Union Square is about to reel in a big-name opening. John McDonald, the longtime restaurateur behind Lure Fishbar, Bowery Meat Company, Bar Mercer and Cha Cha Tang , is launching Seahorse, a modern seafood brasserie set inside the newly reopened W New York – Union Square . The restaurant opens on Wednesday, September 24, at the landmark corner of Park Avenue South and 17th Street.

Seahorse takes over a 125-seat space that’s equal parts polished brasserie and maritime fantasy. Rockwell Group has designed the interiors with mother-of-pearl inlays, yacht-style wood, mermaid-green tile and a zinc-topped bar. A sweeping seafood counter anchors the dining room, framed by a 40-foot hand-painted mural from Brooklyn’s En Viu studio that ripples with surrealist waves and the en

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