But you’ll doubtless want to hone in on the eponymous Maine-based crustaceans, ordered as part of a Shellfish Extravaganza (with crab legs, shrimp and steamed clams), a Lobster Bake Special (accompanied by mussels, chowder and ice cream), or in the Lobster House Ultimate Feast for Two lobster, shrimp, mussels, clams, scallops, scungilli and calamari, piled over a bed of linguine with red or white sauce. An extensive menu offers seafood in every possible permutation, from Grilled Bluefish to Fried Oysters and Soft Shell Crabs. So needless to say, your best plan of attack is to eat your way through as many as possible - from the City Island Lobster House overhanging the water and The Black Whale and its elegant garden seating to Johnny’s Reef, with its buckets of deep-fried clams.Ĭity Island Lobster House: The very first eatery you’ll see upon crossing the bridge between City Island and the mainland is the Lobster House, offering plenty of outdoor seating overlooking Long Island Sound, and the restaurant’s own marina.

And for landlocked urban dwellers, hoping to make the most of the final, fleeting weeks of summer, it’s an ideal weekend day trip requiring an hour or less drive to Long Island Sound, or a simple subway ride on the 6 train to Pelham Bay Park.Īnd what do you do once you get there? In addition to lounging on Orchard Beach, browsing through antique shops, chartering a boat or visiting the Nautical Museum, the 1.5 mile-long island is home to 31 cafes and restaurants - many of them seafood-based - which is astounding, considering there’s only 45 other commercial businesses serving the 4,000-some odd residents.

City Island is one of the best not quite kept secrets among New Yorkers - a quaint fishing village improbably situated on the far-flung banks of the Bronx.

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