Restaurants in Baldwin

Frank's dinner menu is filled with thick, meaty entrees and beefy appetizers. Load your table early with a starter of double gorgonzola bread ($5.95) and lump crabmeat cocktail bedded on fresh greens ($15.95), and then ready the dinner party for the entrees. Frank's celebrated Romanian skirt steak is marinated in a secret garlicky sauce ($27.95), and the 12-ounce filet mignon is served with your choice of béarnaise, bordelaise, or au poirve sauce ($34.95). Or order a 42-ounce porterhouse for two and watch Frank's expert servers forklift it to the table (au jus and butter, $81.95). Beef disbelievers can order a delectable platter of pan-seared jumbo shrimp (with beurre blanc sauce, $24.95) or devour roasted honey-pecan chicken ($19.95). To top off a family meal or a feast with multiple strangers, order a family-style side such as steak fries or mashed potatoes with sautéed onions (each $7.50).

The sophisticated eatery features an extensive menu of gourmet fare and fresh sushi daily. A sumptuous dining experience commences with the grilled asparagus with crispy hen egg and bacon-sherry vinaigrette ($15) or Kimi's pork gyoza with a curried mustard sauce ($12). Graduate to a prime dry-aged steak, such as the filet mignon charred to order and trailed by an entourage of four accompanying sauces ($36/10-oz.). If a painful book-club breakup leaves you craving emotion-mimicking raw fare, indulge in Two's fresh sushi offerings, such as the strawberry heaven roll with spicy crab, fresh strawberries, and a mango purée ($18), or the jalapeño, cilantro, yuzu soy, and garlic-gussied yellowtail sashimi ($16).

Paddy McGee’s menus showcase a variety of fresh seafood and fish as well as pasta, meat, and poultry for the aqua-averse. For lunch, test the waters of a crab-and-corn quesadilla ($8.50) before plunging like an Olympic diver with grizzly DNA into a plate of grilled North Atlantic salmon, served with a warm tricolor salad and tropical fruit salsa ($18.50). At dinnertime, a jumbo-shrimp cocktail ($10.50) can inebriate taste buds before they dance with lobster-and-shrimp risotto ($19.50), barbecue shrimp with saffron, corn relish, and watermelon ($18.50), or a fresh-ground, 8-ounce sirloin burger with fries ($10.50). Two or more diners can sup on Paddy’s raw-bar Feast of the Sea ($17.50/person), featuring a platter of clams, oysters, shrimp, mussels, calamari, and crawfish. Paddy McGee’s serves only fresh, regional oysters and clams procured from federally inspected and certified oyster nurseries.

The Waterview serves up delicious, Neptune-approved nourishment, along with Italian-inspired dishes, from its spot overlooking Manhasset Bay. For lunch, start with the mussel-pesto marinara ($8.95) or a refreshing cold-calamari salad ($8.95) marinated in olive oil with garlic, white vinegar, and lemon. Scallops, caked in batter and decadently bathed in the deep fryer ($18.95), come sided with fries, whereas a combo of fried shrimp, filet of sole, and scallops ($22.95) satisfies diners sharing Nikola Tesla's obsession with the number three. Come dinner, class it up with selections from the raw bar, including oysters on the half shell ($9.95), shrimp cocktail ($11.95), and little neck clams on the half shell ($9.95). Seafood also makes a cameo in pasta selections such as the seafood ravioli ($18.95) or linguini with clams ($21.95). End on a pie note with The Waterview's dessert options, including lemon-meringue pie ($7.50) or a cannoli ($5.50).

Coyote Restaurant's recently revamped menu focuses on the cuisine of the southern border region. Starters such as chorizo, roasted corn, and avocado quesadillas ($9) and pulled pork carnitos sliders ($8) draw deliciously on influences from both side of the Rio Grande, while new entrees like ancho seared salmon ($22), slow cooked baby back ribs ($21), and warm lobster and avocado salad ($21) hold their own against Coyote classics like the Grilled Cowboy Steak, served with Texas mashed potatoes, caramelized onions, and romesco sauce ($27) (no cowboys are harmed during the making of this steak). Add extras like chili-lime fries, roasted corn and green chili rice, tobacco onion rings, or ranchero beans, each $5.

Sanibel Chophouse's owner was inspired by summers spent on Sanibel Island (on Florida's Gulf Coast) to create a restaurant with an elegant, island-resort atmosphere and classically prepared steak and seafood dishes. Navigate Sanibel's surf-and-turf matrix to perform a linear computation of six meats, such as filet mignon and chicken cutlets, and four seafoods, including lobster tail and Maryland crab cake (range $24–$45, mean $32.42, median $32.50, mode $28 and $32). Or go for the easy-to-hold chophouse burger: applewood-smoked bacon, cheddar cheese, fried onion strings, and special sauce stacked atop a huge, juicy ground-beef circle (served with lettuce, tomato, pickle, and fries, $14). The menu is rife with meaty eats, such as cider-brined pork chops ($21), and dry-aged steaks, including a 20-ounce rib eye ($32).