Jerry and the Mermaid Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to Jerry and the Mermaid, Riverhead's gem in New American seafood dining. The menu is a delightful fusion of classic and innovative dishes that highlight regional flavors and fresh ingredients. Dive into their Hot Appetizers, featuring Jerry's Famous Not Your Ordinary Buffalo Wings, which can be customized to your preferred spice level, alongside Maryland Style Crab Cakes that pair perfectly with tangy remoulade sauce.
The Cold Appetizers provide a refreshing start, showcasing a variety of raw oysters and the ever-popular Shrimp Cocktail-Tini. Don’t miss their soups, particularly the comforting New England Clam Chowder, thickened with hickory-smoked bacon.
Comfortably casual, with outdoor heated seating, Jerry and the Mermaid invites diners to relish delicious seafood in a welcoming atmosphere. Whether it’s lunch with friends or dinner with family, expect a memorable culinary adventure!
Hot Appetizers
Jerry's Famous Not Your Ordinary Buffalo Wings
Mild, medium, hot, make me cry Jerry's sauce, served with blue cheese and celery.
Maryland Style Crab Cakes
Served with remoulade sauce and baby greens.
Coconut Shrimp
Fried and rolled in coconut. Served with honey aioli.
Crispy Calamari
Mild, medium, or hot marinara sauce. Add banana peppers for an additional charge.
Crispy Kung Pao Shrimp
Served with Thai chili drizzle and shaved baby vegetables. Make it gluten-free on request.
Jerry's Famous Not Your Ordinary Buffalo Chicken Fingers
Mild, medium, hot, make me cry jerry's sauce, served with blue cheese and celery.
Mozzarella Sticks
Served with marinara sauce.
Baked Stuffed Clams
Old family recipe with chopped clams, bacon, and shrimp.
Escargot in Mushroom Caps
Broiled in garlic, butter, white wine, and herbs. Make it gluten-free on request.
Artichoke Hearts Francaise
Lightly pan-fried artichokes with white wine and lemon reduction beurre monte. Make it gluten-free on request.
PEI Mussels Luciano Style
White wine and garlic compound butter or marinara sauce.
Clams Casino
Freshly shucked littlenecks with crispy bacon, onions, mushrooms, and compound butter. Make it gluten-free on request.
Jerry's Famous Not Your Ordinary Buffalo Shrimp
Mild, medium, hot, make me cry jerry's sauce, served with blue cheese and celery.
Crispy Duck Wings
Served with Asian barbecue drizzle and sesame.
The Jim Bissett Steamed Dozen
Hard-shelled top neck or littleneck clams steamed Luciano style. Make it gluten-free on request.
Oyster Rockefeller
Local broiled oysters with bacon, caramelized onions, and baby spinach.
Sandbar Combo
3 pieces oysters, 3 pieces clams, and 2 pieces jumbo shrimp. Make it gluten-free on request.
Local Clams
Served on the 1/2 shell. Choice of style. Make it gluten-free on request.
Wild Blue Point Oysters
Mollusk. 6 pieces. On the 1/2 shell. Make it gluten-free on request.
Shrimp Cocktail-Tini
4 pieces. Raw shrimp served with cocktail sauce.
Cold Appetizers
Homemade Soup
New England Clam Chowder
Served with hickory-smoked bacon.
Seafood Bisque
Thick and creamy soup.
Manhattan Clam Chowder
A thick hearty soup consisting of clams potatoes onions within a milk or cream base. Make it gluten-free on request.
Baby Arugula Salad
Baby arugula, dried cranberries, almonds, and Gorgonzola with balsamic vinaigrette. Make it gluten-free on request.
Garden Salad
Mixed greens with seasonal garden vegetables. Make it gluten-free on request.
Loaded Vegan Salad
Shredded green leaf, julienne carrots, cabbage, radish, broccoli, cauliflower, quinoa, and legume blend. Make it vegan on request. Gluten-free.
Greek Salad
Tomatoes cucumber onion and olives. Make it gluten-free on request.
Salads
Mermaids and Pirates
Crispy Chicken Fingers
Breaded or battered crispy chicken.
Hot Dog
Sausage served on a bun.
Kids Pasta
Choice of marinara sauce or butter. Choice of pasta.
Char-Grilled Hamburger
Served on a toasted brioche bun. Add cheese for an additional charge.
Battered Cod
Mozzarella Sticks Kds Meal
Mozzarella Cheese
Cajun Pan Roasted Salmon
Served with wasabi aioli.
Sesame Crusted Ahi Tuna
Served with soy ginger glaze and wasabi aioli.
Broiled Combo
Bay scallop, pangasius white fish, baked clam, and shrimp.
