long enough to get hungry.
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