Mary's Fish Camp
Mary Redding closed Mary's Fish Camp at 64 Charles Street in April 2024, after more than twenty years. She has brought it back at 626 Hudson Street. She opened the first one in 2001 as a rival to Pearl Oyster Bar. Sarah Jessica Parker saw the announcement and asked in public how a devoted customer could help.
Why go
Redding built the room on the Florida fish camp. That is the outdoor kind where you catch the fish and somebody cooks it on the spot. She kept the chalkboard moving: a fresh-sardine banh mi, a yellowtail muffuletta, fritto misto with sprats. She used to stand outside tending the potted plants and walking her dogs.
I haven't pinned down the day service started again, or found anything on the new room's cooking.
Order this / avoid
- Order: the conch chowder, which became the signature.
- Order: the lobster roll, prized at the old room for its size and its freshness.
- Order: the red snapper pozole, $40 in April 2024, on a fish fumet with no pork or chicken.
- Order: the hot fudge sundae, on the card since 2001.
- Avoid: heading for Charles Street. The room is on Hudson now.
What locals & experts say
- Robert Sietsema, then Eater NY's critic, on his last visit in April 2024:
For over 20 years, Mary's Fish Camp has been my neighborhood default for unhurried lunches, and for dinners with friends visiting from other cities in search of local seafood.
1 - Michael Ruhlman, writing his newsletter from the West Village in August 2026:
Mary's Fish Camp is back!
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Verdict
should-visit — Call before you book. Redding is the reason to go, not the address.