A seafood bar from the Ramirez team has opened on Cornelia Street

El Camarón Peludo opened September 16 at 20 Cornelia Street, from Taqueria Ramirez founders Giovanni Cervantes and Tania Apolinar with chef Carlos Barrera. It is a roughly 25-seat, mostly walk-in wine bar built around small Mexican seafood dishes with some Spanish influence. Reported opening dishes include michelada oysters, tuna tostadas and camarones zarandeados; natural wine and Champagne replace the usual sprawling cocktail program. Opening report, earlier account of the team and room

The seafood-led menu is appealing, and the narrow Cornelia Street room should feel more like a bar than a project dinner. Treat it as a first-look lead rather than a firm recommendation: current prices and the full dairy-free path were not exposed in the accessible menu, and only a few tables are reportedly reservable. The walk-in bias is part of the appeal until everyone reaches Cornelia Street at the same time.