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    A converted warehouse downtown that's been standing since before anyone alive can remember, Acqua di Dea is an elegant Italian seafood restaurant that leans hard into occasion-dining energy, all high ceilings and happy noise. The menu runs from whole grilled branzino to ossobuco for the table that always orders steak at a fish restaurant. Dress up a little; this is the kind of place where no one is underdressed and everyone knows it.

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    • Seafood platter

      “Kick things off with the seafood platter, which is loaded with king crab legs, shrimp, mussels, clams, calamari, scallops, and lobster, all gently cooked in white wine sauce.”

      Eater
    • Crab cakes

      “Crab cakes are loaded with sweet meat, grilled whole branzino is garnished with capers and anchovies, and pan-seared salmon is served with lobster ravioli.”

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    • Grilled whole branzino

      “Crab cakes are loaded with sweet meat, grilled whole branzino is garnished with capers and anchovies, and pan-seared salmon is served with lobster ravioli.”

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    • Slow-cooked ossobuco

      “Meat lovers can tuck into veal chops, rib eyes, and slow-cooked ossobuco.”

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