AcQua Restaurant, Merrick

There are two ways to enter AcQua Restaurant: the simple way and the fun way. The simple way is through the door. The fun way is by pulling up to the waterfront restaurant's dock, on anything from a motorboat to a huge rubber duck.  Regardless of how they enter, visitors are all there for family-style Italian meals. And the culinary team delivers, with hearty, shareable plates worthy of a seamen—or, to put it more authentically, a gondolier. Seafood options abound with lobster ravioli, shrimp scampi, and broiled salmon, as do other proteins in dishes like chicken marsala and veal parmigiana. Smaller portions of wings, mozzarella sticks, and mussels slowly cooked in a marinara sauce are offered also, as well as desserts like tiramisu to round out meals.