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Flex Mussels

New York has plenty of restaurants that focus on just one food item done to perfection—baked potatoes, peanut butter, empanadas, to name a few. So why not mussels?

OK, mussels may not have the broadest appeal of any food, but those who know them love them, and this new entry is the second location of Flex Mussels--the renowned shellfish purveyors whose first outpost is in no less a mussel authority than Prince Edward's Island.

Of course, this is the big city, so Flex comes complete with 20 different varieties of trendified mussel dishes, like the Dubliner, with Guinness, toasted walnuts and caramelized onions; the Geisha Girl, with sake, green onions, pickled ginger, garlic and bird's eye peppers; and the Big Apple, with Ephemere apple beer, button mushrooms and cream.

Wow. We though butter and garlic was pretty good. For the record, the Upper East Side establishment does have a few choices for non mussel-heads, like fish and chips, a lobster roll and seared scallops.

Related Stories:
· Flex Mussels [Official Site]
· New New York Restaurants coverage [Jaunted]

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