Nut Crusted Pangasius
Mild flavored, white fish with crushed almonds, breadcrumb, compound butter, and white wine.
Seafood
Far From the Dock
Jerry's Marinated Angus Cheeseburger Platter
Topped with crispy fried onions, served with waffle fries and coleslaw on a toasted bun.
Crispy Chicken Tenderloins
Served with waffle fries and coleslaw.
Crispy Chicken Wings
Served with waffle fries and coleslaw.
Angus Hamburger Platter
Served with waffle fries and coleslaw on a toasted bun. Add-ons for an additional charge.
Jerry Marinated NY Strip Steak
Served with Gorgonzola-crusted New York strip steak with crispy onions. Served with choice of rice pilaf or vegetable fricassee. Add side salad for an additional charge.
Impossible Burger
Impossible burger served on toasted brioche with lettuce, tomato, pickle, and waffle fries. Vegan.
Chicken Francaise
Lemon and white wine reduction butter sauce. Served with choice of rice pilaf or vegetable fricassee. Add side salad for an additional charge.
Chargrilled NY Strip Loin
Marinated, chargrilled, served with Gorgonzola crust. Starch and vegetable included.
Jerry Marinated Certified Angus
Served with Gorgonzola-crusted New York strip steak with crispy onions. Served with choice of rice pilaf or vegetable fricassee. Add side salad for an additional charge.
Rigatoni alla Vodka
Served with cremini mushrooms. Add protein for an additional charge.
Shrimp Scampi
Served over linguine. Add side salad for an additional charge.
Scungilli Marinara
Served over linguine available with hot, medium, or mild marinara sauce. Add sauteed calamari for an additional charge.
Shrimp Parmigiana
Served over linguine.
Linguine with White Clam Sauce
Local shucked to order clams, white wine, garlic, herbs, extra-virgin olive oil, and butter.
Mussels Marinara
Served over linguine available with hot, medium, or mild marinara sauce.
Vegan Pasta Primavera
Served with extra-virgin olive oil, chopped garlic, an assortment of seasonal vegetables, and pea shoots.
Pasta
Lobster Rolls
Jerry's Famous Lobster Roll
Fresh picked lobster meat, celery, touch of mayo and hint of spice, toasted brioche, green leaf served with waffle fries, coleslaw, and pickle.
Hot Lobster Roll
Fresh picked lobster meat poached in clarified butter, toasted brioche, and green leaf, served with waffle fries, coleslaw and pickle.
Fish and Chips
Beer battered haddock. Served with waffle fries and coleslaw.
Mermaid Combo
Shrimp, clams, scallops, and buttered cod. Served with waffle fries and coleslaw.
Jumbo Shrimp
Served with waffle fries and coleslaw.
Crispy Boats
Wraps
Crispy Shrimp Wrap
Served with Thai chili glaze, shaved vegetables, baby greens and rice.
Life Guard Chicken Wrap
Grilled chicken, roasted peppers, mozzarella cheese, lettuce and tomato.
Thai Chili Vegan Wrap
Quinoa blend, Thai chili glazed vegetables, shredded green leaf, carrots, and radish, on a herb wrap with pickle, no slaw.
Marinated Sliced Sirloin Sandwich with Gorgonzola
Served with Gorgonzola cheese and crispy fried onions.
Blackened Fish Sandwich
Served with house spice blend and remoulade sauce on garlic ciabatta.
Tuscan Chicken Sandwich
Served with roasted red peppers, mozzarella cheese and balsamic reduction on garlic ciabatta.
Sandwiches
Sides
Sweet Potato Fries
Fried sweet potatoes. Served with honey aioli.
Fries
Straight or waffle.
Breaded Onion Rings
Fried battered onion.
Creme Brulee Cheesecake
The marriage of 2 great classics. Creme brulee layered and a-mingle with the lightest of cheesecakes to create something unimaginably luscious. Hand-fired and mirrored with burnt caramel.
Creme Brulee Du Jour
Jerry's homemade creme brulee.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie
Served with Reese's peanut butter cups. The popular candy bar in a pie. Dark chocolate and peanut butter mousse full of Reese's peanut butter cups.
Molten Chocolate Cake
Moist chocolate cake filled with with elegant dark chocolate ganache, vanilla bean ice cream, hot fudge and whipped cream
Brownie Sundae
The star of these irresistible gluten-free brownies is the purely dark Honduran chocolate mixed into every batch. Topped with vanilla bean ice cream and homemade hot fudge.
Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream-Stuffed Crepe
Jerry's signature ice cream stuffed crepe with homemade hot fudge and whipped cream.
Warm Apple Tart with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
Warm Apple Tart, With Caramel Sauce, Vanilla Bean Ice Cream and Whipped Cream!