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A little rag called The New York Times did a great job describing our unique spot in their article '36 Hours in Anchorage':
"The Bubbly Mermaid could feel right at home in Brooklyn or Seattle. It hits the mark between trendy and twee. The centerpiece of the tiny space is the bar, formed from a chunk of a former fishing boat. Ask the blue-eyed mermaid standing in the bow to pour you a sparkling wine from almost a dozen open bottles (most around $12 to $30 a glass). Study the wall for the nearly three dozen hot and cold oyster offerings like the warm St. Jacques (with a scallop, shiitake and Mornay) or the cold Hipster shooter (with kale, sriracha and Pabst Blue Ribbon beer). But the place also serves oysters plain, from sweet British Columbia Kusshis to Hump Islands from Ketchikan that taste like a gulp of fresh saltwater. The house-made mignonettes that accompany the plain ones are flavorful. But don’t use them. For all the fun experiments on the wall, a great oyster needs no clothes."
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