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Okay, now it’s summer. After being dry-docked by bureaucracy, the Frying Pan quietly reopened last Thursday, and though it will now have to close at a schoolgirl-ish 1 a.m. seven days a week, everything else looks, dare we say, better than ever. A stop in (or stop on) yesterday revealed a fancier covered bar area, some new antique bar stools, a central fountain, and Ping-Pong and Foosball tables. The crowd was blessedly thin last night — so much so that the kitchen closed around 10:30 p.m., though not before we had a lobster on the water and a $5 beer (mixed drinks are a couple bucks more). Here — because you know you’re curious — is the rest of the menu.

Starters and Appetizers
Mediterranean mixed mezze - $7.38
Steamed littleneck clams - $12.91
Steamed cultivated P.E.I. mussels - $10.14
Crab cake with avocado - $11.99
Chilled jumbo shrimp cocktail - $11.99

Salads
Organic field greens - $6.45
The iceberg wedge - $10.14
Seared tuna nicoise salad - $16.60

Pizzas
Margarita - $8.30
Proscuitto and melon - $10.14
Spinach and wild mushroom - $10.14

Sides - $3.69
Old Bay garlic fries
Plain French fries
Dill potato salad
Corn on the cob with herb butter

Burgers, Dogs, and Sandwiches
Grilled 8 oz. sirloin burger - $9.22
Chopped vegetable burger - $9.22
Hebrew National hot dog - $2.76

Mains
Steamed live Main lobster - $22.22
Grilled slice skirt steak - $17.53
Jerk rubbed organic half chicken $16
BBQ Saint Louis spare ribs - $16.60
Citrus glazed grilled salmon filet - $16
“Clam bake” on the Hudson - $17.53

Quoth our dinner companion, “Why aren’t we here every day of the summer?” Well, we will be now.

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